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A World to Win: The Colonial Roots of the Climate Crisis w/ Asad Rehman
This week on A World to Win, Adele Walton, filling in for Grace Blakeley, speaks with Asad Rehman, director of War on Want and organizer for climate, racial, economic, and social justice. They discus…
Published on 4 years ago
Jacobin Show: The Erosion of American Democracy w/ Chris Maisano
Jacobin and Catalyst contributor Chris Maisano joins The Jacobin Show for a discussion about democracy in the U.S. Then, in a special, double "Labor Paul" segment, Paul Trujillo weighs in on the late…
Published on 4 years ago
Michael and Us: Team Avengers, World Police
Before there was Elon Musk, there was Tony Stark. We travelled back to 2008 to look at IRON MAN, the first entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and were excited to find that it serves its ideology…
Published on 4 years ago
A World to Win: The Fight for Debt Justice w/ Heidi Chow
This week, Adele Walton, filling in for Grace Blakeley, speaks with Heidi Chow, executive director at Jubilee Debt Campaign, which works to end poverty, inequality, and exploitation caused by unjust …
Published on 4 years ago
Jacobin Show: How Capitalism Created the Drug Crisis w/ Meagan Day
Over the past year, more than 100,000 people have died from drug overdoses in the US. Jacobin editor Meagan Day joins us to discuss the roots of the opioid crisis, how the profit motive fuels widespr…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Primer: Black Friday
On Black Friday, people in some twenty countries will target Amazon under the banner of “Make Amazon Pay.” We speak with Casper Gelderblom, the Make Amazon Pay coordinator for the Progressive Interna…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Inside the New Labor Militancy
Crystal Hopkins just stepped down as President of IATSE Local 871 on the eve of the ratification vote citing personal obligations and frustration over the ratification process that has deeply divided…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Dig: Visions of Freedom w/ Piero Gleijeses Part 2
The second of Dan’s two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba’s …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Weekends: The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan w/ Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali, author of the new book The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan, discusses how four decades of US intervention in Afghanistan destabilized the country, led to countless civilian deaths, and fuele…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Michael and Us: The Outsider
With its story of an idealistic political outsider who arrives in Washington to shake things up, Frank Capra's MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) helped codify what is perhaps the quintessential arc…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago