Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: The State of the US Economy and Mainstream Politics
On Jacobin Radio, UCLA historian and coeditor of Catalyst Robert Brenner joins Suzi to discuss the state of the US economy, mainstream politics, and neoliberalism. How are today's political earthquak…
00:47:29 |
Mon 31 Jul 2017
The Dig: Explaining Venezuela's Crisis
A decline in oil prices gutted the revenue stream that Venezuela depended on to bankroll its social spending. The government led by Chavez’s successor Nicolás Maduro is increasingly turning to repres…
00:54:11 |
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Behind the News: Race and Mass Incarceration
Doug interviews two guests. First, James Forman, Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own, analyzes the relationship between race and mass incarceration. Then, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of From #Black…
00:52:06 |
Sat 22 Jul 2017
Behind the News: Single Payer in CA, What's Wrong with the Pension System?
Doug interviews two guests. First, Robert Pollin, a professor at U Mass-Amherst, addresses the economics of how single payer can work in CA. Then, Michael McCarthy, author of Dismantling Solidarity, …
00:52:01 |
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Behind the News: China, Climate, and the Paris climate accord; Nancy Maclean on the Right's War on Democracy
Doug interviews two guests. First, Kate Gordon, a Senior Adviser at the Paulsen Institute, talks about China, Climate, and the Paris climate accord. Then, Nancy Maclean, author of the recent book Dem…
00:52:08 |
Thu 20 Jul 2017
The Dig: Left Power and Environmentalism in Ecuador
Dan’s guest today is Thea Riofrancos, a political scientist at Providence College. They discuss Ecuador’s 2017 elections, in which the left won a narrow victory despite the crisis hitting the Pink Ti…
00:51:50 |
Wed 19 Jul 2017
Behind the News: Korean Politics, Shakeups in the Wake of the British Elections
Doug interviews two guests. First, Tim Shorrock on the two Koreas: while South Korea has a recently-elected leader, the North continues testing missiles while the US continues threatening engagement.…
00:51:54 |
Wed 19 Jul 2017
Behind the News: The Kochs' Academic Network, the Politics of Brazil
Doug interviews two guests. First, investigative journalist Alex Kotch talks about the Koch academic network. Then, Alfredo Saad Filho, a professor of political economy at the SOAS, University of Lon…
00:51:57 |
Tue 18 Jul 2017
The Dig: Trump & the Deportation Machine Reloaded
Dan talks with Dara Lind, the immigration reporter at Vox. They discuss how Trump has made Obama's massive deportation machine into a terrifying spectacle in a bid to to scare undocumented immigrants…
01:09:06 |
Wed 12 Jul 2017
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Major Failure for the Democratic Party & Emmanuel Macron's New Majority
In the latest episode Suzi will cover election results across the globe. First, Tom Ferguson, Professor Emeritus at U Mass Boston, will discuss the Democratic Party’s recent election defeats, the par…
00:38:45 |
Tue 11 Jul 2017
The Dig: Fighting the Boss with Sarah Jaffe
Workers have for years faced a neoliberal onslaught administered by a bipartisan establishment of technocratic elites who have ensured the redistribution of wealth into the hands of the rich. This is…
00:57:28 |
Thu 06 Jul 2017
The Dig: Bringing Down the Trump Brand with Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein takes on President Donald Trump’s brand, and offers some thoughts as to how to tarnish it, in her new book “No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Nee…
00:44:00 |
Wed 28 Jun 2017
The Dig: Locking Up Our Own, with James Forman Jr.
Mass incarceration controls poor people and populations that have been excluded from the labor market. Politically, tough-on-crime rhetoric has for decades been a tool for politicians to appeal to wh…
01:28:57 |
Wed 21 Jun 2017
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: How Should We Engage the Democratic Party?
Joining Suzi are Maria Svart, National Director of the Democratic Socialists of America, and Becky Bond, co-founder of the Knock on Every Door campaign and former advisor on the 2016 Bernie Sanders c…
00:41:15 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
The Dig: Richard Seymour: Under Corbyn, Labour's Got Momentum
Bernie would have won. And in the UK, he sort of did last week. The Labour Party, under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn (full name: Jeremy Bernard Corbyn) came far from behind and stripped Prime Minis…
01:16:41 |
Tue 13 Jun 2017
Stockton to Malone #6: Picket Signs & Wicked Rhymes
In These Times editor Miles Kampf-Lassin cracks open a cold one with the boys in the Stockton to Malone studio/supply closet. Micah, Miles, and RL discuss their experiences walking with striking work…
00:46:01 |
Fri 09 Jun 2017
Behind the News: The Pepe/Putin Connection
Doug interviews two guests. First, Yasha Levine, author of the forthcoming Surveillance Valley, discusses Russia, the NSA, and the Intercept election hacking leak. Then, Angela Nagle, author of Kill …
00:51:55 |
Thu 08 Jun 2017
The Dig: Donald Trump's Big Finance Bait and Switch
Dan interviews journalist David Dayen on President Trump's financial policy. Despite espousing white populist rhetoric on the campaign trail, Donald Trump has stacked his administration with Big Fina…
01:12:52 |
Wed 07 Jun 2017
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Can Corbyn Win?
Suzi interviews two guests about the surging Jeremy Corbyn and the fate of leftwing class politics in the coming UK elections. Journalist and author Paul Mason joins the conversation from London. Blo…
00:41:59 |
Tue 06 Jun 2017
Behind the News: U.S. Origins of Nazi Race Law; How Strikes Can Challenge Bourgeois Law
Doug interviews two guests. First, James Whitman on the U.S. origins of Nazi race law. Second, Alex Gourevitch discusses strikes and their challenge to bourgeois law.
00:52:57 |
Mon 05 Jun 2017
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