The neofascist movements currently rising around the globe differ from the fascist movements of the 20th century. Fascism in the last century arose to break radical workers’ movements, many organized by the Communist Party. But the current neofascists, figures such as Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Narendra Modi in India, do not need to focus on destroying unions, which have already been decimated by globalization. Instead, they can directly channel the anger of the unemployed and underemployed towards minorities and the vulnerable.
Vijay Prashad addresses these deformations—and explains how we can fight back—in conversation with Frank Barat in his new book Struggle Makes Us Human: Learning from Movements for Socialism. Prashad, an Indian historian and journalist, is the author of 30 books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World, and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. He is the chief correspondent for Globetrotter and a columnist for Frontline. He is also the chief editor of LeftWord Books. Joining me to discuss his new book, Struggle Makes Us Human: Learning from Movements for Socialism, is Vijay Prashad.
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What's that song at beginning of show
No the leftist movements have never benefited workers. The communist called pro communist bankers proletariats. Meanwhile
Hitler increased wages for sometimes up to 25% in one year
Chris, another great show!
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The biggest upset in History is about to begin within 40 yrs .
Thank You Chris for truth .
Zechariah 9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
Zechariah 9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
Zechariah 9:3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Zechariah 9:4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
Zechariah 9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
Zechariah 9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
Zechariah 9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
Zechariah 9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Zechariah 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah 9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
Zechariah 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Zechariah 9:13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
Zechariah 9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
The region of the compass not mentioned he is the beast .
Daniel 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
Daniel 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Daniel 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Daniel 11:23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
Daniel 11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
Daniel 11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
Daniel 11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Daniel 11:27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
Daniel 11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
Daniel 11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
Daniel 11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
Daniel 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Daniel 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Daniel 11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Daniel 11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
Daniel 11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
Daniel 11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Daniel 11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
Daniel 11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
Daniel 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Daniel 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Daniel 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Daniel 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Daniel 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Daniel 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Struggle is part of what makes us human. But toi much is the very abscence of humanity itself
It's really interesting Chris thanks for pointing out authors in general but especially guys like this who look at the dynamic like you and Sheldon wolin with democracy Incorporated point out has happened in this country. to me it seems to give new ideas to think about things like civil disobedience on a global scale possibly. I met Obama while he was still a state senator and it was clear then that he didn't care. Examples like this guy show that you really are trying to help us understand how to do Mass civil disobedience without getting discouraged just like you always say you want to do. Thanks
21:36 Vijay says we as a people are demobilized after voting. We're encouraged to vote and nothing more. Let the government handle everything. And I think he says that that's bad for democracy. You vote and then you spectate until the next election. There's more to democracy than voting and elections. Most people only participate in democracy in this way. Joe Biden bad. Donald Trump bad. Both men bad. And we still only have had men as presidents. Both Democrats and Republicans. And I'm a leftist. Both Dems. and Reps. serve corporate power, not people power. We're a DINO country, democracy in name only. Not true democracy. We have democracy but it's very flawed, especially on the national level. Even state level.
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There's no need for anyone to struggle.
well Mike Pompeo is out
You have some good podcasts, but this one just exposed you. Blocked.
Bowling has become too expensive for even well educated professionals!
Both of you You should invite author Stephen Kinzer for an interview. The man is highly knowledgeable and intelligent on the history of the CIA
Just stop it with the pandemic lies. Gates is a wanted man in Kerala for christs sake! Lockdown leftists – you have a lot to answer for.
There is hegelianism , there is machiavelionism , there is malthusianism, but it should be changed 50% of Americans live in poverty they have destroyed the middle class and made them poor.
Informative.
Good people Out there whenever I hear the dominating rhetoric in politics is as if the " third world's" literacy has increased. This is not really true because of british racial colonial structures.
Mike Pompeo is going to be president?
The NAZIS were a workers movement, So this is a very dishonest opening introduction.
Thank you Vijay and Chris…
Yes…Without Public Action/Citizenship…you cannot have a Functional Democracy!!
if struggle makes us human I ,must be Nietzsche's ''human all to human'
Women are struggling because of the lefts war on women, but he doesn’t see us as human beings, we’re the only class of people he won’t speak up for.
It's not "the forces of neoliberalism" that are at the heart of this, but the corruption of exalted authority, prevalent at the top of every social institution. The enemies are not fascists or ideologues but simply racketeers competing for control. They're thugs, they're obscenely rich, and their motives are altogether material.
Struggle makes us human, divided and stupid… fighting keeps us there.
Half of what Vijay said made no real sense and is a mish mash of right left goobledigook, rather than a real succinct understanding that across the entire world; corporate fascism and central banking is being forced on the people by a criminal and totally disconnected self proclaimed elite. Right and Left are just two sides of the divide and conquer coin. The more you think its right vs left, liberal vs conservative and in terms of dialectics, the more you move away from the fact that it is ordinary productive people vs the global parasite class.
But if they destroy 2:09 the working class they will destroy the source of their wealth.😢
I read through the 30~40 comments and I am astonished – a unilateral support of the show and not a word against its content! Is it possible? Where are different points of view? Where is criticism?
Hey thanks guys for the video. This fellow manages to insert humor into a conversation consisting of dark content. Nice work
Haven’t you woken up yet the democrats ARE now extreme right
What a crock of crap this clown spews. Is this what he tells himself to go to sleep without accepting that the “left†is a broken facade of globalists
Its such a relief to hear someone finally cut through the liberal and conservative bullshit on Americas spree killing problem. Firearm accessibility is a necessary but insufficient factor here. This is a deeply antisocial society organized around spectacle, the frequency of spectacular antisocial actions seems like it might be connected to that somehow.
18:03 "…made us into more consumers than citizens, you know, more into spectators than actors" – Amen
Why have we allowed our choices to be narrowed down to just 2 choices in the end? We should have many choices on election day. We should have no clue who our president is going to be until the count is in.
Not to mention that the liberals who have taken the reign to provide for the needy, became the corporate capitalists of the right, through virtue signaling. They provide very little service and take very good pay for themselves while not paying taxes. They then get this virtuosity about them that is passed on to their supporters who think they're supporters of the needy while developing the same mantra as the right.
Excellent! I truly enjoyed it.
Speaking as a former teacher from Wisconsin. Wisconsin public employee unions were ENDED and 10% of 5.5 million took a 22% pay cut in benefits and pensions. The supreme court was stacked, a right to work law was passed, abortion outlawed right now, and it was hell. I'll tell you something for all the decades I've read, marched, and been involved we didn't get the ATTENTION the storming of the Capitol did in Jan 6th. Killing people is wrong. So I didn't support it, but damn people noticed. People don't notice when we march. If it worked life won't be like it is. We need different ways.
Mr Hedges please discuss this
https://youtu.be/t_0AJcqwtqU
I just got on here but sounds like a bunch of whiners
Let's be honest: we need to get rid of capitalism. A global, interest-free mutual credit system is a first step. Abolishing the corporate structure a second. Might seem strong. But I am being realistic here.
We need to create a database online for people to find ways to get involved in their community.