Ep. 3 - Why Bother Voting? A Short History of the NDP

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02/25/22 • 68 min

In this episode, Tim takes us through a short history of the NDP, from it's beginnings as the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation), through it's various dalliances with centrism and arriving where we are today. Steve tries desperately to contextualize this within the frame of US politics amidst his limited knowledge of history.
Regina Manifesto: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-regina-manifesto-1933-co-operative-commonwealth-federation-programme-fu
A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey: http://www.proglocode.unam.mx/sites/proglocode.unam.mx/files/ABriefHistoryNeoliberalism.pdf
"The Barricade" by Lowest of the Low, © Beer, Graffiti Songs, used with permission

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Ep. 2 - Freedumb Convoy

"The difficult second episode" kicks off with our new theme song and a discussion of the new name of the show, based on said theme song. Special thanks to Ron Hawkins and the Lowest of the Low for the inspiration.
This week we spent far too much time trying to convince each other that the so-called "Freedom" Convoy of mostly-not-truckers that descended on Ottawa was anything but a complete clusterfuck. A fascist coup? A threat to democracy? An indictment of the police and rule of law? All of the above, clearly. Steve tries to polish the turd as a best he can -- the organizers were able to galvanize support by co-opting pro-working class rhetoric, after all. Tim bristles as this -- which is his wont.
"The Barricade" by Lowest of the Low, © Beer, Graffiti Songs, used with permission