The Dig: Bhaskar Sunkara on the Bolsheviks
At the close of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara discusses his new article on the Bolsheviks and what we can learn from and blame on them — and also what might b...
27 Dec 20171h 11min
Behind the News: Yanis Varoufakis on the Need for a Progressive Internationalism
Doug Henwood explains the bitcoin craze, and then ex-finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis ties up some loose ends on Adults in the Room, and discusses the need for a progressive internationalis...
22 Dec 201751min
The Dig: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Recovering Identity Politics from Neoliberalism
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor returns to The Dig to discuss her new book How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective. Forty years ago, a group of black feminists coined the term “ident...
20 Dec 20171h 29min
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Media and Democracy
Journalists Robert Scheer, and Marc Cooper join Suzi Weissman in a wide-ranging discussion on "Media and Democracy: From the Vietnam War to the Consolidation of Alternative Facts in the Digital Era," ...
18 Dec 20171h 10min
The Dig: Revisiting Racecraft with Barbara and Karen Fields
A lengthy interview with historian Barbara Fields and sociologist Karen Fields on their seminal essay collection Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life. Dan talks to the sister scholars ab...
13 Dec 20172h 7min
The Dig: The Destruction of Black Wealth with Ryan Cooper
Journalist Ryan Cooper talks about the new paper he wrote with Matt Bruenig, founder of the People's Policy Project, a new left-wing think tank. "Foreclosed: Destruction of Black Wealth During the Oba...
9 Dec 201755min
The Dig: Peace Can Happen in Korea with Tim Shorrock
The prospect of nuclear war with North Korea sits near the top of the list of things that have been unthinkably bad about Donald Trump’s presidency. But the conflict with North Korea didn’t begin with...
6 Dec 20171h 22min
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Neoliberalism on Steroids
Author and economist Dr. Jack Rasmus dissects the Trump/Ryan/McConnell Tax (Cut) Plan, that he says will only increase financial instability and economic fragility. It is neoliberalism on steroids. Th...
4 Dec 201739min
