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Behind the News: Best of 2024
This week is a best of 2024, with Rashid Khalidi, Pankaj Mishra, Annelle Sheline, Aziz Rana, Anna Kornbluh, Brooke Harrington, and, in memoriam, Jane…
1 year, 3 months ago
Behind the News: Farewell Biden w/ Branko Marcetic
Branko Marcetic, staff writer at Jacobin and author of Yesterday's Man, says farewell to Joe Biden (and takes some shots at Joe Scarborough too). San…
1 year, 3 months ago
Confronting Capitalism: Why Elites Love Identity Politics
In the wake of Kamala Harris's defeat, the Left's association with identity politics has been a major focus of public debate. But what identity polit…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jacobin Radio: Reversing the Left's Decline w/ Bill Fletcher Jr.
Suzi recently attended a conference in honor of the dissident sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky — who is languishing in Putin's prison for speaking out a…
1 year, 3 months ago
Dig: Rise and Fall of Assad’s Syria w/ Bassam Haddad
Featuring Bassam Haddad on the historical and geopolitical origins of Assad’s rise and fall — and what might happen next. We think through the contra…
1 year, 3 months ago
Behind the News: HTS Takeover w/ Trita Parsi & Joshua Landis
Trita Parsi and Joshua Landis analyze what’s been going on in Syria. Tina Gerhardt reviews the annual UN climate conference, COP29, where little happ…
1 year, 3 months ago
Long Reads: Class Struggle in Ancient Rome w/ Sarah Bond
As with many other periods, the history of the Roman Empire has often been told from the vantage point of a minoritarian social elite. Sarah Bond, a …
1 year, 3 months ago
Dig: Assassin Nation w/ Patrick Blanchfield
Featuring Patrick Blanchfield on assassination and political violence: from the routine to the extraordinary; authored by the state, capital, the lef…
1 year, 3 months ago
Confronting Capitalism: Socialism in the 21st Century
Bernie Sanders resurrected socialist politics in the United States after many decades of defeat. But what socialism will entail or how we get there r…
1 year, 4 months ago
Confronting Capitalism: Workers Without a Party
The Democratic Party has long clung to the notion of “demographic destiny,” the view that minorities will vote blue no matter who. But now it is clea…
1 year, 4 months ago