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Michael and Us: Democratic Losership Council
In 1985, a group of plucky renegades banded together to take on the political culture in the Democratic Party—demolishing Jesse Jackson's "Rainbow Coalition" to create a coalition that could win elec…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Behind the News: Two Interviews on Chile
Doug speaks with Antonia Mardones Marshall on the recent presidential election and its winner, Gabriel Boric. Plus: Antonia Atria, in an interview from October 2020, on that country's constitutional …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Jacobin Radio: Boric's Landslide Victory in Chile
Suzi talks to Pablo Abufom in Chile about Gabriel Boric’s impressive landslide victory in the second round of Chile’s Presidential election held December 19. Boric, a 35 year old former student leade…
Published on 4 years ago
Jacobin Show: The Rise of the Brahmin Left w/ Catherine Liu
Catherine Liu, professor at University of California, Irvine, joins The Jacobin Show to discuss the rise of elite liberalism and the professional class. The Jacobin Show offers socialist perspectives…
Published on 4 years ago
Dig: Private Money with Stefan Eich
Episode two of our two-part series on cryptocurrency: political theorist Stefan Eich on how crypto fits into Hayek's old neoliberal dream of private money and why that vision emerged in a new form in…
Published on 4 years ago
Michael and Us: Everything Is Awesome
For months we've been immersing ourselves in such Intellectual Property soups as Ready Player One, Space Jam: A New Legacy, and The Simpsons in Plusaversary, so we felt it was time to examine the ani…
Published on 4 years ago
Weekends: Inflation, Labor Upsurge, and Neoliberalism's Discontents w/ Richard Wolff
Economist Richard Wolff joins Weekends to explain why Congressional partisan battles are like professional wrestling and why global capitalism continues to experience crisis after crisis. Weekends wi…
Published on 4 years ago
Long Reads: Michael Vann on Indonesia's Killing Fields (Part 2)
Michael Vann joins Long Reads for a conversation about Indonesia’s turbulent past and present. Michael is a professor of history at Sacramento State University. He specializes in the history of South…
Published on 4 years ago
Dig: Cryptocurrency w/ Edward Ongweso Jr & Jacob Silverman
Edward Ongweso Jr. and Jacob Silverman on cryptocurrency, NFTs, Elon Musk, the metaverse, meme stocks, and techno-utopianism amid the crushing reality of our neoliberal hellscape. The first in a two-…
Published on 4 years ago
Jacobin Show: A Year in Strikes (and Scabs) w/ Jane McAlevey
Labor organizer and writer Jane McAlevey discusses the strike wave, the Great Resignation, and the union-busting efforts of the past year and looks at where the labor movement might go in 2022 and be…
Published on 4 years ago