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Confronting Capitalism: Why We Don’t Revolt
The Left often invokes the media’s power of persuasion to explain why people accept their situation within capitalism. But what if instead the system…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Dig: Student Debt w/ Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Mike Pierce
Featuring Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, and Mike Pierce on Ryann’s book Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis. Intervi…
10 months ago
Behind the News: Marx in America w/ Andrew Hartman
Paolo Gerbaudo, author of recent articles for Phenomenal World, traces the rise of Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD. Andrew Hartman, who has writte…
10 months ago
Red Star Over Palestine: Oslo and After
For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Emile Habibi, Leil…
10 months ago
Jacobin Radio: How the Right Won in Poland w/ David Ost
David Ost, professor of politics and Hobart and William Smith, joins Suzi to unpack Poland’s June 1 presidential election. The race was tight, but in…
10 months ago
Behind the News: The Pentagon’s Big-Tech Pact w/ Laleh Khalili
Laleh Khalili, author of a recent piece for the London Review of Books, analyzes the long relationship between the US military and industry. Kyle Cha…
10 months, 1 week ago
Dig: From Rebellion to Reaction w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Asha Ransby-Sporn
Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Asha Ransby-Sporn on 2020's summer of mass protest and rebellion sparked by the police murder of George Floyd. …
10 months, 1 week ago
Behind the News: Capitalism’s Critics w/ John Cassidy
John Cassidy, author of Capitalism and Its Critics, discusses just that. Sandeep Vaheesan, author of a recent article for Boston Review, looks at abu…
10 months, 1 week ago
Confronting Capitalism: The US Started the Cold War
The Cold War is often portrayed as a great power struggle between the forces of democracy and a spreading communist threat. But what if the conventio…
10 months, 1 week ago
Red Star Over Palestine: Intifada
For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Emile Habibi, Leil…
10 months, 2 weeks ago