Abby and Robbie Martin go over headlines in the first part of the show, including Biden’s increasing the already massive Pentagon budget, criminalization of the poor and the protesters going on hunger strike to call attention to the US-backed starvation of Yemen. At 45 minutes, they are joined by leftist activist Ryan Wentz to discuss the real story behind his visit by LA police for a tweet criticizing AOC, and the chilling effect this draconian police state overreach has.

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While Abby is still on break, Robbie Martin brings onto the podcast activist and journalist Eugene Puryear to discuss the many contradictions intertwined in the ongoing debate about race solidarity and the Black Lives Matter movement. Eugene separates the cynical corporate ‘solidarity’ from its revolutionary core and examines how elites have seized on the concept of ‘cancel culture’ to play victim. In the second half of the episode, Eugene breaks down the history of white supremacy in American policing.

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