Writer Jorge Martin exposes the imperialist hand in the Venezuelan coup attempt. Jorge wrote the article "Washington Moves Towards 'Regime Change' in Venezuela" for Venezuelanalysis. / Writer Olivia Heffernan reports on the work of building a farmworker labor movement. Olivia wrote the article "Are we prepared to pay the price for farmworker justice?" for openDemocracy.

Writer Nicole Aschoff examines the left's new (old) challenges in the Trump era. Nicole wrote the paper "America’s Tipping Point? Between Trumpism and a New Left" for Socialist Register.

Recent interviews about Russia.

Larry King on privatization and mortality after communism. [1:14]

Andrew Cockburn on the political uses of a new Red Scare. [28:49]

Peter Pomerantsev on watching Vladimir Putin's television. [1:05:28]

Sean Guillory on hard times facing the Russian left. [1:47:20]

Tony Wood on Putin's hand in post-Soviet Russian politics. [2:39:43]

China Mieville on what Russia 1917 can teach the pre-revolutionary world. [3:25:06]

Recent interviews about Russia.

Larry King on privatization and mortality after communism. [1:14]

Andrew Cockburn on the political uses of a new Red Scare. [28:49]

Peter Pomerantsev on watching Vladimir Putin's television. [1:05:28]

Sean Guillory on hard times facing the Russian left. [1:47:20]

Tony Wood on Putin's hand in post-Soviet Russian politics. [2:39:43]

China Mieville on Russia 1917's lessons for a pre-revolutionary world. [3:25:06]

Extinction Rebellion's Clare Farrell previews the global fight for survival on a dying planet. Clare is a co-founder of the movement Extinction Rebellion.

Writer Molly Smith explores the work - and politics and feminism and economy - of sex work. Molly is co-author of the new book "Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights" from Verso.

Our Man in Budapest, Todd Williams explains how a new 'slave law' united Hungary's opposition. Maybe. / Journalist Aaron Miguel Cantú explains what a White press won't write about White supremacy. Aaron wrote the article "The Whitest News You Know" for The Baffler.

N+1 editor Marco Roth examines the political futures of a world on the edge of ecological collapse. Marco is co-author of the N+1 essay "The Best of a Bad Situation."

Climate realism, now [18:24] / On Hungary's slave law [1:04:07] / Meet the White Press [1:38:38] / The politics of sex work [2:10:06] / Rebellion or extinction [3:10:27]

Recent highlight interviews on capitalism.

Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright explore the possible political and economic futures of a planet under rapid climate change. [1:08]

Writer Maximillian Alvarez explores the sanctity of waste and ownership in the digital age. [50:36]

Policy researcher Stacy Mitchell examines the rise and risk of Amazon's ascendant monopoly. [1:37:40]

Writer Adam Kotsko explains why we are all trapped in the moral logic of neoliberalism. [2:15:05]

Writer Pavlos Roufos dives deep into eight years of managed disaster for the Greek people under Europe's austerity regime. [2:56:25]

In a moment of truth, Jeff Dorchen bites the invisible hand that feeds. [3:50:27]