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New Hampshire Left And Right, Plus Frantz Fanon Today

On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols analyzes the first primary of 2024, and Adam Shatz talks about his new book, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.

January 24, 2024

Jonathan Kipp prepares to cast his ballot in the New Hampshire Primary at Londonderry High School on January 23, 2024, in Londonderry.(Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

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New Hampshire Left And Right, Plus Frantz Fanon Today | Start Making Sense
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On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols has our analysis on the New Hampshire primary–Biden's big win, and Trump's furious victory speech.

Also: Adam Shatz talks about Franz Fanon, whose books Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin, White Masks made him a huge figure on the left, not just in the '60s when they were published, but in the era of Black Lives Matter when “his shadow looms larger than ever.” Now he's the subject of Adam's new book, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. Adam is the US editor of the London Review of Books, and former Literary Editor of The Nation.

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Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, first in the nation, was also the last chance for Republicans to move beyond Trump. It was also the first chance for Democrats to pressure Biden to push for a cease-fire in Gaza. John Nichols has our analysis.

Also on this episode: Adam Shatz talks about Frantz Fanon, whose books Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin, White Masks made him a huge figure on the left, not just in the 1960s when they were published, but in the era of Black Lives Matter when “his shadow looms larger than ever.” Now, he’s the subject of Adam’s new book, The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. Adam is the US editor of the London Review of Books, and former literary editor of The Nation.

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Trump’s Attacks on Voting, and on Iran / Start Making Sense
byThe Nation Magazine

After Senate Democrats block the SAVE act, Trump is likely to declare a national security emergency – claiming China could interfere in the midterms – as a basis for restricting voting. David Cole comments; he’s former legal director of the ACLU.

Also: Congress must challenge Trump’s war on Iran and assert its constitutional duty to take up War Powers resolutions and assert its primacy over matters of war and peace. John Nichols explains.  

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