They Live (1988) - w/Kevin Cole | Take Me to Your Capitalist Leaders
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Hal and Craig welcome guest Kevin Cole aka The Primal Root—owner and proprietor of the oft-mentioned Cap City Video Lounge—to discuss John Carpenter’s 1988 anti-capitalism, sci-fi masterpiece THEY LIVE. Discussions also include:
The petition to put access to safe abortions on the ballot in Florida;
Our new(ly indicted) king: George Santos;
What we’ve been watching lately, including EVIL DEAD RISE, THE MOTHER, and RENFIELD;
The stranglehold Reaganomics has had on the world for the last forty years; and
The police as the enforcers of capitalism
LINKS:
“The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People” by Sam Mitrani
“They Live is a Timeless Anti-Capitalist Horror Classic” by Eileen Jones
“Reagan’s Recession” by Richard C. Auxier
- "Reagan" by Killer Mike
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