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How to Make the Left More Attractive

A conversation with author and journalist, Michael Brooks.

Maximillian Alvarez

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Maximillian Alvarez is editor-in-chief at the Real News Network and host of the podcast Working People, available at InThe​se​Times​.com. He is also the author of The Work of Living: Working People Talk About Their Lives and the Year the World Broke.

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