Aufhebunga Bunga

• The Death of the Central Bank Myth, Adam Tooze, Foreign Policy
• Why the Neoliberals Won’t Let This Crisis Go to Waste, Philip Mirowski, Jacobin
• Plan A for the coronavirus, Curtis Yarvin, Medium

In the second in an occasional series of episodes on the US presidential election and the Left, we talk to Nicholas Kiersey, a volunteer with the Bernie Sanders campaign in Texas and host of the Fully Automated podcast. What were things like on the campaign trail, and what went wrong for Bernie? Will Biden go the distance, and are there more shenanigans in store?

Readings:

• Like It or Not, If We Run Third Party, We Will Lose, Dustin Guastella, Jacobin
• The Tyranny of Decorum Hurt Bernie Sanders’s 2020 Prospects, David Sirota, Jacobin
• ‘Life After Bernie’: The Young Left Braces for Disappointment in 2020, Tim Alberta, Politico
• The Left Can’t Just Dismiss the Anti-Lockdown Protests, Ben Burgis, Jacobin

On The Jakarta Method.

We're joined by Vincent Bevins to discuss his new book on the 1965-66 mass killings in Indonesia, Cold War anti-communism, and the destruction it wrought around the world. The mid-60s proved pivotal, with US-backed coups in Indonesia and Brazil setting the template. What was their effect on the Left worldwide? How did it alter developmental trajectories across the Third World? What lessons can we take from these historical experiences?

Running Order:

• Indonesia - (10:43)
• Brazil & application of Jakarta Method - (36:14)
• Themes of anticommunism - (43:55)
• Global consequences - (53:03)
• Anticommunism today - (01:14:39)
• Bonus stuff - (1:21:18)

Reading:
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World