Michael Brooks (political commentator)

Michael Brooks
Brooks on Novara Media in March 2020
Born	Michael Jamal Brooks (1983-08-13)August 13, 1983^[1]
Died	July 20, 2020(2020-07-20) (aged 36)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Bates College
Occupations	Political commentator talk show host producer YouTube personality podcaster writer
Years active	2011–2020
Notable work	Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right (2020)
YouTube information
Channel	The Michael Brooks Show
Years active	2018–2020
Genre(s)	Politics, opinion, comedy
Subscribers	141,000^[2]
Total views	30,129,394^[2]
Associated acts	The Majority Report with Sam Seder Talking Points Memo The David Pakman Show Ana Kasparian
Last updated: December 12, 2022

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Michael Jamal Brooks (August 13, 1983 – July 20, 2020) was an American talk show host, writer, political commentator, and comedian.^[3] While co-hosting The Majority Report with Sam Seder, he launched The Michael Brooks Show in August 2017 and provided commentary for media outlets, making regular appearances on shows such as The Young Turks. Brooks contributed to various publications, including HuffPost, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, openDemocracy, and Jacobin.^[4]^[5] His book Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right was published by Zero Books in April 2020.^[6]^[7]

Brooks was a self-identified progressive, internationalist, democratic socialist, and Marxist humanist.^[8] He commented extensively on US foreign policy, the Middle East, Latin America, capitalism, and the intellectual dark web.

^ "8/13 Michael Brooks on the Hidden Story Behind the Lava Jato Scandal and Lula w/ Anthony Pereira". The Majority Report. August 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "About The Michael Brooks Show". YouTube.
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^ Warnock, Caroline (July 21, 2020). "Michael Brooks Dead: Popular Host of 'The Michael Brooks Show' Dies Suddenly". Heavy. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^ Bajalan, Djene (July 26, 2020). "Michael Brooks and the Meaning of Socialist Internationalism". Jacobin. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
^ "Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right". Red Emma's. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^ "Against the Web from Zer0 Books". John Hunt Publishing. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ "Michael Brooks: Meditation, Materialism, and Marxism". Revolutionary Left Radio. July 7, 2020.