{"id":19744,"date":"2020-12-25T20:15:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T20:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=979b90dd1b3d9a835e92e5664eb9d663"},"modified":"2020-12-25T20:15:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T20:15:38","slug":"unlocked-episode-30-if-not-now-when-the-case-for-forcethevote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/25\/unlocked-episode-30-if-not-now-when-the-case-for-forcethevote\/","title":{"rendered":"[UNLOCKED] Episode 30 – If Not Now, When?: The Case for #ForceTheVote"},"content":{"rendered":"
As a holiday treat we have unlocked our most recent premium episode. For the premium episodes we don't unlock, subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon<\/a><\/em><\/p> Left YouTube star Kyle Kulinski and leftist running back for the LA Chargers Justin Jackson join us to make the definitive case for the #ForceTheVote movement. Justin explains\u00a0how the debate that has divided the left all started -- walking us through his viral exchange with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Kyle weighs in with his expertise as a co-founder of Justice Democrats, the group that recruited AOC. Has the squad drifted from the original\u00a0purpose of the Justice Democrats?: To be a group that's truly oppositional to corporate Democrats -- the Tea Party of the left?<\/p> Brie lets off some steam about the Bad Faith arguments circulating online, including a recent Jacobin article that, despite its smug bluster, fails to answer a critical question: How does the left plan to draw attention to the gap between\u00a0what 88% of Democratic voters want, and what barely half of House Democrats will provide? And if not now, during a global pandemic, when will we put real pressure on the party to provide healthcare as a human right?<\/p> Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon<\/a> to support our work and instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http:\/\/patreon.com\/badfaithpodcast<\/a><\/p> Link to Briahna's article on #ForceTheVote:\u00a0https:\/\/www.currentaffairs.org\/2020\/12\/the-case-for-forcing-a-floor-vote-on-medicare-for-all<\/a><\/p> Subscribe to Kyle Kulinski's YouTube channel here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCldfgbzNILYZA4dmDt4Cd6A<\/a><\/p> Find Bad Faith on Apple<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, Stitcher<\/a>, Google<\/a>, and our RSS feed<\/a>. Follow Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod)<\/a> and Instagram (@badfaithpod)<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p> Produced by Ben Dalton (@wbend<\/a>).<\/p> Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands<\/a>).<\/p>\n