In this episode of Run It Back, we continue reading Professor Richard Wolff’s Understanding Socialism, and explore the history of and modern context of why socialism became taboo in America.Understanding Socialism, Chapter 1, A Brief History: How Socialism Got to its Here and Now, by Professor Richard Wolff. In this chapter, Richard Wolff discusses:equality as central to socialismdevelopment of socialist literaturedefining exploitationHow to achieve socialismHow to implement socialismrevolution vs evolutionSoviet Revolution of 1917Cold War politicscommunism vs socialismcolonialismneoliberalism2008 financial crashFollow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rbpoliticRead my blog at: https://the2020progressive.com/Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzcuYS0RWgqJRezTZKVOHlg/
May 3, 2020
36 min
We examine the strategy of the Democratic Party doing nothing during the Coronavirus crisis, and what a real left party could have done instead during the pandemic. Why did Joe Biden disappear in the beginning? Why did the Democrats give ground to Trump? And what could a strong left party in America have fought for during the Coronavirus crisis?Follow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rbpoliticRead my blog at: https://the2020progressive.com/Listen to Podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/run-it-back/id1508772658?uo=4Listen to Podcast on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDMzNjMxMy9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVkWatch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/GIchN4cnBv0
Apr 29, 2020
15 min
In this episode of Run It Back, we present 33 of the most popular progressive and left-leaning news shows on YouTube (In no particular order) that everyone on the left should know. Find links and see the list in blog form at the link below:Top 33 Progressive News Shows on Youtube Blog: https://the2020progressive.com/top-33-progressive-news-shows-on-youtube-2020/Follow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rbpoliticRead my blog at: https://the2020progressive.com/Listen to Podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/run-it-back/id1508772658?uo=4Listen to Podcast on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDMzNjMxMy9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk
Apr 26, 2020
43 min
In this episode of Run It Back Reading, we begin Professor Richard Wolff's "Understanding Socialism". In the introduction, Wolff lays out the fundamentals of what socialism is and isn't and the framework from which to consider it as an economic system relative to capitalism.Follow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rbpoliticRead my blog at: https://the2020progressive.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzcuYS0RWgqJRezTZKVOHlg
Apr 22, 2020
13 min
In this episode of Run It Back, we dissect Vince McMahon, Linda McMahon and the WWE is one example of how the GOP, Trump, and billionaires use our broken political system to purchase favor. We examine how the free market accounts for blatant immorality, and how sometimes we can punish dickhead billionaires. And Progressives should.Follow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rbpoliticRead my blog at: https://the2020progressive.com/
Apr 19, 2020
28 min
EP 1: In the first episode of "Run it Back", we talk about Chris Cuomo, his fever-inspired truth bombs, and how the Left missed a big opportunity to entice him over to web-based content. Unfortunately, the missed opportunity reveals a pattern for Progressives. Follow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rbpoliticRead my blog at: https://the2020progressive.com/
Apr 17, 2020
16 min