The Dig: Trump's Wall Has Already Been Built
Donald Trump pledged to build a big, beautiful wall on the border with Mexico. For liberals, the wall now shares a toxic association with Trump. But until recently, militarizing the border with Mexic…
01:14:38 |
Thu 01 Jun 2017
The Dig: The New Drug War Landscape Under Trump
The drug war is winding down around the country and heating up under Trump at the same time. Rick Lines of Harm Reduction International lays out the humane and evidence-based alternative to the war o…
01:07:38 |
Wed 24 May 2017
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Why We Need Hope
Hope is more than a mood or feeling — it's the basis for all political action, argues Ronald Aronson in an interview with Suzi Weissman. Bernie Sanders's campaign inspired collective action to make t…
00:30:38 |
Mon 22 May 2017
By Taking Power: Spring 2017 Issue Launch
Jacobin's latest issue, "By Taking Power," asks: What has the Pink Tide accomplished? What is its future? When the Pink Tide emerged in Latin America, the U.S. Left was done with governing. The Pink …
00:34:04 |
Sat 20 May 2017
Stockton to Malone #5: Get Out, Brocialism and the "Terminegro"
Micah and RL finally release their take on Jordan Peele's film "Get Out." Micah sees the story as standard brocialist propaganda, an ode to unionized public sector workers and the social democratic i…
00:33:07 |
Fri 19 May 2017
The Dig: What's the Matter with Appalachia? Capitalism.
What’s the matter with Appalachia? Many liberal elites think they know the answer. Since Trump’s campaign began, the region has become a symbol of all that is wrong with Red State America: guns, bigo…
00:59:23 |
Wed 17 May 2017
Stockton to Malone #4: Boss So Salty
Micah welcomes RL to the Jacobin staff family. RL immediately pitches "Marxistpiece Theater," making Micah instantly regret their new work situation. Later, Micah interviews Erik Forman, a labor orga…
00:46:46 |
Thu 11 May 2017
The Dig: Against Lean-In Feminism, with Liza Featherstone
The Women’s March on Washington showed the power of women's leadership in the battle against Trump and the Right. But significant divides that pervaded the 2016 primary campaign remain. Those debates…
01:09:51 |
Wed 10 May 2017
Behind the News: UK Elections, Labour, and Sex Work; Turkey's Rising Authoritarianism
Doug interviews two guests. First, Margaret Corvid on the British election, the Labour Party—and sex work. Second, Emre Öngün on Turkey’s deeper slide into authoritarianism.
00:52:00 |
Mon 08 May 2017
Dean Baker on Trump's Tax Plan for the Rich
Why do Republicans only seem to care about deficits and debt when they’re trying to cut social welfare programs? Dan's guest for this special episode is Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Econ…
00:34:30 |
Fri 05 May 2017
The Dig: Adam Johnson on All the Fake News That's Fit to Print
Under President Trump, the media has become a part of the story like never before. Journalistic probing has irritated our touchy president. But media outlets have also played a role in Trump’s rise. …
01:17:31 |
Wed 03 May 2017
Behind the News: The Sorry State of the French Elections + Georgia, Libertarian Paradise
Sebastian Budgen on the second round of the French elections, pitting a centrist against a fascist. And Sofia Japaridze on how foreign NGOs turned Georgia (the country) into a broke libertarian parad…
00:51:56 |
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman: Tariq Ali on Vladimir Lenin
Weissman interviews Tariq Ali, filmmaker, activist, and author of numerous books, on his new book The Dilemmas of Lenin: Terrorism, War, Empire, Love, Revolution and the legacy of Vladimir Lenin 100 …
00:40:29 |
Thu 27 Apr 2017
The Dig: The Neoliberal vs the Neofascist in France
The Dig normally serves up ice cold, well-digested takes. Sometimes, however, something important happens and Dan finds someone who can help us understand it quickly. Last weekend’s election in Franc…
00:24:45 |
Thu 27 Apr 2017
The Dig: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Liberation and Socialism
Putting “black faces in high places,” Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor argues, has not only failed to benefit the working class and poor black majority — it has actually harmed them by pushing an individualis…
01:21:49 |
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Stockton to Malone #3: Making Sense of a Murder in Chicago
RL interviews Chantel Johnson, whose brother Richie was one of the hundreds of young black men murdered in gun violence in Chicago in recent years. She and RL discuss the ties between violence and au…
00:54:59 |
Mon 24 Apr 2017
Behind the News: Thea Riofrancos on Ecuador, Landon Frim and Harrison Fluss on the Alt-Right
Politicial scientist Thea Riofrancos on Ecuador's elections, the state of social movements and the Left there, and the decline of the pink tide in Latin America. Philosophers Landon Frim and Harrison…
00:51:59 |
Fri 21 Apr 2017
The Dig: The Ubiquity and Invisibility of Incarceration
Prisons don’t just keep inmates in; they keep the public out. Even at a moment when mass incarceration is under unprecedented criticism, it is hard for people on the outside to empathize with people …
01:26:21 |
Wed 19 Apr 2017
The ABCs: Don't Rich People Deserve to Keep Their Money?
The Right has long looked to lower taxes, especially for rich people, out of a belief that rich people deserve to keep their money because they earned it. In other words, taxes impinge on their freed…
00:24:27 |
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Behind the News: Max Sawicky on Republican Tax Schemes, Vijay Prashad on Syria
Max Sawicky on Republican tax schemes and Vijay Prashad on Syria.
00:52:00 |
Fri 14 Apr 2017
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