Vijay Prashad on "is capitalism racist?"
Vijay Prashad is a journalist, commentator and executive-director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. He is also the Chief Editor at LeftWord Books. This conversation between Prashad...
14 Jul 202052min
Kshama Sawant on taxing Amazon to solve Seattle’s housing crisis
Kshama Sawant is a socialist member of the Seattle City Council. Elected in 2013, Sawant has championed increasing the minimum wage and higher taxes on multinational corporations. In 2018, Sawant was ...
25 Jun 202030min
Decolonising the global economy
We are connected on a planetary scale. The same process that has allowed the coronavirus pandemic to spread so far so quickly – globalisation – also means that all our resources, our infrastructure, o...
17 Jun 202028min
Lawrence Hamm: "The progressive movement must continue to push forward within the electoral arena"
Lawrence Hamm is the chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress – an independent, community based association of citizens working for racial, social and economic justice, which he founded in 1...
15 Jun 202033min
Bhaskar Sunkara on democratic socialism and the 2020 election
This interview with Bhaskar Sunkara is the latest in our series exploring the policies and trends influencing the US election. Bhaskar is the founding editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine. He i...
26 Mai 202022min
Lauren Ashcraft: “This is the home of billionaire row and thousands of people are sleeping on the street”
Lauren Ashcraft is running for the US House to represent New York’s 12th congressional district. The district encompasses the wealthiest zip code in the United States – the Upper East Side – as well a...
22 Mai 202020min
Alex Morse: “We're going up against the party and DC establishment”
Alex Morse is the current Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, and a progressive candidate running to be the Democratic nominee in Massachusetts’ 1st congressional district. At the age of 22, Alex Morse w...
15 Mai 202020min
Samelys López: “The South Bronx has a spirit of resiliency that defines us as a community”
Samelys López is running to represent New York’s 15th congressional district. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the South Bronx, Lopez is looking to replace Congressman José Serrano who is retiring du...
11 Mai 202024min
