Associate Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University & author of Black Scare Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States, Charisse Burden-Stelly, returns to Bad Faith to discuss the new 100 page State Department report accusing American leftist groups of being part of a "sustained campaign of subversion" against the United States. This new Red-Scare blacklist names Code Pink, the DSA, Hasan Piker, Ben Cohen, Zohran Mamdani, and even Maxine Waters. What does this mean for left movements, & does the liberal response to these accusations, which is largely to distance "Communism" from Scandinavian-style social democracy, help or hurt the cause of the socialist left? We examine a series of Red-Scare articles, including a viral Atlantic Piece titled "The DSA Is a Parasite," along with clips from Jon Stewart, Abdul El-Sayed, & more. [00:00:00] Intro and guest welcome [00:01:44] New Cuba memo explained [00:04:24] Cuba blockade and living conditions [00:07:08] Why this Red Scare now [00:13:32] Who the report targets [00:17:25] Democrats distancing from the left [00:22:17] Abdul El-Sayed and socialist labels [00:37:48] Mamdani promises and political cynicism [00:42:14] Polling and what socialism means [00:48:25] Establishment attacks and electoral limits [01:00:32] Red Scare lessons and liberal anti-communism [01:21:33] What the left should do [01:42:25] Final reflections and plugs