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China's Mass Uprisings, Anti-Semitism as Weapon, the Origins of Rivalry, Left v. Right Radicalism | Ep. 132
Episode 133
Van, Kate, and Hunter unpack the mass uprisings in China, situating them in the context of ongoing worker struggles. They probe weaponized anti-semit…
3 years, 3 months ago
Unipolarity's Nostalgia Trap: Interview w/ David Parsons | Ep. 131
Episode 132
In this episode, Van chats with David Parsons, host of The Nostalgia Trap. They talk about his upbringing in Ventura, California during the 1990s, w…
3 years, 3 months ago
A Global Economy for the Ruling Class? Interview w/ Adam Dean and Tim Barker | Ep. 130
Episode 131
What is neoliberalism and why did developing democracies embrace labor repression? Why is military Keynesianism both dangerous and unsustainable? Wha…
3 years, 4 months ago
Best of: Peace Intellectuals, Unf**king Rivalries, Russian Kleptocracy, the Trouble with Sanctions | Ep. 129
Episode 130
Where have all the peace intellectuals gone? How do you make enemies into friends? What's it like to be mixed-race in national security? Should we…
3 years, 4 months ago
Whataboutism and the China Debate: A Panel at Australian National University | Ep. 128
Episode 129
In this special one-off episode of the pod, Van Jackson joins a panel hosted at Australian National University's Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Af…
3 years, 4 months ago
From Imperial Agent to Anti-War Advocate: Interview w/ Lyle Jeremy Rubin | Ep. 127
Episode 128
Lyle Jeremy Rubin joins the podcast to talk about his new memoir "Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine's Unbecoming." Lyle and Van discuss the…
3 years, 5 months ago
Pacific Paranoia, Central Banks are the Opp, Trumping Bush's Fascism, Red-Scare Politics Against Democracy | Ep. 126
Episode 127
Central banks are using inflation to fight a class war. America's Pacific sphere of influence is making it paranoid--what ham-fisted skullduggery in …
3 years, 5 months ago
Best of: How the Left Fights the New Global Right: Interview with John Feffer | Ep. 125
Episode 126
This episode is from an original release in January 2022. Dr. Van Jackson sits down with John Feffer, co-director of the Foreign Policy in Focus proj…
3 years, 6 months ago
US Pacific Hypocrisy in Guam, Capital Loves Ethnonationalism, Taiwan-sanity, Jiu Jitsu v. IR | Ep. 124
Episode 125
Why self-determination for Guam is better strategy than persisting as an American colony. Why oligarchic concentrations of wealth in the US and China…
3 years, 7 months ago
California Radical: Interview w/ Malcolm Harris, Author of Kids These Days and Palo Alto | Ep. 123
Episode 124
In this deliciously radical episode, Dr. Van Jackson sits down with Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials, and the for…
3 years, 7 months ago