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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]
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.