Bad Faith

"I Believe in Capitalism": Marxist DEBUNKS Abdul El-Sayed's Defense of Capitalism (w/ David Harvey)

24K views · 1d ago · 1:39:31

Guest: David Harvey

For the past few months, left candidates, many of whom are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, have been describing themselves as capitalists. From Abdul El-Sayed to Angie Nixon and most recently Nithya Raman, DSA candidates seem to believe they can have it both ways, but can one be both a capitalist and a Democratic Socialist as aspiring LA mayor Rama has argued?

Topics: Highlights and introduction to David Harvey · Abdul El-Sayed: Capitalism versus corporatism · Redistribution versus control of production · El-Sayed’s defense of markets and profit · Can socialism preserve markets and creativity? · Angie Nixon’s explanations of capitalism and socialism

Zionism = Racism? Ashok Kumar v Finkelstein plus Why Carville FEARS Force The Vote despite WEAK Left

49K views · 4d ago · 36:55

UK Green Party advocate and Associate Professor of Political Economy returns to Bad Faith after spending weeks defending the UK Green's 'Zionism is Racism' resolution and playing a central role making the case for moral and political clarity. Ashok weighs in on Norm Finkelstein's recent viral take on the resolution, and explains the strategic value of the resolution.

Topics: Zionism, pluralism, and Green Party backlash · Political courage and insecurity in left media · Force the Vote and progressive leverage · Who gets to represent the left? · Finkelstein debates “From the River to the Sea” · Podcast subscriptions and channel support

Democrats' "Affordability" Agenda is Just Another SCAM (w/ Isabella Weber)

32K views · 1w ago · 1:06:33

Guest: Isabella Weber

Associate professor of economics and author of new book, The Case for Anti-Fascist Economics: In Defense of Affordability, Dignity, and Democracy Isabella Weber, returns to Bad Faith to make the case for what an anti-fascist economic program looks like, and weigh in on whether Democrats new interest in "affordability" is a meaningful step in the right direction.

Zohran Stands Idly By As NYPD Ghoul ATTACKS The LEFT (w/ Rania Khalek, Amanda Yee, & Zoe Alexandra)

29K views · 1w ago · 28:43

Guest: Rania Khalek

After being targeted by a congressional investigation headed by House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, journalists from independent left media outlet BreakThrough News join Bad Faith to discuss the subpoena and deposition requests against them, the targeting of Rep. Ilhan Omar by the Trump administration, and broader attacks against left media.

Topics: Anti-left attacks and socialist ambitions · Youth socialism and independent left reporting · Electoral victories, donor power, and accountability · Debating Mamdani’s complicity over Palestine · Campaign compromises and Democratic Party constraints

Abdul El-Sayed Campaigns with Barack OBOMBER, But WHO Benefits? (w/ David Sirota)

42K views · 2w ago · 1:06:41

Guests: Barack OBOMBER, David Sirota

Founder of independent media outlet, The Lever, and former speech writer for Bernie 2020, David Sirota, returns to Bad Faith to weigh in on Mayor Mamdani's commitment to retaining Zionist billionaire Jessica Tisch as police commissioner despite calls from the DSA to fire her and disband the NYPD's notoriously violent Strategic Response Group (SRG).

Topics: Democratic distrust and the Bernie campaign legacy · The Bulwark and Never-Trump Republicans · Jon Favreau, Crooked Media, and Obama's legacy · Abdul El-Sayed campaigns with Obama · Medicare for All versus the public option · Progressive victories and accountability after election

Sleazy Democrats Rehabilitate Corrupt Establishment HACKS Like Rahm Emmanuel (w/ Andrew Cockburn)

22K views · 2w ago · 25:55

Guest: Andrew Cockburn

British journalist, Washington D.C. editor of Harper's Magazine and author of several books including, most recently, Washington is Burning: Corruption & Lies in the Age of Trump, returns to Bad Faith to talk about Democratic Party efforts to rehabilitate members of the establishment whose hands were made dirty by the Gaza genocide, and what lessons the veteran reporter learned from past cover ups to help us gain accountability this time around.

Topics: Democrats’ Palestine positions and establishment pressure · Where should the left direct its activism? · The AI bubble and Democrats’ response · AI safety, job losses, and billionaire power

DEBATE: Is Zionism Racism? Norman Finkelstein Says No!?

101K views · 2w ago · 41:49

On the 3rd anniversary of the start of the Gaza genocide, preeminent Gaza scholar Normal Finkelstein returns to Bad Faith podcast to discuss the co-option of the pro-Palestine movement, betrayals by NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani, & engage and debate Briahna Joy Gray on the value of the UK Green Party resolution to define Zionism as racism.

Topics: The Greens’ “Zionism Is Racism” Resolution · Enforcing International Law on Israel-Palestine · Defining Zionism and Jewish Supremacy · Do Radical Slogans Change Political Possibilities? · International Law Versus the Greens’ Political Strategy

"PITIFUL!" - Norm Finkelstein's October 7th Reaction to Zohran's $26 Million Anti-Semitism Betrayal

107K views · 3w ago · 2:32:47

On the 3rd anniversary of the start of the Gaza genocide, preeminent Gaza scholar Normal Finkelstein returns to Bad Faith podcast to discuss the co-option of the pro-Palestine movement, betrayals by NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani, & engage and debate Briahna Joy Gray on the value of the UK Green Party resolution to define Zionism as racism.

Topics: Debate highlights and Norman Finkelstein introduction · Mamdani’s Palestine commitments and political accountability · Antisemitism funding, statistics, and campus repression · Mamdani’s October 7 statement and appeasement · DSA victories and accountability after elections · UK Greens’ resolution and international-law strategy

Zohran & Theo Von? The Left is Being CO-OPTED Right Before Our Eyes (w/ Ajamu Baraka)

65K views · 3w ago · 29:47

Guest: Ajamu Baraka

Human rights activist, director of the Black Alliance for Peace North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights, and Green Party 2020 VP candidate Ajamu Baraka returns to Bad Faith to discuss Mamdani's controversial new anti-Semitism funding, his characterization of socialism on the Theo Von podcast, & Abdul El-Sayed's defense of capitalism on Higher Learning.

Topics: Building independent power through electoral politics · Can DSA and WFP enforce accountability? · The Lowndes County Freedom Party model · Chokwe Lumumba and capturing local power · Popularizing socialism without diluting its meaning · J.D. Vance attacks Angie Nixon’s socialism

DEBATE: Can the Democrats ACTUALLY Be Moved to the Left? (w/ Wajahat Ali)

46K views · 4w ago · 1:33:50

Guests: Wajahat Ali, Joy Reid

Writer, pundit, & host of the Left Hook podcast Wajahat Ali joins Bad Faith to weigh in on Abduel El-Sayed campaigning with Kamala Harris, Mamdani's capitulations to the Zionist establishment, and whether the left is pulling the center left or whether they're slowly getting absorbed and disciplined.

Topics: Where their political camps differ · Why Democrats resist their own left flank · Corporate money and Democratic priorities · Third-party voting versus harm reduction · An ascendant left and the costs of losing · Jeffries, progressive endorsements, and identity politics

Silicon Valley Wants a POST-HUMAN World (w/ Émile Torres)

22K views · 1mo ago · 32:10

Philosopher & intellectual historian Émile Torres returns to Bad Faith to weigh in on the intellectual and cultural movement that motivates the big tech billionaires who are threatening to end the world with artificial intelligence. What is transhumanism, what do these CEOs really mean by "human extinction," what does the future look like once the brains are uploaded to the cloud, and if and when that happens, what will it mean to be alive?

Topics: Human extinction and post-human successors · AI safety rhetoric, regulation, and power · Ezra Klein’s AI frontier argument · Defining longtermism and transhumanism · Silicon Valley’s TESTGIRL worldview

How Zohran FAILED The Netanyahu Test (w/ Nerdeen Kiswani)

53K views · 1mo ago · 1:27:49

Guest: Nerdeen Kiswani

How did Zohran Mamdani go from promising to arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to arresting his DSA allies as they protested his speech at the UN headquarters in NY? Is this politically inconsistent or just part of the job? Or both? Palestinian activist and organizer weighs in on this and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's choice to campaign with Kamala Harris.

Gavin Newsom and SLEAZEBAG Dems Bend the Knee to Zionist Media Billionaires (Alvaro Bedoya)

20K views · 1mo ago · 1:16:46

On the heels of the Paramount/Warner Brothers takeover which while result a media behemoth owned by the Zionist Ellison family, former FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya returns to Bad Faith to explain the role Gavin Newsom, Rob Bonta, and other west coast Democrats played in undermining a lawsuit brought by 12 state attorneys general to block the merger.

Topics: Paramount-Warner merger and AI debate preview · How the Paramount-Warner merger happened · Why California settled the merger challenge · What California actually won in settlement · Could Paramount really leave California? · Democratic contenders and antitrust solutions

Saudi Arabia Is Being Brought To Its KNEES (w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi)

112K views · 1mo ago · 1:00:51

Guest: Shireen Al-Adeimi

Yemini-American Michigan State professor Shireen Al-Adeimi joins Bad Faith to explain how the July attack on Yemen's Sanaa international airport prompted a response from Ansar Allah that has resulted in Houthi control of Yemen's coastline including the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. How have Yeminis managed to be so successful despite the extreme poverty brought on by the years long blockade and constant bombing supported by four consecutive American administrations?

Topics: Yemen conflict preview and guest introduction · U.S. involvement in Yemen since 9/11 · Blockade breach and renewed Yemen-Saudi clashes · Yemen’s geography and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait · Yemen’s political transition and foreign intervention · Ansar Allah captures the coast

AI Extinction: Hype or Real? (w/ Garrison Lovely)

23K views · 1mo ago · 23:40

Guests: AI Extinction, Garrison Lovely

Author of Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us joins Bad Faith to weigh in on Anthropic whistleblower Jacob Coxon's viral tweet warning that Artificial Intelligence could lead to the end of humanity within the next decade. Is this false alarmism or a real threat? Is the threat real but exaggerated for the purpose of securing favorable anti-trust policies for AI leaders?

Topics: AI risks, bioweapons, and job displacement · Skepticism about AI-specific catastrophe · Why scalable AI changes the danger · Is AGI hype or a real breakthrough? · AI-generated biological viruses · How AI agents work