Confronting Capitalism: How Socialism Could Work
Throughout the 20th century, socialism came to be associated with both central planning and shortages. But could democratic ownership of the economy work alongside market competition? On the latest ep...
29 Apr 1h 6min
The Dig: Rogue Elephant w/ Paul Heideman
Featuring Paul Heideman on how the Republican Party became so spectacularly unhinged. How the disorganization of the party and the disorganization of the US capitalist class have combined to intensify...
28 Apr 2h 1min
Behind the News: Elon’s World w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff
Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, on Elon’s world and what he wants to do to ours. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics...
27 Apr 53min
Long Reads: Decoding the French Left w/ Sebastian Budgen (Part 2)
This is the second part of a two-part interview with Sebastian Budgen, senior editor at Verso, about French politics and the state of the French left. In our previous episode, we spoke about developme...
24 Apr 51min
Jacobin Radio: Organizing Outside the Tenure Track
Suzi speaks with Kate Levin, Janis Yue, and Sanjay Madhav, lead organizers of United Faculty-UAW, about their unionization drive at the University of Southern California (USC), one that would create t...
22 Apr 1h 1min
The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 3 — Japanese Occupation, Indonesian Revolution
The third episode in a 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 installment picks ...
21 Apr 2h 40min
Behind the News: Orbán’s Defeat in Hungary w/ Anita Zsurzsán
Hungary’s long-serving authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orbán was defeated in an April 12 election. We get two views of what that means, from historian Kyle Shybunko and independent scholar Anita Z...
20 Apr 53min
Confronting Capitalism: Which Way Forward for the Left?
How effective has the Left’s political strategy been since the first Bernie Sanders campaign? And how has our relationship to the Democratic Party changed? On this special episode of Confronting Capit...
15 Apr 1h 6min
