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July 23, 2019 Jacobin Radio: Report From the Border; UK Politics

Suzi talks to historian Myrna Santiago and immigrants' rights specialist Alicia Rusoja, who just returned from a week at the border, where they talked to men, women, and child migrants, sat in immigration court, and spoke to support groups — as well as deported veterans, and deported mothers of Dreamers in Tijuana. Their reflections and revelations include the way abuse and corruption are adding to the horrors these migrants face. Suzi then talks to Daniel Finn about British politics: while the Tories are deciding whether Boris Johnson will be their next leader, the Labour Party has its own dilemmas — over its attitude to Brexit, but also how to deal with the surprisingly effective smear campaign against Labour’s left-wing leadership, in particular leader Jeremy Corbyn. Finn looks at the underlying controversy, and as he wrote in Jacobin, despite Corbyn’s unprecedented efforts to expel antisemites from party ranks (no such similar move in the Conservative Party), Corbyn’s critics will never be satisfied — their issue is Corbyn’s politics itself. This has great relevance for our own politics, as Finn explains.

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57 min
July 23, 2019 Jacobin Radio: Report From the Border; UK Politics
Suzi talks to historian Myrna Santiago (https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/faculty-experts/find-faculty-by-name-expertise/myrna-santiago-phd) and immigrants' rights specialist Alicia Rusoja (https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/node/193150), who just returned from a week at the border, where they talked to men, women, and child migrants, sat in immigration court, and spoke to support groups — as well as deported veterans, and deported mothers of Dreamers in Tijuana. Their reflections and revelations include the way abuse and corruption are adding to the horrors these migrants face. Suzi then talks to Daniel Finn (https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/daniel-finn) about British politics: while the Tories are deciding whether Boris Johnson will be their next leader, the Labour Party has its own dilemmas — over its attitude to Brexit, but also how to deal with the surprisingly effective smear campaign against Labour’s left-wing leadership, in particular leader Jeremy Corbyn. Finn looks at the underlying controversy, and as he wrote in Jacobin, despite Corbyn’s unprecedented efforts to expel antisemites from party ranks (no such similar move in the Conservative Party), Corbyn’s critics will never be satisfied — their issue is Corbyn’s politics itself. This has great relevance for our own politics, as Finn explains.
57 min
July 19, 2019 The Dig: The Struggle in Chile with Alondra Carrillo & Pablo Abufom
Dan's lengthy interview with two brilliant Chilean social movement organizers: Alondra Carrillo and Pablo Abufom. Carrillo organizes in the country's massive feminist movement. Abufom works in the labor-backed movement for a just pension system.
Read Dan's interview with Daniel Jadue, the Communist mayor of Recoleta, in Jacobin.
Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.com
Please support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig

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2 hr 45 min
July 19, 2019 The Dig: The Struggle in Chile with Alondra Carrillo & Pablo Abufom
Dan's lengthy interview with two brilliant Chilean social movement organizers: Alondra Carrillo and Pablo Abufom. Carrillo organizes in the country's massive feminist movement. Abufom works in the labor-backed movement for a just pension system.
Read Dan's interview with Daniel Jadue, the Communist mayor of Recoleta, in Jacobin.
Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.com (http://www.versobooks.com)
Please support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig (Patreon.com/TheDig)
2 hr 45 min
July 19, 2019 Behind the News: Puerto Rico and Turkey
Professor of philosophy Bernat Tort on Puerto Rico’s economic and political crisis. Then, sociologist Sahan Karatasli on Turkey’s economic and political crisis.
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52 min
July 19, 2019 Behind the News: Puerto Rico and Turkey
Professor of philosophy Bernat Tort (https://www.hercampus.com/school/upr/philosophy-professor-bernat-tort) on Puerto Rico’s economic and political crisis. Then, sociologist Sahan Karatasli (https://skaratasli.org/) on Turkey’s economic and political crisis.
52 min
July 18, 2019 The Vast Majority: "They're Not Just Mad at AOC — They're Scared of Her" with Miles Kampf-Lassin
It's gotten heated this last week between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the squad, on the one hand, and Nancy Pelosi, centrist Democrats, and the House Democratic Party leadership on the other. But this conflict isn't empty intra-party bickering. It's an actual political and moral battle, with one side, AOC's, on the right side of history and one, Pelosi's, not.Miles Kampf-Lassin wrote about the battle and what it means, in an article called "They're Not Just Mad at AOC — They're Scared of Her." https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-nancy-pelosi-democratic-partyWe also mentioned a recent Washington Post profile of AOC's chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, that's worth a read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/07/10/feature/how-saikat-chakrabarti-became-aocs-chief-of-change/
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40 min
July 18, 2019 The Vast Majority: "They're Not Just Mad at AOC — They're Scared of Her" with Miles Kampf-Lassin
It's gotten heated this last week between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the squad, on the one hand, and Nancy Pelosi, centrist Democrats, and the House Democratic Party leadership on the other. But this conflict isn't empty intra-party bickering. It's an actual political and moral battle, with one side, AOC's, on the right side of history and one, Pelosi's, not.
Miles Kampf-Lassin wrote about the battle and what it means, in an article called "They're Not Just Mad at AOC — They're Scared of Her." https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-nancy-pelosi-democratic-party
We also mentioned a recent Washington Post profile of AOC's chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, that's worth a read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/07/10/feature/how-saikat-chakrabarti-became-aocs-chief-of-change/
40 min
July 11, 2019 The Dig: Abolish the Family with Sophie Lewis
Dan interviews Sophie Lewis about her new book Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family. Something is deeply wrong with commercial surrogacy—but it's just not what you might think. What's wrong is the brute labor exploitation taking place at the reproductive crossroads of a racialized global capitalist order.
Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at versobooks.com
Support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig

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1 hr 44 min
July 09, 2019 The Vast Majority: "Why Bernie Was Right to Oppose US Intervention in Central America" with Hilary Goodfriend
The New York Times recently attacked Bernie Sanders’s record on solidarity with Nicaragua in the 1980s. It probably won’t be the last time we see red-baiting attacks against Sanders in the election season, so it’s important to establish what exactly happened in Central America in the 1980s, how brutal US intervention in the region was, what the Central American solidarity movement of that era looked like, and what side of history was the right one to be on. Hilary Goodfriend discusses all of this in her recent article ”Why Bernie Sanders Was Right to Oppose US Intervention in Central America.”Hilary is a doctoral student in Latin American Studies at the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. You can read her article here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/07/bernie-sanders-central-america-sandinista.
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30 min

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