A Better World is Possible: Lessons from the Catholic Worker Movement

This week, the tide may finally be starting to turn against genocide. A majority of Democratic Senators voted with Bernie to cut off some weapons to Israel. Not enough, but a major step forward.

Zohran Mamdani polls overwhelmingly ahead in the New York mayoral race, including among Jewish voters. Over in the UK, Jeremy Corbyn launched a new leftist party and immediately matched Labour’s membership. Turns out “don’t fund a genocide” is a winning platform.

But apparently, it's still a tough sell for some in Congress. And ambitious centrists seem to think they can run without strong moral opposition to forced starvation. From Roy Cooper's Senate ambitions here in North Carolina to Kamala’s resurrection tour, the "moderates" are scrambling to catch the cultural tide without getting too wet.

Then, we turn to something radical in a whole other way. Patrick, Meg, and Finn are joined by friends and Catholic Worker organizers Lenore Yarger, Steve Woolford, and their son Quinn. They talk about anarchist Catholic hospitality, voluntary poverty, and raising kids while forging an alternative to the dominant US family culture.

Part two of that conversation, on military resistance and Steve and Lenore's work with the GI Rights Hotline, is coming soon.

ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:

• The rise of Zohran social media clones with none of his substance

• The European hornets that attacked Patrick

LINKS:

• Join The Left Unsaid newsletter⁠⁠
• The Labour Files, a docuseries on Corbyn and the Labour Party
• Zeteo's parody of centrists copying Zohran
• And Liam Elkind's real-life campaign video parroting Zohran's style without the substance.