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The hosts discuss modern calls for investigations into figures like Tucker Carlson and Tulsi Gabbard, comparing the rhetoric to the McCarthy-era Red Scare. They critique the American history of maintaining "lists," such as no-fly lists and terrorist watch lists, as being contrary to national values. The conversation suggests that current anti-Russian sentiment is a revival of older Cold War programming.
The hosts present archival audio of W.E.B. Du Bois discussing the history of socialism and communism within the Black community. Du Bois defends his membership in the Socialist Party and his study of Karl Marx, arguing that McCarthyism made America afraid to discuss these ideologies. The hosts argue that as a self-proclaimed socialist, Bernie Sanders should be more familiar with these historical Black radical traditions.
