The Vast Majority: The Romance of American Communism with Alyssa Battistoni, Sean Estelle and Meagan Day
No book better captures what it's like to be a socialist who has jumped headlong into the fight for a better world than Vivian Gornick's The Romance of American Communism. Thankfully, Verso has reissu...
4 Maj 20201h 6min
The Dig: Don't Blame Robots with Aaron Benanav
Dan interviews Aaron Benanav, who argues that the problem isn't that robots are stealing our jobs but rather that capitalist growth is finding its limits and making jobs worse.Read "Automation and the...
1 Maj 20202h 8min
Casualties of History: "God sent Meat into the World for us Poor as well as Rich"
We cover chapters three and four—"Satan's Strongholds" and "The Free-Born Englishman." With guest John Bohstedt (author of The Politics of Provisions: Food Riots, Moral Economy, and Market Transition ...
27 Apr 20201h 8min
The Vast Majority: Bernie's Campaign Strategy Wasn't the Problem with Hadas Thier and Paul Heideman
There are too many bad takes out there about the end of the Bernie Sanders campaign. Thankfully, Hadas Thier and Paul Heideman wrote one that is good: "Bernie's Campaign Strategy Wasn't the Problem." ...
24 Apr 202047min
Behind the News: Vijay Prashad, Meagan Day, and Micah Uetricht
Vijay Prashad on China (and Sinophobia), Kerala, and the crucial importance of social organization. Then, Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht, authors of Bigger than Bernie, on Bernie Sanders, socialism, el...
24 Apr 202053min
The Dig: Bigger Than Bernie with Meagan Day & Micah Uetricht
Dan interviews Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht, the authors of Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism, to assess the campaign and the way forward.Please support ...
23 Apr 20201h 10min
Jacobin Radio: Coronavirus; Warehouse Organizing
Suzi talks with her brother Irv Weissman, director of Stanford University’s Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine about the science and politics of coronavirus, and with Sheheryar K...
20 Apr 202056min
Behind the News: Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis talks about life under COVID-19, the economic crisis, vultures stripping Greece, and democratizing the European Union (includes bonus audio clip of Jim Cramer recalling his Trotskyist...
20 Apr 202052min
