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October 18, 2019 The Dig: Hindu Nationalism with Achin Vanaik
Perhaps nowhere is the far right stronger than in India. There, the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, continues in power under Prime Minister Narendra Modi after winning a huge victory in this year’s elections. The BJP, however, isn’t just a party. It’s the electoral wing of a Hindu nationalist movement that constitutes the largest and most organized far-right force on earth. A deep dive with Indian scholar Achin Vanaik.
Read some of his recent work:
newleftreview.org/issues/II112/articles/achin-vanaik-india-s-two-hegemonies
jacobinmag.com/author/achin-vanaik
Thanks to Princeton University Press. Check out The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691181547/the-fire-is-upon-us
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2 hr 8 min
October 18, 2019 The Dig: Hindu Nationalism with Achin Vanaik
Perhaps nowhere is the far right stronger than in India. There, the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, continues in power under Prime Minister Narendra Modi after winning a huge victory in this year’s elections. The BJP, however, isn’t just a party. It’s the electoral wing of a Hindu nationalist movement that constitutes the largest and most organized far-right force on earth. A deep dive with Indian scholar Achin Vanaik.
Read some of his recent work:
newleftreview.org/issues/II112/articles/achin-vanaik-india-s-two-hegemonies (newleftreview.org/issues/II112/articles/achin-vanaik-india-s-two-hegemonies)
jacobinmag.com/author/achin-vanaik (jacobinmag.com/author/achin-vanaik)
Thanks to Princeton University Press. Check out The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691181547/the-fire-is-upon-us (press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691181547/the-fire-is-upon-us)
Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig (Patreon.com/TheDig)
2 hr 8 min
October 17, 2019 Jacobin Radio: Israeli Election
Suzi talks to Tel Aviv University professor Yoav Peled, whose latest book is The Religionization of Israeli Society, about the still unclear outcome of the September 17 Israeli election — the second election this year. Likud prime minister Bibi Netanyahu got thirty-two seats and Benny Gantz of Blue and White got thirty-three, but so far Netanyahu has not been able to form a coalition that would get the 61 seats out of 120 needed to rule, and the clock is ticking toward the October 24 deadline. Secular far-right nationalist Avigdor Lieberman refuses to form a coalition with Netanyahu (unless he can be acting PM) and Netanyahu needs the immunity granted to the PM from the indictments he faces. If neither Netanyahu nor Gantz succeed in forming a governing coalition, there could yet be a third election, in a single year. Yoav Peled explains the election results, what could happen next — and how we should understand the continuing ascendancy of the Israeli far right.
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29 min
October 17, 2019 Jacobin Radio: Israeli Election
Suzi talks to Tel Aviv University professor Yoav Peled, whose latest book is The Religionization of Israeli Society, about the still unclear outcome of the September 17 Israeli election — the second election this year. Likud prime minister Bibi Netanyahu got thirty-two seats and Benny Gantz of Blue and White got thirty-three, but so far Netanyahu has not been able to form a coalition that would get the 61 seats out of 120 needed to rule, and the clock is ticking toward the October 24 deadline. Secular far-right nationalist Avigdor Lieberman refuses to form a coalition with Netanyahu (unless he can be acting PM) and Netanyahu needs the immunity granted to the PM from the indictments he faces. If neither Netanyahu nor Gantz succeed in forming a governing coalition, there could yet be a third election, in a single year. Yoav Peled explains the election results, what could happen next — and how we should understand the continuing ascendancy of the Israeli far right.(https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif)
29 min
October 15, 2019 Austerity Created the 'Joker' with Connor Kilpatrick
'Joker' is not an ode to the alt right. It is a film about the devastating consequences of austerity. This is an objective fact, which I spoke with Jacobin story editor Connor Kilpatrick about.You can read my review of 'Joker,' which touches on many of the themes we talk about in this discussion, for the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/10/joker-far-right-warning-austerity Eileen Jones's piece about 'Joker' and America's long history of movie moral panics is here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/09/joker-and-the-long-history-of-movie-moral-panics
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38 min
October 15, 2019 Austerity Created the 'Joker' with Connor Kilpatrick
'Joker' is not an ode to the alt right. It is a film about the devastating consequences of austerity. This is an objective fact, which I spoke with Jacobin story editor Connor Kilpatrick about.
You can read my review of 'Joker,' which touches on many of the themes we talk about in this discussion, for the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/10/joker-far-right-warning-austerity (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/10/joker-far-right-warning-austerity) Eileen Jones's piece about 'Joker' and America's long history of movie moral panics is here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/09/joker-and-the-long-history-of-movie-moral-panics
38 min
October 11, 2019 The Dig: Worker Freedom with Alex Gourevitch
Dan interviews Alex Gourevitch about how 19th century US labor radicals remade the idea of freedom into a principle of working-class social transformation.
If you want more on the debate over Lexit, which they only touched on briefly, check out this June interview with Chris Bickerton and Jerome Roos www.thedigradio.com/podcast/the-european-situation-with-chris-bickerton-and-jerome-roos
Thanks to Verso. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.com
Please support this podcast with money at Patreon.com/TheDig

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2 hr 31 min
October 11, 2019 The Dig: Worker Freedom with Alex Gourevitch
Dan interviews Alex Gourevitch about how 19th century US labor radicals remade the idea of freedom into a principle of working-class social transformation.
If you want more on the debate over Lexit, which they only touched on briefly, check out this June interview with Chris Bickerton and Jerome Roos www.thedigradio.com/podcast/the-european-situation-with-chris-bickerton-and-jerome-roos (http://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/the-european-situation-with-chris-bickerton-and-jerome-roos)
Thanks to Verso. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.com (http://www.versobooks.com)
Please support this podcast with money at Patreon.com/TheDig (patreon.com/TheDig)
2 hr 31 min
October 08, 2019 Jacobin Radio: UAW Strike; Green New Deal
Suzi talks to UCSB Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein about the ongoing UAW strike against General Motors, the first strike since 2007, with 50,000 workers on the picket lines. Lichtenstein shares his views of the strike, the union leadership, and the impact he thinks this strike can have on politics and work life, in reviving and reshaping industries and workplaces — and the political order. Suzi then talks to Daniel Aldana Cohen about the Green New Deal (GND) in the wake of worldwide climate strike actions, and how the GND intersects with the housing crisis, racism, inequality, and energy and food systems, not to mention the political and socioeconomic order while seeking to decarbonize the economy. Plus — it is reviving the Left. It’s not pie in the sky and we get Cohen’s take on why.
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49 min
October 08, 2019 Jacobin Radio: UAW Strike; Green New Deal
Suzi talks to UCSB Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein (https://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/nelson-lichtenstein/) about the ongoing UAW strike against General Motors, the first strike since 2007, with 50,000 workers on the picket lines. Lichtenstein shares his views of the strike, the union leadership, and the impact he thinks this strike can have on politics and work life, in reviving and reshaping industries and workplaces — and the political order. Suzi then talks to Daniel Aldana Cohen (https://aldanacohen.com/) about the Green New Deal (GND) in the wake of worldwide climate strike actions, and how the GND intersects with the housing crisis, racism, inequality, and energy and food systems, not to mention the political and socioeconomic order while seeking to decarbonize the economy. Plus — it is reviving the Left. It’s not pie in the sky and we get Cohen’s take on why.
49 min

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