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Jacobin Radio
News, politics, history and more from Jacobin. Featuring The Dig, Long Reads, Confronting Capitalism, Behind the News, Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman, and occasional specials.
Episodes
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The Dig: On the Clock with Emily Guendelsberger
Jobs have in recent years gotten much worse for millions of service workers at Amazon, McDonalds and call centers. Dan interviews Emily Guendelsberger on her…
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Jacobin Radio: Puerto Rico, US-Iran
Suzi looks at the rising in Puerto Rico with professor, activist, and author Rafael Bernabe in San Juan, Puerto Rico where two weeks of massive protests…
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The Dig: Race and Class in the Liberal Suburbs with Lily Geismer
Dan interviews Lily Geismer, the author of Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. While Boston whites fought school…
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The Vast Majority: "DSA 2019 Convention Breakdown" with Andrew Sernatinger
The Democratic Socialists of America's biennial convention is in Atlanta this weekend. The rise of the DSA is one of the most promising developments in…
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The Dig: From the archives, Aziz Rana on Two Faces of American Freedom
Dan is taking his first week off ever in Dig history to finish his book. Here's a classic from deep in the archives: our first interview with Aziz Rana, on his…
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Jacobin Radio: Report From the Border; UK Politics
Suzi talks to historian Myrna Santiago and immigrants' rights specialist Alicia Rusoja, who just returned from a week at the border, where they talked to men…
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The Dig: The Struggle in Chile with Alondra Carrillo & Pablo Abufom
Dan's lengthy interview with two brilliant Chilean social movement organizers: Alondra Carrillo and Pablo Abufom. Carrillo organizes in the country's massive…
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Behind the News: Puerto Rico and Turkey
Professor of philosophy Bernat Tort on Puerto Rico’s economic and political crisis. Then, sociologist Sahan Karatasli on Turkey’s economic and political crisis.
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The Vast Majority: "They're Not Just Mad at AOC — They're Scared of Her" with Miles Kampf-Lassin
It's gotten heated this last week between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the squad, on the one hand, and Nancy Pelosi, centrist Democrats, and the House…
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The Dig: Abolish the Family with Sophie Lewis
Dan interviews Sophie Lewis about her new book Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family. Something is deeply wrong with commercial surrogacy—but it's just…
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The Vast Majority: "Why Bernie Was Right to Oppose US Intervention in Central America" with Hilary Goodfriend
The New York Times recently attacked Bernie Sanders’s record on solidarity with Nicaragua in the 1980s. It probably won’t be the last time we see red-baiting…
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Jacobin Radio: NYT Bias, "Junkie Communism," and Deaths of Despair
Suzi does three stories on this episode of Jacobin Radio, beginning with Katie Halper's expose in Jacobinof <wbr />the New York Times'sproblem with Bernie…
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The Dig: Astra Taylor on Socialism, Democracy, Liberalism
For much of the twentieth century, Cold War politics defined socialism as the antithesis of democracy. Today, an insurgent democratic-socialist movement is…
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The Vast Majority: “Elizabeth Warren Can and Should Do Better on Foreign Policy" with Sarah Lazare
Elizabeth Warren is, by American political standards, a very strong presidential candidate. She has taken up a robust domestic social-democratic agenda — one…
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The Vast Majority: “What a Socialist Society Will Actually Look Like” with Sam Gindin
<style type="text/css"></style> <style></style> What is a socialist society going to look like? Like, actually look like? We have to have some answers to this…
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The Dig: Our History Is the Future with Nick Estes
Dan's lengthy interview with Nick Estes on his remarkable book Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long…
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The Vast Majority: "Why Bernie Talks About the New Deal" with Seth Ackerman
Bernie Sanders has been talking a lot about the New Deal lately, mentioning it in his recent speech on democratic socialism. Ironically, the response from many…
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Jacobin Radio: US-Iran Crisis, Hong Kong Protests
On this episode of Jacobin Radio, Suzi focuses on the intensifying US-Iranian crisis and war brinkmanship that saw us about ten minutes away from military…
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The Dig: Russia Beyond Putin with Tony Wood
Russia intervened and Trump is a criminal who committed obstruction of justice and is surrounded by constant criminality. But it's no doubt also true that this…
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Behind the News: Danish Elections, the Indigenous in Canada
Political scientist Rune Møller Stahl on the Danish elections, which the Left won but partly by going anti-immigrant. Then, Heidi Matthews, author of this…
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The Dig: The Italian Situation with David Broder, Lorenzo Zamponi, and Marta Fana
There is perhaps no more depressing situation in Western Europe than that which prevails in Italy: a coalition government between the far-right Lega party and…
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The Dig: The Spanish Situation with Carlos Delclós and Magda Bandera
In Spanish politics, the center-left Socialist Party has demolished the conservative Popular Party and checked risk of a major far-right surge. But meanwhile…
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The Vast Majority: "The Militant Minority" with Eric Blanc
Part two of our discussion with Eric Blanc on his new book Red State Revolt: The Teachers Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics. We discuss the role of a…
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Jacobin Radio: Breaking Down the European Parliament Elections
Two interviews on the results of the May 26 European Parliamentary elections, which did not cleanly match predictions that there would be a further shift to to…
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The Dig: The French Situation with Sebastian Budgen and Danièle Obono
The radical left has been unable to electorally capitalize on the Yellow Vest movement, a massive revolt against a vicious, unequal and alienating neoliberal…
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The Dig: Labour's Brexit Bind with Grace Blakeley, Maya Goodfellow, and Richard Seymour
Brexit has so dominated UK politics that it has put the Labour Party in a profoundly difficult and perhaps untenable position of strategic ambiguity toward how…
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The Dig: The European Situation with Chris Bickerton and Jerome Roos
This week and next, we're bringing you five episodes on European politics. Today, we're starting things off with Chris Bickerton and Jerome Roos for an…
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The Vast Majority: "Red State Revolt" with Eric Blanc
The teachers strike wave of the last year and a half is the most important development in US working-class politics in decades. And nobody has covered that…
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The Dig: Rashida Tlaib
US Rep. Rashida Tlaib on the local struggles that guide her work on behalf of the working class in Congress, the urgent need for a politics that puts people…
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Behind the News: Tim Shorrock and Vijay Prashad
Tim Shorrock (Nation page here) on the US conflict with North Korea. Then, Vijay Prashad, director of the Tricontinental Institute, on Modi’s recent victory in…
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The Dig: Bernie and Black Voters with Malaika Jabali and Wendi Muse
Dan has in-depth discussion on Bernie's approach to race and what he must do to win over Black voters with Malaika Jabali and Wendi Muse. Contrary to…
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Jacobin Radio: Barry Eidlin on Labor
Here, before a live audience at United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) headquarters, Suzi talks to Canadian sociologist and labor activist Barry Eidlin about…
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The Vast Majority: "The Case for Open Borders" with Suzy Lee
What should the Left say about borders? Free flow of people across borders has always been a key topic for leftists, perhaps never more so than right now —…
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The Dig: Doug Henwood on DSA
DSA's explosive growth continues; it has already, in a few short years, become the center of a renewed American socialist movement. Dan interviews Doug…
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The Dig: Capitalism and Slavery. Part 2.
Three interviews: historian Seth Rockman, scholars Crystal Eddins and Zachary Sell, and public historians Akeia Benard, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco, Elon Cook Lee…
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The Vast Majority: Socialism: The Movie with Yael Bridge
Socialism: The Movie with Yael Bridge Yael Bridge is one of the filmmakers behind the forthcoming documentary Socialism: An American Story. She talks with…
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Behind the News: Teachers Strikes and Community-Based Reparations
Eric Blanc, author of Red State Revolt, on the teachers' strikes. Then, Catherine Kaiman, environmental lawyer, on community-based reparations (paper here).
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The Dig: Capitalism and Slavery. Part 1.
Three interviews: historians Linford Fisher, Christy Clark-Pujara and Joanne Melish, and Emily Owens. Dan conducted six interviews on capitalism and slavery at…
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The Vast Majority: "Chicago's Socialist Surge" with Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
Chicago recently made international headlines for the victories of six — six!! — members of the Democratic Socialists of America running for city council. It’s…
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The Dig: Cyborg Revolution with Donna Haraway
Donna Haraway's work defies disciplines, combining insights from both biology and feminist thought, and drawing on her own involvement in political projects…
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The Vast Majority: "Bernie Sanders Wants You to Fight" with Meagan Day
If we want to transform the United States in a socialist direction, we're going to need to do much more than elect Bernie Sanders as president. Nobody harps on…
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The Dig: Real Estate Capitalism and Gentrification with Samuel Stein
What is gentrification? It isn't just about what was once known as the hipster and is still known as the artist, the telltale warning signs of impending…
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Jacobin Radio: Democratic Primary; Victor Serge
Alan Minsky, producer of Jacobin Radio, is the guest on this episode. He wears multiple hats and one of them is Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of…
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The Vast Majority: "The Socialist Manifesto" with Bhaskar Sunkara
It's the first episode of The Vast Majority, which will be bringing you conversations on American and international politics from a socialist perspective. So…
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A New Podcast from Jacobin: The Vast Majority with Micah Uetricht
It's a new podcast from Jacobin: The Vast Majority, hosted by Micah Uetricht. We'll be talking to authors from Jacobin and its sister publications like…
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The Dig: Un laboratorio del socialismo en Chile. Entrevista con Daniel Jadue.
*This episode of The Dig is a special Dig in Spanish. Visit Jacobin for a transcript in English. Este episodio de The Dig es un Dig especial en español. Entra…
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Behind the News: Rossana Rodriguez, Benjamin Fogel on Bolsonaro
Rossana Rodriguez on her successful campaign as a socialist for the Chicago city council, where she will join five other socialists. Then, Benjamin Fogel…
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The Dig: Empire and the War in Yemen
The US has played a major role in fomenting violence across Yemen, backing the Saudi and United Arab Emirates-led forces attacking the country while also…
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Jacobin Radio: Elections in Chicago and Israel
<font color="#000000">Our guest Yoav Peled argues that Netanyahu i</font>s the only issue in the April 9 election. <font color="#000000">Netanyahu is under…
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Behind the News: Police Surveillance; ISO
Jason Wilson on how cops are more interested in surveilling the Left than the Right (article here; Will Parrish article here). Then, Todd Chretien reflects on…
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The Dig: Chinese Class Conflict with Jenny Chan
In the US, China is often viewed at best as a nefarious and enigmatic rival and at worst as a civilizational enemy. But these stories of national rivalry that…
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The Dig: Against Idiocy with Kafui Attoh
Car dominance, public transit austerity, and the neoliberal political-economy within which both are embedded have fomented what Marx called idiocy, in its…
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Jacobin Radio: Bolsonaro Comes to D.C.
Suzi talks to political economist Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos about the Trump-Bolsonaro love fest in D.C. last week, and the new Brazilian-US relationship…
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The Dig: Strike! with Jane McAlevey
The strike is back, and big time. Teachers in particular have been walking off the job not only to demand higher wages but also to fight for an end to…
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Behind the News: Tony Wood on Russia
Tony Wood, author of Russia Without Putin, on contemporary Russia and Putin.
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The Dig: Why Socialism Wins in Chicago
Four of the five candidates endorsed by the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America either won outright or advanced to the runoff election on April 2, leading…
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The Dig: End of the Myth with Greg Grandin
American liberty has since its foundation relied upon the dispossession of indigenous people and Mexicans, upon African enslavement and, ultimately, upon the…
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Behind the News: Feminism for the 99%; Capital City
Cinzia Arruzza and Tithi Bhattacharya, authors (along with Nancy Fraser) of Feminism for the 99%, on a truly transformative feminism. Then, Sam Stein, author…
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Behind the News: New Deals Past and Present; Left Internationalism
Richard Walker, geographer and director of the Living New Deal project, on what the original New Deal can teach the Green one. Then, Aziz Rana on the need for…
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The Dig: A Theory of ISIS with Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou explains: it's not just that the War on Terror has warped American and European politics and society; it's that the War on…