Do we need to talk about Donald? Living the dream on the US election

This is the latest episode of Living The Dream the podcast from The Word From Struggle Street a collaborative anti-capitalist blog from Brisbane. In this episode we look at what discussions about the US Election in Australia tell us about the state of things in Australia..... kinda ......

In this episode of Living The Dream Jon (@jonpiccini) and Dave (@withsobersenses) talk about the US Election and the phenomenon of Donald Trump. We aren’t interest so much is speculations about what is going on in the US but rather what the different ways Trump and Clinton are talked about in Australia tells us about what is going on in Australia.

Articles we refer to include:

Debating Deplorables: How the Left Can (and Cannot) Win Trump Voters

Sympathy for the Devil?

Theses on the New European Fascism

Time to hail Hillary Clinton – and face down the testosterone left

How the working class became white

Sweet ’16: Notes on the US Election

Music from Deadmoon and the Immortal Mice Men

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