The Dig: Andrew Bacevich on The War That Never Ends
The War on Terror’s permanence should be remarkable, an outrage. But it is precisely because the war has become permanent that it has long since been rendered unremarkable. Dan’s guest is historian An...
23 Aug 201757min
Behind the News: Sex and Gender in the Former Socialist World; Race and Mass Incarceration
Kristen Ghodsee, author of Red Hangover: Legacies of Twentieth-Century Communism (Duke University Press, 2017), joins Doug to discuss sex and gender in the former socialist world, and her recent essay...
21 Aug 201751min
RL Stephens Live from Charlottesville: Local DSA Members Speak Out
In the wake of the fascist terror attack, RL attended DSA Charlottesville's monthly meeting. Time and again, the issues of safety and violence were discussed along with how the terror attack would cha...
18 Aug 201721min
The Dig: Why Establishment Democrats Punch "Alt-Left"
New Republic writer Sarah Jones on Trump's invocation of the "alt-left," the term's unseemly centrist history, and more. We're gonna try doing two episodes each week now: the regular long Dig on Tuesd...
18 Aug 201724min
RL Stephens Live from Charlottesville: The Haven
RL talks with Kevin, an organizer at The Haven, a nonprofit serving Charlottesville's homeless population. Kevin knew Heather Heyer because she had helped him escape homelessness himself. He was on th...
17 Aug 201718min
The Dig: What's Next for the Colombian Left with Forrest Hylton
The FARC peace accord is a historic victory for Colombian society. But the struggle to build an urban left strong enough to take on the country's powerful right remains a daunting one. Today's guest i...
16 Aug 20171h 7min
Stockton to Malone #7: Don't Call it a Comeback
Paula Mielke lives in Falcon Heights, Minnesota--where Philando Castile was murdered by a police officer. She had never before considered herself an activist, but after Philando's death, she got to wo...
14 Aug 201750min
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: The Democrats, Trump, and The Case For Universal Health Care
On Jacobin Radio, Dan La Botz. co-editor of New Politics discusses the Democrat Party's "bullshit deal;" Professor Jeremy Bendik-Keymer talks about Trump and fascism; and Dr. Adam Gaffney analyzes the...
11 Aug 201752min
