Tim Walzes In, "Transvestigating" the Olympics, Police Murder in Michigan, and More

Well, would you look at that? For the first time in nearly 50 years the Democratic Party is allowing a politician supported by their progressive wing on the presidential ticket. We talk about the big Tim Walz announcement, how movements and public pressure made it possible, and the natural limits of presidential politics under capitalism. We also discuss the recent assassination of a Hamas leader and culture wars at the Olympics.

 

We look at a story from the east side about a young Michigan man killed by police. 

 

We give some updates on the genocide in Gaza, how U.S. sanctions exacerbate the migrant crisis both Republicans and Democrats are fearmongering about, and close with a piece about how those fearmongering politics are playing out in the fascist riots in the U.K. 

 

*The piece on the U.K. was accidentally unrecorded but discussed on air, it is linked below.

 

7:00- 28:50 Tim Walz: A "Moderate Progressive" for Vice President

 

29:00- 43:00  "Transvestigating" at the Olympics

 

49:20- 54:00 John Zook Jr. Killed by Police in Michigan

 

54:50- 57:55 Money in Michigan Politics Update

 

58:00- 1:07:00 U.S. Sanctions and the Tail Wagging the Dog on the Fake "Migrant Scare"

 

1:07:10- 1:15:30 Israel Levels Schools in Gaza, Recent Riots on the IDF's "Right" to Torture

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Tim Walz, the Progressive’s Moderate, Is the Obvious VP Choice
https://jacobin.com/2024/08/tim-walz-kamala-harris-vice-president

 

Activists and Community Members Hold Public Hearing for the Police Murder of John Zook Jr. in Michigan
https://www.leftvoice.org/activists-and-community-members-hold-public-hearing-for-the-police-murder-of-john-zook-jr-in-michigan/

 

Big bucks fuel battle for Michigan House. See top donors to Democrats, GOP
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/big-bucks-fuel-battle-michigan-house-see-top-donors-democrats-gop

 

Smotrich: It may be ‘justified’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but world won’t let us
https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-it-may-be-justified-to-starve-2-million-gazans-but-world-wont-let-us/

 

Money War: How the U.S. Unleashed Economic Warfare Across the Globe, from Venezuela to Iran
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/1/jeff_stein_us_sanctions_economic_warfare

 

Israel Has Damaged or Destroyed 85 Percent of Schools in Gaza
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-has-damaged-or-destroyed-85-percent-of-schools-in-gaza

 

Israel’s Torture & Rape of Palestinian Prisoners Defended by Knesset Members, Far-Right Mobs
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/1/israel_gaza_palestinian_prisoners_torture

 

Riots Sweep UK as Fascist Influencers Use Stabbing Attack to Fuel Racist Rampage
https://truthout.org/articles/riots-sweep-uk-as-fascist-influencers-use-stabbing-attack-to-fuel-racist-rampage/