Jacobin Radio: The Legacy of Revolutionary Ukraine w/ Vladyslav Starodubtsev
Ukrainian left activist, historian, and soldier Vladyslav Starodubtsev joins Suzi to connect two moments, separated by more than a century, in the fight for Ukrainian self-determination. We begin with...
20 Aug 20251h 25min
Behind the News: Beyond the Capitalist Economy w/ Aaron Benanav
Aaron Benanav, author of a recent article for New Left Review, outlines possibilities for a democratically planned economy. Jerome Nikolai Warren examines the possibilities for cooperatives. Behind th...
19 Aug 202553min
The Dig: Death and Life Under Capitalism w/ Sarah Jaffe
Featuring Sarah Jaffe on her book From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire. The ordinary death of a loved one under a capitalist order that routinely forbids sufficient time off to mour...
16 Aug 20251h 40min
Jacobin Radio: A Left Split From Labour w/ Tariq Ali
Suzi speaks to Tariq Ali about Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party — provisionally called Your Party — which has surpassed Labour’s membership with over 650,000 sign-ups. Your Party calls for ...
14 Aug 20251h 15min
Confronting Capitalism: The PMC Isn’t Going Away
The “professional managerial class” has become a staple of political debate on the Left. In this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber explains why the “PMC” is better understood as a heter...
13 Aug 202540min
Behind the News: The “Anti-Woke” Culture War w/ Jodi Dean
Jodi Dean, author of a recent article about the “classism of defeat,” makes a case for why going anti-woke is very wrong. Emily Jashinsky analyzes Marjorie Taylor Greene’s use of the word “genocide” a...
11 Aug 202553min
Long Reads: Trump’s Gaza Famine w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Gaza is experiencing a man-made famine as Israel blocks the supply of almost all humanitarian aid. By the start of August, Israeli soldiers had killed nearly 1,400 Palestinians as they were looking fo...
8 Aug 202547min
The Dig: Chicago’s Left Experiment
Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago’s left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran’s remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country ar...
5 Aug 20252h
