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Katie talks to former Green party vice-presidential nominee Butch Ware about his run for Governor of California, his thoughts on Gavin Newsom and Katie Porter and his critique of Zohran Mamdani for protecting Hakeem Jeffries, Zionism and "playing footsie" with fascists.
But first we talk to Bad Hasbara co-hosts Matt Lieb and Daniel Maté about former Obama speech-writer Sarah Hurwitz who has unwittingly exposed the Zionist weaponization of the Holocaust and antisemitism in a way no anti-zionist ever could.
Butch Ware is a lifelong activist and educator specializing in the history of empire, colonialism, genocide and revolution. He is associate professor of History at UC Santa-Barbara. He was the 2024 vice-presidential nominee for the Green Party. He is running for Governor of California.
Matt Lieb is a comedian, podcaster, accidental award winning journalist, and guy from Good Mythical Morning. He hosts the podcast Bad Hasbara. Daniel Maté is the co-host of Bad Hasbara, a musical theater lyricist, the world's only mental chiropractor, and the co-author of "The Myth Of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture" by Gabor Maté. He also co-wrote with Katie the Parody song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now: The Genocidal Remix" a duet by Biden and Bibi [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEG76hlnhNw]
He ain't even mayor yet and this fearmongering bs is in the works. You know They are scared.
He sold out already.
We must stop being celebrity worshippers; politicians need to be forced to do the bidding of the working class.
Remember the basics:
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass
Don't give me that wide brush bullshit. Quiet submittal is not what I mean, and to stop giving one a chance is to completely torch the idea of shared humanity. The idea that Mamdani 'sold out' before he has even had an opportunity to disappoint is the height of defeatism, and to tar those who attempt to lead with the feathers of the evil say anything politician is an exercise in pre-emptive concession.
Reality is more nuanced than than quoting historical figures from a different time and social situation. Spreading the message you've spread, we may as well never trust anybody ever again who tries to help and captures hearts and minds.
History doesn't repeat, it rhymes, but we don't have to feel stuck in the same verse.
This seems to be your first time paying attention and fully trusting a politician.
I wish you luck! Let us see if you still hold up to your political leanings in half a decade, that being a leftist, a liberal, or something else (leaving the duopoly is hard for peeps).
This experiment is not new; the system changes you, you don't change the system.
That is why we call it a duopoly or uniparty. They are bought and controlled by the oligarchy (lobbyists and the elite).
Thanks for the small chat!
We will not agree on this, but we can continue learning and talking. I do the same IRL; it takes a long time to change people's views due to political tribalism and the oligarchy's (who bought the duopoly) divide and conquer strategy that keeps the working class fighting instead of uniting and focusing on the only war that matters, the class war.
The conceit you exude is thick, brother. I'll try not to talk longer on this, because I agree with you on the point that we won't agree.
Tribalism is something that I do not want to participate in. I want to participate in giving a chance to those who present a potential goodness. That said, I do not believe in mindless trust. Let Mamdani try, and see what he can do, but do NOT believe the smokescreen the establishment kicks up against anybody who might go against the grain of the elite. Sure, he could have already sold out. Or, he could be playing smarter and trying not to nuke his chances to change things before they are presented.
The point is to let him get into office and observe what he does rather than speculate on maneuvres before he can even affect change.