Episodes

  • Anti-Zionist Jews must play a role in Palestinian liberation

    Anti-Zionist Jews must play a role in Palestinian liberation
    Sep 24 2024
    Israel's almost year-long genocide of Palestinians in Gaza has brought many long-simmering questions of politics and identity within the international Jewish community to the fore. What does it mean to be Jewish? Is 'never again' a statement primarily based in nationalism or in an ethic of universal justice? Speaking from his experience organizing Canada's Jewish community against Israel's genocide, Corey Balsam of Independent Jewish Voices of Canada joins The Marc Steiner Show for an extensive discussion on what it means to be an anti-Zionist Jew today.

    Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
    Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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    26 mins
  • Into the maelstrom: Can French democracy survive its political crisis?

    Into the maelstrom: Can French democracy survive its political crisis?
    Sep 17 2024
    France was the birthplace of modern democracy, and it may well be the start of its end. After the surprise victory of the left New Popular Front in this year's elections, President Macron has betrayed democracy in a deal with the right to make Michel Barnier Prime Minister. Axel Persson, General Secretary of France's CGT Railroad Union, joins The Marc Steiner Show for a post-mortem of the election, its aftermath, and how the deterioration of French politics reflects global trends in the rise of the right and the erosion of democracy.

    Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
    Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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    22 mins
  • Rooted as the olive trees: Palestinian farmers' fight against land theft in the West Bank

    Rooted as the olive trees: Palestinian farmers' fight against land theft in the West Bank
    Sep 10 2024
    Israel's war on Palestine has now decisively expanded to the West Bank, where the most aggressive IDF military campaign in decades is now underway. Yet not all was well in the West Bank before this most recent invasion. Palestinians in the West Bank have dealt with a protracted war waged by Zionist settlers and the IDF for decades. One method of resistance has been through agriculture, which for many generations in Palestine has revolved around the cultivation of olives. Cyrus Copeland of the organization Treedom for Palestine joins The Marc Steiner Show to discuss how the Palestinian Farmers' Union uses "freedom farms" to sustain the livelihoods of Palestinians and resist the Israeli onslaught.

    Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
    Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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    25 mins
  • What the Chicano Movement can teach us about organizing Latinos today

    What the Chicano Movement can teach us about organizing Latinos today
    Sep 3 2024
    With Donald Trump continuing to demonize immigrants, especially immigrants from Latin America, and with Republicans calling for "Mass Deportation Now," Latinos in the US find themselves in the crosshairs of a national debate over immigration, border policy, racism, and economic justice. What can the Chicano Movement of the 20th century teach us about how to combat attacks on Latinos and other marginalized groups today? Last week, to mark the 54th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, The Marc Steiner Show hosted a retrospective panel on the role of the Chicano Movement in building an anti-imperialist front in the US. For a follow-up discussion on how the lessons of the past can be applied to the future of Latino organizing, longtime Chicano liberation and environmental justice activist Bill Gallegos returns to the show, along with Maricela Guzman of the Mexican Solidarity Project and Eddie Bonilla, professor of history at Boston College.

    Read the transcript of this podcast here.

    Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
    Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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    48 mins
  • Remembering the Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War

    Remembering the Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War
    Aug 27 2024
    On August 29, 1970, the Chicano Moratorium Against the Viet Nam War mobilized the largest Chicano protest and the largest anti-war protest led by a community of color at the time. Combining a critique of US imperialism abroad and racism at home, the Chicano Moratorium was the result of years of organizing and consciousness raising by Chicano liberation activists around the country. Former Brown Beret Bill Gallegos and CSU Northridge professor Theresa Montaño join The Marc Steiner Show for a look back on the Chicano Moratorium and the struggle from which it arose.

    Studio: Cameron Granadino
    Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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    43 mins
  • The view from '68: Bill Ayers on the Chicago DNC

    The view from '68: Bill Ayers on the Chicago DNC
    Aug 20 2024
    It's a presidential election year, and a deeply divisive imperialist war has split the public. As the Democratic National Convention gathers in Chicago, anti-war organizers vow to be in the streets to protest US responsibility for a genocide overseas. No, this isn't 2024. It's 1968. And the police riot that follows in the city of Chicago has effects on US politics that will reverberate for decades to come. Former member of the Weather Underground Bill Ayers joins The Marc Steiner Show for a timely look back on the events of the 1968 Chicago DNC, and its resonance with the current Chicago DNC happening amid the genocide in Gaza funded and perpetuated by the Biden-Harris administration.

    Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
    Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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    25 mins
  • Appalachia uprising: Why MAGA doesn't have answers for America's poorest region

    Appalachia uprising: Why MAGA doesn't have answers for America's poorest region
    Aug 13 2024
    J.D. Vance's rise to the GOP ticket has opened up scrutiny into the junior senator's past and roots. Before he entered politics, Vance entered the public spotlight as the author of a best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. While often marketed as an authentic glimpse of Appalachian working class life, what Elegy really offers is a portrait of a man whose roots and life path have been decidedly different from those of Appalachia's working poor. Like the GOP itself, Vance's claims to represent Appalachia's poorest don't hold water. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Beth Howard of Showing Up for Racial Justice and Hy Thurman, a former Young Patriot, discuss the radical history of Appalachia, and how progressives can bring white workers in this region and beyond into a multiracial working class movement for social justice.

    Studio Production: David Hebden
    Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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    33 mins
  • A Palestinian and an Israeli fight together—for peace

    A Palestinian and an Israeli fight together—for peace
    Aug 6 2024
    The images of members of US Congress giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu multiple standing ovations during his recent visit to Washington DC are certain to go down in history. While Netanyahu spoke of "finishing the job" in Gaza, to raucous applause, peace activists Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon also recently addressed members of Congress—but with a message of peace and reconciliation, not genocide. Abu Sarah, who is Palestinian, and Inon, who is Israeli, share some things in common. Both have lost close relatives, and both believe that peace is still worth fighting for. Abu Sarah and Inon join The Marc Steiner Show for a discussion on their shared vision for a future beyond apartheid and genocide.

    Read the transcript of this podcast here.

    Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
    Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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    29 mins