87 - Media Gets Lula's Win Wrong & The Problem With NGOs w/ Brian Mier, Ben Fong, & Melissa Naschek (Patreon)

Packed show! First up Matt talks to David about his new piece in Jacobin, When Texas Cowboys Fought Private Property: https://jacobin.com/2022/10/texas-fence-cutting-wars-enclosures-cowboys  

Then Brian Mier (@BrianMteleSUR) joins us to break down the results of the Brazil's 1st Round Presidential elections, and how the media has gotten the results wrong. Read Brian's piece in BrasilWire here:  https://www.brasilwire.com/media-spins-lula-victory-as-defeat/  

And then Ben Fong & Melissa Naschek join David to talk about the problems with NGOs and the Left, and what we can do about it. Read their piece in Catalyst here:  https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/05/ngoism-the-politics-of-the-third-sector  

Benjamin Fong has a new book coming out next year printed by Verso "Drugs in American Capitalism"  https://www.versobooks.com/books/4176-drugs-in-american-capitalism