E235 - DEI or DIE
Added 2024-01-08 11:00:18 +0000 UTCWe start 2024 by talking about Houthis and global shipping, the Uniparty, the Harvard presidency, and the backlash against Pro-Palestinian protesters as part of the broader backlash against progressive liberalism.
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Notes:
Crisis on the seas: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/business/red-sea-shipping-houthi.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
E. Minassian on Gaza: https://brooklynrail.org/2023/12/field-notes/Gaza-An-Extreme-Militarization-of-the-Class-War
Global reordering on formerly tense borders: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/business/china-russia-trade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Song: Hounds of Hate - Wages of Sin
Comments
Re: the Houthis, I'm sure they get some arms from Iran, but they're also just the government of Yemen lol and fresh off a decade of fighting one of the most brutal wars in recent history, I'm sure they've developed the domestic armaments industry. Still think what they're doing in the Red Sea is pretty heroic, but they're well beyond the stage of being "just" a militant/rebel group.
Matt Pierce
2024-01-09 20:28:49 +0000 UTCYeah, it's literally just reactionaries being mad about being taught what racism is and committing suicide over being told that white people ever did anything wrong. Literally a Principal committed suicide here in Ontario after a black woman pushed back on him mansplaining to her that Canada actually wasn't more racist than America like she said. This has led to a fiery campaign to eradicate DEI programs in Ontario by the right, carrying this guys coffin.
James Edward Smith
2024-01-09 07:11:06 +0000 UTCmy bad. edited that part out
The Antifada
2024-01-09 06:33:27 +0000 UTCoops
The Antifada
2024-01-09 06:26:44 +0000 UTCAndy has no idea what DEI is. Why did he just make up a definition?
James Edward Smith
2024-01-09 06:11:04 +0000 UTCGood ep. Andy, I think you might've confused DEI with ESG (environmental, social and governance). ESG is the "ethical" approach to investing whereas DEI is more about human resources and workplace culture.
Nicolay Hristozov
2024-01-09 05:00:09 +0000 UTCGreat episode as usual. These news updates are keeping me sane, or at least the right kind of insane.
The Inner Moon
2024-01-09 04:07:40 +0000 UTC"Do you think it's a genocide?" Fucking hell, Sean. Their *stated bombing strategy* is a war crime. https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
teenynoid
2024-01-09 00:27:16 +0000 UTC
