Description: Bill, Rachel, and Kelley discuss the legacy of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and the stagnant U.S. economic conditions of 1873-1893 during the Second Industrial Revolution.
Links and notes for ep. 315 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AFD-Ep-315-Links-and-Notes-The-Great-Railroad-Strike-of-1877-and-the-Long-Depression.pdf
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Description: From Covid to Climate, planned economies are the future, but who will do the planning and who will benefit? We go back to the 1870s and the rise of corporate bureaucracy. Bill, Rachel, Kelley.
Links and notes for ep. 314 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AFD-Ep-314-Links-and-Notes-The-Planned-Economy.pdf
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Description: Kelley, Rachel, and Bill discuss the history of police in American schools and the current policy environment around that.
Links and notes for Ep. 312 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AFD-Ep-312-Links-and-Notes-Policing-in-Schools.pdf
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Description: Rachel, Kelley, and Bill discuss municipal police budgets and militarization of police equipment.
AFD Ep. 311 Links and Notes (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AFD-Ep-311-Links-and-Notes-Police-Budgets-and-Militarization.pdf
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Description: Bill, Rachel, and Kelley discuss airline deregulation and bankruptcies, the post-9/11 and covid-19 airline bailouts, and why the US should obviously nationalize the passenger airline industry.
Links and notes for ep. 310 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AFD-Ep-310-Links-and-Notes-Airline-Bailouts-and-Deregulation.pdf
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Description: It’s the Second Gilded Age and the technology monopolies are back in full force. What is to be done? Kelley returns to the show to join Bill and Rachel for a discussion.
Links and notes for ep. 309 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AFD-Ep-309-Links-and-Notes-Part-5_-The-Early-US-Oil-Industry-Modern-Parallels-to-the-Rise-of-Gilded-Age-Monopolism.pdf
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See also: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
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Topic: Elliott Abrams’ return to power and the US-backed genocides in Central America in the 1980s. (Also Venezuela.) People: Bill, Nate, Kelley. Recorded: March 3rd 2019.
Episode 261 (27 min):
AFD 261
– AFD 261 Links and Notes (PDF)
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