Toby Manning discusses his book Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music — from rock & roll and Motown to punk, hip hop to Bad Bunny.
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@TobyManning
@FieldComing
Les Leopold makes a compelling case that “the billionaires have two parties” and working people need a party of their own.
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#LesLeopold
@labornotes.bsky.social
Renowned anthropologist and scholar Ida Susser discusses her new book, “The Yellow Vests and The Battle for Democracy.”
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#IdaSusser
#YellowVests
#ComingFromLeftField
In this podcast, we interview sociologists Dr. Nicholas Wolfinger and Dr. Matthew McKeever about their book “Thanks for Nothing: The Economics of Single Motherhood since 1980” and what it reveals about poverty, race, and U.S. policy.
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@NickWolfinger
@FieldComing
Historian, Dr. Heather Ann Thompson, discusses her new book “Fear and Fury” on the 1984 Bernie Goetz subway shooting—and how Reagan-era austerity, right-wing media, and racialized “law and order” politics led to Trump.
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#HeatherAnnThompson
#FearandFury
#ComingFromLeftField
This episode features sociologist Charles Derber discussing his book Fighting Oligarchy: How Positive Populism Can Reclaim America and the crisis of democracy in an age of extreme inequality.
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#CharlesDerber
#FightingOligachy
#ComingFromLeftField
We are joined by historian Sven Beckert to talk about his sweeping new book Capitalism: A Global History — how capitalism emerged, became global, and reshaped work, power, and the planet.
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@svenbeckert.bsky.social
Today, talk with J. Albert Mann about her YA book “Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States.”
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@JAlbertMann
@FieldComing
Pat Cummings
Renowned Holocaust scholar John K. Roth discusses his new book, “Saving the American Dream,” a work written for the Trump 2.0 era and for Gen Z, the generation that must live with it.
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#JohnKRoth
#SavingTheAmericanDream
#ComingFromLeftField
In this podcast, we discuss the book, “Square UP: Building Labor's Power, Second Gilded Age,” the labor movement in 2026, and union organizing, with Lorri Nandrea, Tony Pecinovsky, and Chris Townsend.
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#TonyPeninovsky
#LorriNandrea
#ComingFromLeftField
