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DSA Presentation: Reconstruction and Radical Republicanism
This is the recording of my presentation to East Bay DSA about Reconstruction and Radical Republicanism. Apologies for the rough audio quality.
6 hours ago
Audio Article: The Voting Rights Rollback Shows We Need a New Constitution
"The Voting Rights Rollback Shows We Need a New Constitution." Originally published on Jacobin on May 6, 2026.
5 days, 17 hours ago
Ep. 77: Gil Schaeffer on the Declaration of Independence, Tom Paine, Lenin, and Reconstruction
“America is not a democracy, which means we’re being ruled by a small elite. That is just unacceptable. I think that’s the fundamental basis of a pol…
1 week, 2 days ago
Ep. 76: August Nimtz on Frederick Douglass, Karl Marx, and the American Civil War
In this episode, I talk with August Nimtz, the author of several books, including Marx and Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough,…
1 month ago
Ep. 75: Beau J. Baumann on Russell Vought, the Unitary Executive, and the LPE Project
In this episode, I talk with Beau J. Baumann, a legal scholar and the author of the recent article “What Would a Russell Vought of the Left Look Like…
1 month, 1 week ago
Ep. 74: Oliver Larkin on Running for Congress and Fighting for Democracy
In this episode, I talk with Oliver Larkin, an activist, union organizer, and Democratic Socialist running for Congress in Florida’s 23rd District ag…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 73: Clyde Barrow on C. Wright Mills, Nicos Poulantzas, and the Undemocratic State
In this episode, I talk with Clyde Barrow, a professor of political science and the author of several works, including a recent Jacobin article, “Rea…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 72: Corey Brooks on the Liberty Party and Antislavery Third Parties
In this episode, I talk with Corey Brooks, a professor of history at York College of Pennsylvania and chairperson of the Department of History and Po…
2 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 71: Terry Bouton on America Monarchism and the Thermidorian Reaction to 1776
This is part two of a two-part conversation. Here, Terry continues the conversation on resistance to tax collection and property concentration after …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 70: Terry Bouton on the People, the Founders, and the Troubled Ending of the American Revolution
In this episode, Luke talks with Terry Bouton, author of Taming Democracy: “The People,” the Founders, and the Troubled Ending of the American Revolu…
2 months, 3 weeks ago