PODCAST #141

Participants: John Steppling, Aghogho Akpomé, Max Parry, Shaenah Batterson, Hiroyuki Hamada, Lex Steppling, and Dennis Riches. Topics discussed: International law vs. the rules-based international order. “The Hague invasion act.” The empire has exhausted its ability to exploit NGO’s, so reactionaries become the social critics. “We see with the mind, not the eyes.” The history of UN general secretaries failing to push back against US power. The ecological and human cost of green energy. Progressive signifiers—driving a Tesla and putting a Black Lives Matter sticker on it? What’s up with the drone or alien invasion over New Jersey? Music track: “Perdido” by Duke Ellington (public domain).