Exit Capitalism, Stage Left – Episode 6 Out Now!

Posted on December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 by Manda Riggle

The sixth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.  This episode features special guest Matt Milhol... Read More

The Housing Crisis is Getting Worse – Especially in the Inland Empire

Posted on November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 by Manda Riggle

It all started during the COVID-19 pandemic. Suddenly, apartments realized that studio or one bedroom apartments were a hot commodity – hotter than they had ever been before. Single people didn&... Read More

Exit Capitalism, Stage Left – Episode 5 Out Now!

Posted on October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 by Manda Riggle

The fifth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.  This episode touches on the idea of disaster ca... Read More

What is Disaster Capitalism? Looking Towards Naomi Klein.

Posted on October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 by Manda Riggle

Since schools and workplaces have resumed regular operations, the stock market has been up and capitalism once again is saved. Saved at the price of public health, welfare, and safety.  But this is n... Read More

Exit Capitalism, Stage Left: Episode 4 – What Is Mutual Aid?

Posted on September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 by Manda Riggle

The fourth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.  This episode focuses on defining what mutual ai... Read More

What Is Mutual Aid?

Posted on August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 by Manda Riggle

For the past year in Riverside, CA, there’s been a huge resurgence of mutual aid groups in response to the city, county, and state falling short in its support of people during the COVID-19 cris... Read More

Exit Capitalism, Stage Left: Episode 3 Out Now

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 by Manda Riggle

The third episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.  In this episode, I explore the concepts of mour... Read More

Mourning in a Capitalist, COVID, and Necropolitical World

Posted on July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 by Manda Riggle

According to the Oxford English Dictionary (the most English major source to cite, I know), mourning is (3.a.) “to feel or express sorrow, grief, or regret,” (4.a.) “to lament or grieve over a d... Read More

Exit Capitalism, Stage Left: Episode 2 Out Now

Posted on July 27, 2021August 15, 2021 by Manda Riggle

  The second episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.  In this episode, special guest Matt Millholan... Read More

The History of Capitalism and Human Rights

Posted on June 25, 2021August 15, 2021 by Manda Riggle

The History of Capitalism is the History of Exploitation. In the early modern period, capitalism and oppressive power structures like racism, sexism, ableism, and classism (just to list a few) formed ... Read More