Left Bitches (who are right)
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Unapologetically outraged that kindness is now controversial. Why is this even a conversation?! Feel like you’re the only one still seeing straight as our piece-of-shit civilization burns to the ground around you? Us too. We’re talking politics without fear, bringing together (sometimes wildly divergent) progressive perspectives and breaking down what’s really happening now with incisive commentary, sharp banter and a healthy helping of righteous indignation. Come get mad with us! And then talk it out with Anissa Naouai, Amanda Getty, Erica Marable, Ryan Wentz, and Gregory Haddock.
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Party of One Trailer
July 08, 2021 19:15 - 3 minutes - 4.28 MBConservative, Liberal, Centrist: You gotta screw one, marry one, murder one. Introducing Party of One. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-of-one/id1571174758 What's the real difference between a Republican and a Democrat? Still believe the game's red vs. blue in Washington? Here's something new for your ears. Party of One pushes past the political posturing and ramped-up rhetoric of division, to uncover a much scarier reality: It's business that's booming, and we're the one's l...
Biden Bombs Iraq as Earth Boils
July 01, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBIt's hot AF! The Left Bitches are wrapping up the season all sweaty. The climate crisis is real... so we're getting rid of our plastic straws once and for all! Kidding, fuck Big Oil. Biden just became the sixth consecutive president to bomb Iraq and the media wants you to believe the move was "defensive." What type of upside-down reality do we live in? Meanwhile, Israel is really demolishing the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan to build a religious theme park. Finally, we answer the questi...
Jewish, Israeli, and...ANTI-ZIONIST? w/ Miko Peled
June 24, 2021 13:43 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBLife as an anti-Zionist Israeli Jew: Author and human rights activist Miko Peled reflects on growing up in a prominent Zionist family in Israel, what turned his world upside down, and how he came to be an outspoken supporter of the liberation of Palestine. What’s with the two-state delusion? What does justice look like for Palestinians? What good is a ceasefire if Israel’s colonial violence continues? And will the new Israeli government be any different from the last? Plus, how have Israel’s...
Latin American Socialism vs. The US Empire w/ Camila Escalante
June 17, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBAll eyes on Latin America: What's burning in what imperialists have long called "America's backyard"? Kawsachun News co-founder Camila Escalante assesses the state of the Latin American left in 2021. What's the deal with Peru's recent elections? How are things for ordinary Bolivians after one year of a US-backed coup regime? Is the US still trying to overthrow Venezuela's democracy in order to install Western puppet Juan Guaidó? What can socialists in the Global North learn from the success ...
Left Politics in the Post-Kaepernick NFL w/ Justin Jackson
June 10, 2021 13:35 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MBThere’s a Left Bitch in the NFL! The Takeover host and LA Chargers running back Justin Jackson breaks down life as a leftist on football’s biggest stage. We get into Biden’s America, what politicized us, and how to best use large platforms for the greater good. How do professional athletes navigate political conversations in the locker room? And what’s it like to advocate for justice in the same league that blackballed Colin Kaepernick just five years ago? Plus, how can learning more about t...
Facebook's Crusade Against Palestine w/ Mnar Muhawesh Adley
June 03, 2021 13:54 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBBibi on his way out as Israeli PM? So what do/can/should we expect from likely successor Naftali Bennett? MintPress News founder and editor-in-chief Mnar Muhawesh Adley talks Netanyahu 2.0, what it’s like growing up Palestinian-American in the belly of the beast, and the challenges of independent media. Spoiler alert: Facebook always wins. Who's really behind Big Tech censorship? And how do we shatter the echo chambers when it comes to empire's crimes in Palestine and beyond? Check out Mna...
Palestine Pushback: Bernie, The Hulk & The Hadids
May 27, 2021 13:15 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBDoes Bella Hadid have bigger balls than The Hulk? As Israel’s ongoing warcrimes against Palestinians continue, Zionists are pulling out all the stops to salvage Israel’s image worldwide. Big Tech's censoring pro-Palestine content (oh hey, Instagram!) while the pro-Israel lobby smears celebrity voices speaking for justice. Mark Ruffalo crumbled under pressure and took back “genocide”; what did Bernie Sanders urge that has The Bitches calling for his cucking cancellation? Plus the New York Tim...
Palestine: How You Can Actually Help w/ Abby Martin
May 20, 2021 13:41 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MBAs Israel's heinous war crimes intensify, enormous crowds are mobilizing across the globe in support of Palestine. Are the Bitches naive to believe the tide may finally be turning toward justice? Abby Martin, creator of the Empire Files and director of Gaza Fights for Freedom, talks media lies, pro-Israel propaganda, and what people of conscience can do to support the liberation of Palestinians from apartheid. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement is designed to isolate Israel, so ...
Palestine Under Attack w/ Ali Abunimah
May 13, 2021 14:57 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBPalestine is rising, resisting and rejecting Israel's racist colonial occupation that’s violently subjugated millions since 1948. Will there be justice as long as Western imperialism has a say? Electronic Intifada director Ali Abunimah parses the bloodthirsty propaganda from corporate media that’s been distorting the reality on the ground in the Middle East since day 1. How can Israel get away with gassing Palestinian worshippers at al Aqsa in Jerusalem and carpet bombing Palestinian civilia...
Partisan Patriarchy and Smearing the Truth w/ Tara Reade
May 10, 2021 02:31 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBSENSITIVE CONTENT: This episode contains references to sexual violence How can Democrats get away with attacks on sexual assault survivors? Is it all just partisan politics to them? The Bitches are joined by author, activist, and former Senate aide Tara Reade to discuss her experience coming forward about sexual assault. Democrats were rightfully outraged by Trump’s disturbing history of sexual violence, so why do they provide cover for Biden? Plus, the anti-left corporate media’s coverage...
Why Racist Empire Can't #StopAsianHate w/ Amanda Yee
May 03, 2021 14:10 - 41 minutes - 57 MBWhat good is the US' covid "recovery" when its imperialist policies abroad are keeping people sick - and the virus mutating - in the Global South? Hint: follow the money! We’re talking "vaccine apartheid" with organizer and independent political analyst Amanda Yee. India is facing the most devastating wave of the virus yet; supply and hospital bed shortages are forcing families to beg for oxygen on social media. Meanwhile Russia and China are blamed for Uncle Sam’s catastrophic pandemic resp...
Pacification Not Accountability = Chauvin Verdict
April 26, 2021 14:04 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBThe Bitches are back after a rare week off, so what'd we miss? For starters, we're once again being told that the US has plans to withdraw from Afghanistan. What's the catch? The US doesn't just leave, does it? Where does the longest war in US history go from here? Plus, was Derek Chauvin's conviction really "justice" for the murder of George Floyd? That's what you'd think if you were tuned into the corporate media's coverage of the verdict. Is white supremacy suddenly a thing of the past? H...
Capitol Police Came After Our Left Bitch w/ Leslie Lee
April 12, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutes - 63 MBAOC called the cops on our very own Ryan Wentz. What a Karen! Plus Biden's fortified unity construction, Trump's border wall = same shit, different prez. Joined this week by special guest Bitch and host of Struggle Session Leslie Lee. The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Amanda Getty, and Ryan Wentz. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for same-day release, bonus episodes, and more. Get more of Leslie on Twitter!
BONUS PROMO Q&A: Lib to Left Pipeline
April 07, 2021 17:14 - 54 seconds - 1.24 MB"Toothless left media," Brian Williams and his love for missiles, and how to effectively pull libs over to the left. The Bitches sit down to answer questions from our beloved patrons. Thank you so much for your generous support. Get the whole episode and more at www.patreon.com/leftbitches
Amazon Psyops & Biden's Better Border w/ Danny Haiphong
April 05, 2021 02:00 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBWTF is AOC talking about?! Journalist Danny Haiphong on the abject cynicism of Biden’s border crisis. New reports paint a disturbing picture of more kids in cages than ever, so why don’t the liberals outraged under Trump care anymore? The Squad promised to “push Biden left” - how's that going? Plus, the “secret sauce” Biden administration officials are spreading around the world? Hint: it’s code for American exceptionalism. Finally, we discuss the wave of fake Twitter accounts that are poppi...
Echo Park Police State and Biden's Empire w/ Richard Medhurst
March 29, 2021 14:09 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBHuman advocacy in LA’s Echo Park is growing and the cops are cracking down. We’re joined by journalist Richard Medhurst to talk American authoritarianism. Ever wondered how the US would respond to its own actions if they were committed by a foreign government? Would it impose sanctions on itself? Launch a coup? Plus, we get into Biden’s strike on Syria, his unreasonable Iran policy, and his sadistic sanctions. What message do his actions in Syria send to Iran? And how likely is an Iran Nucle...
Imperialist Genocide Propaganda & Bogeyman China w/ Max Blumenthal
March 22, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBRussia or China: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest bogeyman of them all? We're talking new Cold Wars and imperialist propaganda with the Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal. Anti-Asian hate crimes rose 150% in major US cities last year; how has the US military’s so-called “Asia pivot” fueled deadly racism at home? How much of China's "human rights abuses" are actually real? Why has the left fallen for the State Department’s hawkish anti-China crusade, and how does this development mirror t...
New Stimmies, Racist Royals, and Empire Update
March 15, 2021 12:45 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBNew bitch alert! Ryan Wentz joins the pod to talk Biden’s “stimulus” package: POTUS just abolished poverty! But like didn't Joe “Crusader For The Poor" Biden shill for corporations for 40 years? Plus, can you believe the Royal Family is racist?! Has there ever been such a thing as a Woke Colonial Monarchy™? As the public is distracted by Oprah’s interview with Meghan and Harry, the US government is breaking its promises around the world. No $15 minimum wage at home, no Iran Nuclear Deal abro...
Capitalism's Canceled, Ditch the Dems (W/ Ryan Knight)
March 08, 2021 15:57 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBWho's up for some good ol' fashioned capitalism bashing? We're dumping the two-party duopoly with activist and Amped Up podcast host Ryan Knight. How much longer will we be forced to settle for crumbs and choose between a right-wing Democratic Party and a far-right Republican Party? Are we all living in denial? It’s pretty clear we’re being lied to, but few seem to have the courage or the understanding to break through the bullshit. Plus, what exactly is liberalism? And what is socialism? Ho...
Biden's Blue Bombs Over Syria (w/ Lee Camp)
March 01, 2021 13:50 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBBiden goes PRESIDENTIAL as the third consecutive US president to bomb Syria! Alleged Putin puppet and host of Redacted Tonight and Moment of Clarity Lee Camp joins us to break down Biden’s big-boy strike, which Washington's media is somehow calling "defensive." Do we all feel safe now? Liberals are scrambling to Biden’s defense: Find out who actually tweeted that Dems' bombs hit different. Plus who's crying over kids in cages (sorry, "minors in overflow facilities") now? So how do we build a...
US = EU: Scapegoat Russia, Criminalize Dissent (w/ MEP Clare Daly)
February 22, 2021 16:09 - 45 minutes - 63 MBGuest Left Bitch, European Parliament Member and Irish socialist Clare Daly is clapping back at her EU colleagues who are scapegoating external “threats” like (surprise!) Russia to prop up the arms industry across the pond. Sound familiar? So how do we break the cycle? Through the power of politicians? Or through the power of the people? Also, what’s the European left’s take on Biden? Could 46 be even worse from a foreign policy standpoint than 45? Plus, we touch on Cold War smears, the trag...
Feel-Good Ignorant Sluts (w/ Nando Vila)
February 15, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBBuckle up for Obama 2.0! Less than a month into the Biden era, liberals are back at brunch and progressives are failing to hold 46 accountable. Meanwhile far-right movements aren’t going anywhere, and they’re growing across the West. The Bitches and Jacobin’s Nando Vila ask why. Plus, neoliberal girlboss Neera Tanden’s confirmation hearing was pure comedy. Did she really call Bernie an “ignorant slut”? On the foreign policy side of things, Biden looks just as hawkish as Trump, Obama, and Bus...
Navalny, AOC, and Michael Moore Walk Into a Bar (w/ Katie Halper)
February 08, 2021 15:57 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBFrom Moscow with love! Joined this week by guest Left Bitch Katie Halper, podcast host and... nefarious Russian bot? How a film about the existential threat posed by corporate greenwashing led to McCarthyite smears. Is everyone you disagree with a Putin puppet? Speaking of, who is this Navalny guy, really? And what governments are the Bitches actually afraid to criticize? Also AOC's revelations of past sexual trauma after the Capitol riots and how they made us feel some type of way. Plus, ma...
Liberal Whites (w/ Tom Mishra and Natalie Guerrero)
January 29, 2021 14:00 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MBLet's talk about race, baby! Writer Natalie Guerrero and director Tom Mishra join the Bitches to share their hysterical new web series Liberal Whites and how uncomfortable it makes their friends. Pro tip: Most “woke” white people are really really bad at anti-racism, and now it’s okay to laugh about it! The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for access to ext...
Welcome Home, War on Terror! (w/ Glenn Greenwald)
January 22, 2021 15:29 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBPatriot Act 2.0, anyone? The Bitches and journalist Glenn Greenwald talk propaganda and Silicon Valley censorship, Biden’s plan to fight the white supremacists, and what Donald Trump's Twitter ban means for the left. While liberals keep cheering Big Tech's silencing of ex-President Trump for "incitement," "sedition" and "treason," here's who's gaining the most from linking the Capitol insurrection to 9/11, and why that crisis mania narrative is so dangerous. What will new domestic terror law...
Coup-Coup at the Capitol
January 15, 2021 14:00 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBSifting through the rubble of whatever that was at the Capitol, was 2020 just a test-run for the real bad shit? First: HOW? And was it actually a coup attempt? And was that police collusion we saw? It's speculation central over here and no one does it quite like the Left Bitches. But really: would white supremacist far-right thugs have stormed Washington in the first place if government was doing its job during the pandemic? It took a deadly terrorist insurrection and attack on Washington ...
Building a Third-Party Movement (w/ Eugene Puryear)
January 08, 2021 15:59 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MB"Lesser of two evils" crushing your soul? The Bitches get optimistic: Building a viable 3rd-party alternative has happened before in the US and yes, it can happen again. Eugene Puryear of Breakthrough News on how to unify working people around the one issue that threatens us all. Why was #ForceTheVote on Medicare for All such an epic failure? Did The Squad fumble their leverage with Pelosi on purpose? Did they have any to begin with? We get into it over celebrity culture in politics: Should ...
2020: American Empire's Got COVID
December 31, 2020 19:08 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBSo what'd we get from Congress for Christmas? Payouts to Israel's apartheid regime, funds for Venezuela's opposition, prop-ups for right-wing protesters in Hong Kong, and tax breaks for owning a racehorse. And not enough in rescue payments to cover a month of our rent, while Americans are now stealing baby food and formula. Connecting the dots between poverty at home and abroad: The US government is starving its own people the same way it does Venezuelans, Iranians, Syrians, etc. Bezos' mo...
'Twas the Night Before Eviction (w/ Yasha Levine)
December 25, 2020 16:12 - 56 minutes - 77 MBOn the brink of homelessness in covid pandemic apocalyptic winter: Yasha Levine's living the eviction nightmare right now, along with millions of other American families whose government has failed them. Imagine if housing was a human right. Instead we see the weaponization of the covid crisis by the elites to prey on the vulnerable. And holy fuck: in-person eviction court proceedings are literally killing people. We'll tell you why. And what does Soviet Russia have to do with the housing we...
Medicare for all vs. Disaster Capitalism with Jimmy Dore
December 18, 2020 16:37 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBIf our progressive "saviors" within the Democratic Party can't make Medicare for All happen during a deadly pandemic, can we officially stop counting on them to deliver? Jimmy Dore's on this week and he's got words for Bernie and AOC. Why tf is she still protecting Mama Bear Pelosi? And why is a pothead comedian in his garage getting more movement on #M4A than the "left" in Congress? The Tea Party mobilized a movement 10 years ago that made the Republican party leaders shit their pants, so w...
Can't Blame the Idiots
December 11, 2020 14:00 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBThat horrifying moment you agree with your conservative brother-in-law on Facebook: This is 2020. Erica’s back from the front lines of the #BlockGarcetti protests, where cops got brutal. Makes sense: The LA mayor (and Biden cabinet hopeful) approved the largest LAPD budget ever, during a pandemic and economic dumpster fire. Speaking of, what happens when liberal elites weaponize covid, and why shame won’t cure this virus. From police raids on scientists reporting accurate case numbers to hol...
Gotta Love Dem Losers – Promo
December 04, 2020 16:00 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBSubscribe on Patreon to get the whole episode and see the video! As mass evictions loom for New Year’s, we gotta ask: Do the Democrats get off on losing? Once again for the people in the back: “The other guy’s an asshole” isn’t a strategy, just ask Native Americans in this state, who voted Trump in a big way. 14.6 million Americans lost health insurance in the covid pandemic, and Biden can’t even say the words Medicare for All. Why the ‘44’ brand isn’t doing Dems any more favors: Stop tryi...
Stanky Pilgrims and Rainbow Dildos
November 27, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 78.3 MBWhat are the Bitches thankful for on this most genocidal holiday of the year? Not GoFundMe Joe, who’s still panhandling despite being backed by literally 186 billionaires. Never surprised, always infuriated: We’ve got a Who’s Who of Biden’s new, kinder Cabinet of Horrors - one of them’s a wannabe pop star! From a “lightly seasoned Jeff Bezos” to caged kids at the border, to a sleepy ham sandwich with fossil fuel friends to save the planet, to the Girl Boss who helped make extrajudicial drone...
Kyle Kulinski: This “White Bro” DGAF
November 20, 2020 15:53 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBBernie's a cuck for how he bailed when Biden stole the nomination: Discuss. Kyle Kulinski joins this week with some much-needed last-stand survival tactics for a fractured left. Who's up for a general strike? Also, internet censorship: life on the "borderline" of acceptable content and why we definitely can't say this on Facebook. Plus what advice Kyle gave the Sanders campaign that they didn't take, and what mighta happened if they did. Also don't miss the Kyle Kulinski Show and Secular T...
Yasss Queen, Intervene!
November 13, 2020 16:13 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBDon’t know what to expect from the Biden-Harris administration on foreign policy? We know why, and we have some ideas. Biden’s building up a diverse team of lady hawks to ruin the world! We’re excited for feminist bombs (pumpkin spice scented, with glitter?) Better yet, these are some of the same Obama-era corporateers who gave us the Syria and Libya disasters. Who’s next? And neoliberal games with identity politics designed to make us forget about working class struggle. The Left Bitches ...
How Dems Enable Trump
November 06, 2020 16:06 - 53 minutes - 73 MBIt’s like Christmas Eve, but the opposite. When will the torture end?! It’s hard to give in to the thrill that our dangerous orange dictator-wannabe lunatic looks set to get the boot when you’re sick to your stomach considering the politics that enabled his rise in the first place. WHY THE F*CK IS THIS ELECTION SO CLOSE? Anyone holding on to hope that the Democratic Party will wake up and shape up THIS TIME? No? Us neither… For the juicy stuff, subscribe on Patreon to access our bonus cont...
Left Bitches
October 30, 2020 00:20 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBIt’s the inaugural run of LBWAR: Left Bitches (who are right) It’s 2020, it’s harder than ever to tell a Republican from a Nazi, and we watched in horror as the Democrats subverted the will of their people in favor of a corporate centrist to face off against Trump. Again. This as student debt has ballooned beyond a trillion dollars; owning a home or even renting affordably remains an ever-elusive dream; medical extortion continues to cripple and kill the sick; climate change looms, threa...
Meet the Left Bitches
October 30, 2020 00:20 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBIt’s the inaugural run of LBWAR: Left Bitches (who are right) It’s 2020, it’s harder than ever to tell a Republican from a Nazi, and we watched in horror as the Democrats subverted the will of their people in favor of a corporate centrist to face off against Trump. Again. This as student debt has ballooned beyond a trillion dollars; owning a home or even renting affordably remains an ever-elusive dream; medical extortion continues to cripple and kill the sick; climate change looms, threa...
Introducing... Left Bitches (who are right)
October 28, 2020 16:37 - 1 minute - 1.65 MBComing soon! A show for left bitches, by left bitches. Unapologetically outraged that kindness is now controversial. Why is this even a conversation?! Feel like you’re the only one still seeing straight as our piece-of-shit civilization burns to the ground around you? Us too. We’re talking politics without fear, bringing together (sometimes wildly divergent) progressive perspectives and breaking down what’s really happening now with incisive commentary, sharp banter and a healthy helping of...