The 1987 film Dirty Dancing is the very definition of a cultural, and one might add a surprise, phenomenon. A box office taking of $10 million dollars by the film's 10th day on screen. $170 million worldwide from a production budget of just $6 million. the film still to this to this day rakes up a million DVD sales per year. Dirty Dancing is perhaps the epitome of the so called 'Chick Flick' Yet the film has some serious social themes working under its flaying skirt. Politics of class, the failings of liberalism in sixties America and beyond, abortion, courting and sex out of wedlock, the collapse of the nuclear family unit, and all this set against a generational shift that was imminent in the year of the films setting, 1963. Take away the euphoric Dancing, and all that is left is dingy and Dirty. -Stephen Lee Naish ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laYMdTQthgs

Mike Watson returns to ask Can the Left Learn to Meme and, more specifically, can video games challenge the right wing. Watson’s book is due out this year from Zero Books. Book featured: Can the Left Learn to Meme by Mike Watson Art Direction by Ian Watson Zero Books Logo Animations and other animations donated by Brian Cole https://www.instagram.com/robotbloodco/ Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JWfEpbYxWI

All institutions in America post COVID seem to draw nothing but disdain and distrust from the public. Has America come to a point where belief in these formerly trusted institutions are passe? In the wake of the pandemic and the recent Afghanistan debacle, has the American ruling class lost the capacity to secure the faith of the American people? What does this mean for the contemporary left. About Doug Lain: Douglas Lain is the publisher of Zero Books. Based in Portland, Oregon he is also a writer whose books include the science fiction novel Bash Bash Revolution from Night Shade Books and the magical realist novel Billy Moon from Tor Books. He is currently writing a book for Zero Books on the need for a new understanding of Marx. Lain was the host of the philosophy podcast "Diet Soap" from 2009 through 2014 and is now the host of Zero Squared for Zero Books and the YouTuber behind the Zero Books Youtube channel. You can follow Doug on his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZeroBooksTheoryChannel/featured You Can Hear Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal Podcast Here: https://www.protonicreversal.com/ Thank you, guys, again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents? Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!) THANKS Y'ALL YouTube: www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland The Dispatch on Zero Books (video essay series): https://youtu.be/nSTpCvIoRgw Medium: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/kill-the-poor-f9d8c10bc33d Pascal Robert's Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/album/coronavirus-sessions Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCi2l526MA

Remembering our first black president...Bill Clinton. Why did the majority of black people support Bill Clinton and support tough on crime legislation in the 90s? Thank you all so much for taking the time to listen to the show. Please share, like, and subscribe. If you want to support independent media like this, then become a patron. You'll get the episodes first, bonus content, and our upcoming video series "Revolutionary Histories". Become a Patron Now! www.patreon.com/BitterLakePresents ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKtazzuFNk