The Dig: The Right to Have Rights Part II
This is part two of Dan's interview on Hannah Arendt's notion of "the right to have rights." This episode covers a lot, including why we must fight not only to expand the democratic political communit...
4 Mai 201858min
The Dig: The Right to Have Rights Part I
What are rights worth when government denies people the very right to have rights? Political theorist Hannah Arendt recognized this loss of "the right to have rights" as millions of refugees found the...
2 Mai 201853min
The Dig: Comey Liberal Cop Fetish
James Comey is liberal America’s favorite cop and now, as a result, a bestselling author as well. Patrick Blanchfield returns to talk about his Baffler review of Comey’s new book. It’s awful, of cours...
27 Apr 20181h
The Dig: Radicalizing Jackson with Chokwe Antar Lumumba
It's yet the latest installment in our ongoing series on the Left and electoral politics. Dan’s guest is Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. Last year, Mayor Lumumba pledged to ma...
25 Apr 20181h 19min
Behind the News: Teachers' Strikes and Zombie Liberalism
The CUNY Grad Center's Kate Doyle Griffiths on teachers’ strikes and the crisis in social reproduction. Then, Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Denvir join to discuss Yascha Mounck and zombie liberalism (the...
23 Apr 201852min
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: David Harvey on Marx Today
This week on Jacobin Radio, Suzi discusses the relevance of Marx for our present moment with anthropologist and Marxist geographer David Harvey. Harvey's newest book, Marx, Capital and the Madness of ...
23 Apr 201830min
The Dig: These Primary Colors Don’t Run with Dave Weigel
It's the latest installment in our series on the left and electoral politics. Dennis Kucinich is running a viable race for governor of Ohio; Cynthia Nixon, running with Working Families Party backing,...
21 Apr 20181h 27min
The Dig: DSA at the Ballot Box
In the latest installment in our series on the Left and electoral politics, we're talking about the Democratic Socialists of America's new electoral strategy. DSA has almost overnight become a serious...
18 Apr 20181h 34min
