Behind the News: Venezuela’s Past, Present, and Future w/ Forrest Hylton
Forrest Hylton, contributor to the London Review of Books, discusses Venezuela past, present, and future. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their...
22 Jan 53min
Confronting Capitalism: Why the US Never Got a Labor Party
While European labor movements established foundations for their welfare states in the late 19th century, it was not until the New Deal that the US began instituting policies like unemployment insuran...
21 Jan 57min
Jacobin Radio: Iran’s Protest Movement w/ Yassamine Mather and Kevan Harris
Over the past several weeks, Iran has experienced its most serious wave of protests since the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising of 2022. What began as an economic protest quickly turned political, with ch...
20 Jan 1h 3min
Long Reads: Latin America’s State of Siege w/ Tony Wood
This is a special, extra episode of Long Reads. It’s now two weeks since the US attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro. Donald Trump and Marco Rubio made explicit threats to countri...
17 Jan 44min
The Dig: MAGA Empire w/ Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin
Featuring Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin on the MAGA model of US imperialism. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to the Unite and Win podcast at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unite-and-win-a-...
17 Jan 1h 49min
Long Reads: Western Sahara’s Struggle for Freedom w/ Jacob Mundy (Part 2)
This week’s episode of Long Reads is the second part of a two-part interview about the history of Western Sahara. Our last episode covered events leading up to Morocco’s invasion of the country. This ...
15 Jan 48min
Behind the News: Maduro Kidnapped w/ Alejandro Velasco
Alejandro Velasco analyzes the situation in Venezuela. Eric Blanc defends Victor Berger, Milwaukee’s sewer socialist, against charges of racism. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the wor...
14 Jan 53min
Confronting Capitalism: The Coup in Venezuela
The kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro on January 3rd was a shocking escalation in the United States’s ongoing strangulation of Venezuela. This has immediately provoked questions about the domestic Venezuel...
14 Jan 36min
