Behind the News: Complications of the Iran War w/ Mouin Rabbani
Mouin Rabbani talks about the Iran war and its many complications. Helen Yaffe talks about Trump’s oil embargo on Cuba — its effects and how Cubans are reacting. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwoo...
30 Maalis 53min
The Dig: Economic Warfare w/ Aslı Bâli, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Nicholas Mulder
Featuring Aslı Bâli, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, and Nicholas Mulder on the economic warfare unfolding with the US-Israeli war on Iran — and beyond. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Find Ethnic Stud...
28 Maalis 2h 49min
Long Reads: El Salvador’s Jailer in Chief
Donald Trump is a huge fan of Nayib Bukele, the current president of El Salvador. Last April, Bukele visited the White House and offered to help with a campaign of domestic repression in the United St...
27 Maalis 59min
Behind the News: Beyond Debates of Class vs. Identity w/ Nancy Fraser
Nancy Fraser goes beyond the class/identity disputes. Natalie Y. Moore, who wrote a recent article for Hammer and Hope and EHRP, looks at effects of federal layoffs on black women. Behind the News, ho...
24 Maalis 53min
The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 1 — The Long Arc of Dutch Colonialism
Nusantara is a new Dig series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shaped the trajectory of global history. This episode traces a l...
23 Maalis 2h 20min
Confronting Capitalism: Trump’s Historic Blunder in Iran
The US-Israeli war against Iran may have been initiated without any coherently stated goals or popular support, but we can already see that it’s a horrific quagmire. It also doesn’t look like Trump an...
18 Maalis 47min
Jacobin Radio: 2003 All Over Again w/ Kevan Harris
Two weeks into the US-Israeli assault on Iran, every prediction of its architects has collapsed. The regime stands. Protests haven't reignited. Iran’s new Supreme Leader — more hardline than his assas...
17 Maalis 57min
Behind the News: Homeland Empire w/ Nikhil Pal Singh
Historian Nikhil Pal Singh, author of a recent article for Equator, talks about how the Trump regime weaves foreign and domestic policy into a single domain of impunity, Homeland Empire. Behind the Ne...
16 Maalis 53min
