What's Left? Now SF: October 2021

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Science, Technology, Socialism & Diego Rivera

Alison McDowell joins What’s Left? for a comparison of the art of Diego Garcia and Jose Clemente Orozco to look more closely at how socialists and the Left have viewed modernity, science and technology, and how these viewpoints play out today.

Technology and the Left (SlideShow)

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Medical Mandates McCarthyism

“Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” has become “What is your vaccination status?”. People are not just experiencing scrutiny and threats, but risking job loss and social exclusion if they answer incorrectly. Andy updates us on the latest developments in his conflict with the school district (SFUSD) over their insistence that he share his medical information and authorize the district to release the information to others.

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Friday, October 15, 2021

Love in the Time of Tyranny

The ring has finally come on! Today we share our personal experiences at Andy Libson's (now Andy Libson-Selck) wedding in the midst of Andy's precarious job situation. We share the love and the constant looming threat from San Francisco Unified School District's (SFUSD) attempt to penalise Andy for not releasing his vaccination status. Check us out on this unfolding saga.

Brandee and Andy Complete 1st Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PY0duj7u0U&t=1s&ab_channel=AndrewLibson

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Saturday, October 9, 2021

The Left & the Right: Dividing Both to Conquer Each

John Klyczek, Jessica H., Andy and Eduardo talk about the problems and prospects for organizing workers who are conservative together with workers who are progressive. Should it even be done? What are the challenges? What are is the potential for actually making it happen? We start the discussion here with this episode.

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An NBA Star and New York's Governor Show That Liberal COVID Discourse is Devoid of Science

The view that the unvaccinated are all stupid, primitive and ignorant is getting more difficult to sustain, especially as liberal policy contradicts its own core premises.

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/an-nba-star-and-new-yorks-governor-8d1

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Saturday, October 2, 2021

Covid: The Cure for Capitalist Crisis (An Economic Analysis)

We discuss Fabio Vighi’s Marxist explanation for what is behind the lockdowns, vaccine mandates and general pandemic panic over the last 2 years. We are joined by Robert Doyle, a banker in the United States, to help explain some of the nuances described in the article. The entire article is worth reading before you view/listen to this episode.

Read the full article this episode is based on

https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-self-fulfilling-prophecy-systemic-collapse-and-pandemic-simulation/

Resources for this episode:

19:59 : History of Spanish Flu ;

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

How Pandemics End

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/learning/lesson-of-the-day-how-pandemics-end.html

57:32: Big Short Explained

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020115/big-short-explained.asp

1:00 : Gold Standard – Great Depression

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanlewis/2020/02/25/did-the-gold-standard-cause-the-great-depression/?sh=24b797667c63

History of the Gold Standard

https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-history-of-the-gold-standard-3306136

1:03 to 1:06. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/primer-on-modern-monetary-theory

· Monetary Policy

https://www.frbsf.org/education/teacher-resources/what-is-the-fed/monetary-policy/

· Fiscal Policy

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/basics/fiscpol.htm

· Yield Curve and Interest Rates

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/122203.asp

· Fed “printing” Money :

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/082515/who-decides-when-print-money-us.asp

1:10 : Fed Balance Sheet

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-feds-balance-sheet-is-expected-to-top-9-trillion-after-it-starts-reducing-its-monthly-asset-purchases-11626135642

1:12 : Money Multiplier in Economics

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/multipliereffect.asp

1:27 : Fed and Repurchase Orders,

https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/why-the-fed-pumps-billions-into-repo-market/

Fed and Municipal Bonds

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/08/31/how-well-did-the-feds-intervention-in-the-municipal-bond-market-work/

; Fed and Corporate Bonds

https://www.barrons.com/articles/federal-reserve-corporate-bond-portfolio-51622679701

1:54 : U3 v U6 unemployment:

https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-real-unemployment-rate-3306198

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