Ep. 19: On Tarantino, the UAW Corruption Scandal, and Stalinism in Power

On this episode, we talk about Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the undigested legacy of the late sixties among millennials. We take up the recent corruption scandal plaguing the United Auto Workers (UAW) with Platypus member, Nick Kreitman, a personal injury, employment and labor attorney practicing in Chicago, Illinois. Nick gives us an update on the state of American unions and what leftists think is possible under Bernie Sanders. In the second segment, Sophia interviews Hillel Ticktin, a South African expat living in London who spoke on the fall of the Soviet Union at the CPGB’s summer Communist University. They discuss the counterrevolution left by Stalinists in Power, the atomization of the working class in the USSR and the legacy of 1989. As always feel free to send your questions, comments and criticism to shitplatypussays@gmail.com. And if you like the podcast, share it and leave us a review. Links; Rory Hannigan, Platypus Review 119, September 2019 https://platypus1917.org/2019/09/01/what-was-stalinism-in-power/ J. Hoberman, "Once Upon a Time in Tarantino’s Hollywood" in New York Review of Books (08.19.2019) https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/08/19/once-upon-a-time-in-tarantinos-hollywood/ Labor Notes on the United Auto Workers (UAW) https://www.labornotes.org/2019/09/corruption-cases-auto-workers-complicate-bargaining https://labornotes.org/2019/07/viewpoint-big-three-negotiations-open-which-way-forward-auto-workers Meagan Day, "Americans Are Starting to Love Unions Again" in Jacobin (09.02.2019) https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/09/unions-us-labor-movement-americans-gallup-poll-bernie-sanders Nick Kreitman https://www.nickkreitman.attorney Hosted by Pamela C. and Sophia