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June 26, 2019 The Vast Majority: "Why Bernie Talks About the New Deal" with Seth Ackerman
Bernie Sanders has been talking a lot about the New Deal lately, mentioning it in his recent speech on democratic socialism. Ironically, the response from many liberals has been to argue that the New Deal wasn’t really socialism. Jacobin’s Seth Ackerman has a few quibbles. Plus, we talk about why the idea that the New Deal was racist doesn’t fully capture its relationship to white supremacy.Read Seth’s article on Bernie’s New Deal rhetoric here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/new-deal-socialism-bernie-sanders-democratic-primary Read an interview with New Deal historian Richard Walker, who discusses the charge that the New Deal was racist, plus many other aspects of the New Deal’s wide-ranging policies, here: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/03/green-new-deal-roosevelt-public-works
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41 min
June 26, 2019 The Vast Majority: "Why Bernie Talks About the New Deal" with Seth Ackerman
Bernie Sanders has been talking a lot about the New Deal lately, mentioning it in his recent speech on democratic socialism. Ironically, the response from many liberals has been to argue that the New Deal wasn’t really socialism. Jacobin’s Seth Ackerman has a few quibbles. Plus, we talk about why the idea that the New Deal was racist doesn’t fully capture its relationship to white supremacy.
Read Seth’s article on Bernie’s New Deal rhetoric here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/new-deal-socialism-bernie-sanders-democratic-primary Read an interview with New Deal historian Richard Walker, who discusses the charge that the New Deal was racist, plus many other aspects of the New Deal’s wide-ranging policies, here: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/03/green-new-deal-roosevelt-public-works
41 min
June 25, 2019 Jacobin Radio: US-Iran Crisis, Hong Kong Protests
On this episode of Jacobin Radio, Suzi focuses on the intensifying US-Iranian crisis and war brinkmanship that saw us about ten minutes away from military strikes, before Trump pulled back. We get MIT historian Pouya Alimaghum’s analysis of the crisis, the implications and goals of the increasing bluster and ever more draconian sanctions, and what they mean for domestic dissent in Iran.
Then Suzi talks to UCI professor of Chinese history Jeff Wasserstrom, who has just returned from Hong Kong and has written in the Atlantic about the gigantic protest movement that was met with extreme violence, only bringing more people into the streets. The protestors were fighting against a bill that would allow the extradition of suspects to mainland China, a further threat to Hong Kong’s partial autonomy, and for the right to assemble without persecution, to speak freely, and enjoy freedom of information. For the moment the bill has been shelved, thanks to the massive protests in the streets, but not the efforts to erode the city’s freedoms. We get Wasserstrom’s analysis.

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59 min
June 25, 2019 Jacobin Radio: US-Iran Crisis, Hong Kong Protests
On this episode of Jacobin Radio, Suzi focuses on the intensifying US-Iranian crisis and war brinkmanship that saw us about ten minutes away from military strikes, before Trump pulled back. We get MIT historian Pouya Alimaghum (https://history.mit.edu/people/pouya-alimagham)’s analysis of the crisis, the implications and goals of the increasing bluster and ever more draconian sanctions, and what they mean for domestic dissent in Iran.
Then Suzi talks to UCI professor of Chinese history Jeff Wasserstrom (https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5310), who has just returned from Hong Kong and has written in the Atlantic about the gigantic protest movement that was met with extreme violence, only bringing more people into the streets. The protestors were fighting against a bill that would allow the extradition of suspects to mainland China, a further threat to Hong Kong’s partial autonomy, and for the right to assemble without persecution, to speak freely, and enjoy freedom of information. For the moment the bill has been shelved, thanks to the massive protests in the streets, but not the efforts to erode the city’s freedoms. We get Wasserstrom’s analysis.
59 min
June 20, 2019 The Dig: Russia Beyond Putin with Tony Wood
Russia intervened and Trump is a criminal who committed obstruction of justice and is surrounded by constant criminality. But it's no doubt also true that this situation and the hawkish liberal response to it have dangerously damaged US-Russia relations. At the core of Western misunderstanding is the way we think about Vladimir Putin, which is what Dan is discussing today with Tony Wood, the author of Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War.
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2 hr 4 min
June 20, 2019 The Dig: Russia Beyond Putin with Tony Wood
Russia intervened and Trump is a criminal who committed obstruction of justice and is surrounded by constant criminality. But it's no doubt also true that this situation and the hawkish liberal response to it have dangerously damaged US-Russia relations. At the core of Western misunderstanding is the way we think about Vladimir Putin, which is what Dan is discussing today with Tony Wood, the author of Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War (https://www.versobooks.com/books/2839-russia-without-putin).
Thanks to Verso. Check out their massive left-wing book selection at versobooks.com (versobooks.com)
Go to the Socialism 2019 conference in Chicago July 4-7! Register now at socialismconference.org (socialismconference.org)
Support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig (Patreon.com/TheDig)
2 hr 4 min
June 17, 2019 Behind the News: Danish Elections, the Indigenous in Canada
Political scientist Rune Møller Stahl on the Danish elections, which the Left won but partly by going anti-immigrant. Then, Heidi Matthews, author of this article, on Canada’s genocidal treatment of its indigenous people.
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52 min
June 17, 2019 Behind the News: Danish Elections, the Indigenous in Canada
Political scientist Rune Møller Stahl (https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/rune-moller-stahl) on the Danish elections, which the Left won but partly by going anti-immigrant. Then, Heidi Matthews (https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty-and-staff/matthews-heidi/), author of this article (https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/what-the-debate-around-indigenous-genocide-says-about-canada/), on Canada’s genocidal treatment of its indigenous people.
52 min
June 15, 2019 The Dig: The Italian Situation with David Broder, Lorenzo Zamponi, and Marta Fana
There is perhaps no more depressing situation in Western Europe than that which prevails in Italy: a coalition government between the far-right Lega party and the now subordinate, bizarre, amorphously anti-corruption, internet-fetishist, pseudo-directly democratic Five Star Movement. In other words, Italian politics is dominated by a viciously racist anti-migrant politics; the left, along with most traditional forces, is in utter disarray. Today, Lega, led by Interior Minister Mateo Salvini, runs Italian politics. But the bad news is maybe also the good news: Salvini has not solved Italy's deep rooted economic problems, and so it's quite possible that the very same instability that abetted his rise will ultimately lead to his downfall. Dan interviews David Broder, Lorenzo Zamponi and Marta Fana.
Thanks to Verso. Check out their massive left-wing book selection at versobooks.com
Support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig

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1 hr 13 min
June 15, 2019 The Dig: The Italian Situation with David Broder, Lorenzo Zamponi, and Marta Fana
There is perhaps no more depressing situation in Western Europe than that which prevails in Italy: a coalition government between the far-right Lega party and the now subordinate, bizarre, amorphously anti-corruption, internet-fetishist, pseudo-directly democratic Five Star Movement. In other words, Italian politics is dominated by a viciously racist anti-migrant politics; the left, along with most traditional forces, is in utter disarray. Today, Lega, led by Interior Minister Mateo Salvini, runs Italian politics. But the bad news is maybe also the good news: Salvini has not solved Italy's deep rooted economic problems, and so it's quite possible that the very same instability that abetted his rise will ultimately lead to his downfall. Dan interviews David Broder, Lorenzo Zamponi and Marta Fana.
Thanks to Verso. Check out their massive left-wing book selection at versobooks.com (versobooks.com)
Support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig (Patreon.com/TheDig)
1 hr 13 min

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