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An interview on how the transformation of capitalism has changed the possibilities for anti-capitalist struggle with Michael Hardt, co-author with Antonio Negri of Assembly.Read Dan's essay on the 20th anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle jacobinmag.com/2019/11/seattle-world-trade-organization-protests-socialismRead Hardt and Negri reflect on the 20th anniversary of Empire newleftreview.org/issues/II120/articles/empire-twenty-years-onThanks to Verso. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.comPlease support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anthony Clark is running for Congress in Illinois’s seventh district, which mostly covers Chicago’s West Side and surrounding suburbs. It’s his second attempt to unseat longtime incumbent Danny Davis. Micah spoke with Anthony recently about his life, how he became a socialist, how he sees the relationship between identity and capitalism, and, most importantly, smoking weed.  You can learn more about Anthony here: https://www.voteanthonyclark.com/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leslie Salzinger, a contributor to Mutant Neoliberalism, on gendering Homo economicus. Then, Forrest Hylton on the coup in Bolivia and popular rebellions against neoliberalism in Chile and Colombia (see Hylton's Jacobin and LRB articles). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Millions people are protesting worldwide to challenge neoliberal capitalist austerity policies that add to economic insecurity, inequality, and poverty for the vast majority. In Iran, Iraq, Hong Kong, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, France, and beyond, masses of people have taken to the streets, and faced state violence in response. What are the underlying issues motivating the protests? Suzi talks first to Stathis Kouvelakis in France, where, since December 5, strikes and demonstrations more than a million strong have paralyzed the country. Teachers, nurses, students, and Yellow Vests have stood alongside the old vanguard of railway and transport workers to halt President Macron’s “Thatcherite” attacks on pensions and the welfare state. Suzi then turns to Iran and talks with Kevan Harris about the spectacular, illegal protest movement rocking the nation since November 15. The government has responded brutally, killing at least 200 and arresting thousands. The catalyst for the Iranian protests, as with the French Y

On the occasion of our third anniversary we are taking a break. Here's a classic on settler colonialism from our archives: Paul Frymer on Building an American Empire: The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion. a.k.a. episode 85 from January 30 2018.Thanks to University of North Carolina Press. Check out their Justice, Power, and Politics series uncpress.org/series/justice-power-politicsPlease support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve got a new book out: ‘A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal,’ by Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Kate Aronoff, and Thea Riofrancos. Alyssa was recently in Chicago, so we held a book launch party and panel discussion featuring Carlos Rosa, socialist and Chicago city council member; Sean Estelle, elected member of the National Political Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America; and Micah, your humble host and Jacobin editor.Buy the book here:https://www.versobooks.com/books/3107-a-planet-to-win See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tenants take their growing dissatisfaction and aim it at their landlord, the Boston Housing Authority.This is episode three of the first season of a people's history podcast! "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing" traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI").Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Political scientist Jeff Webber discusses the coup against Evo Morales and the recent history of Bolivia.Read "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Macho Camacho" by Jeff Webber and Forrest Hylton www.versobooks.com/blogs/4493-the-eighteenth-brumaire-of-macho-camacho-jeffery-r-webber-with-forrest-hylton-on-the-coup-in-boliviaThanks to University of California Press. Check out their titles at ucpress.eduSupport this podcast with money at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Suzi speaks with Kevin Ovenden about Jeremy Corbyn’s new Labour Party manifesto. The just-launched manifesto promotes a vision for the country with broad appeal that challenges and counteracts the politics of austerity, despair, and decline that have characterized the last several decades. Corbyn is campaigning for real change, and we get Ovenden’s analysis. Suzi then talks to Yoav Peled in Tel Aviv about what happens now that interim Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving PM, has been indicted on three counts of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Neither Netanyahu’s Likudnor Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party have been able so far to form a government since Israel’s second election of 2019 in September, and the indictments put Israel in uncharted political territory. We get Peled's insights on what happens next. Finally, Suzi talks to political sociologist Gabriel Hetland about Bolivia, now caught in a spiral of horrors as the far-right regime of terror consolidates its rule after the oust

As urban rebellions arise in cities, welfare rights advocates in Boston public housing use militant tactics to get services they are owed.This is episode two of the first season of a people's history podcast! "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing" traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI").Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan interviews Naomi Klein on her new essay collection On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal.Thanks to University of California Press. Check out their huge selection of titles at ucpress.eduPlease support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ryan Grim, author of We’ve Got People, on the long fight between insurgents and establishment in the Democratic Party. Then, Jenny Brown, author of Without Apology, on the history and politics of abortion in the United States (check out National Women’s Liberation and Redstockings). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Green New Deal is on the political agenda in the United States, and thank God for that. Can you imagine how depressing it would be to hear all of these climate reports from scientists around the world without the sense of hope and optimism that the GND has brought discussions of climate change?But how we go about fighting for a GND is crucial. Matt Huber argues in a recent essay in Catalyst that we need a class-struggle approach to fighting climate change. Workers hold more power than any other social group in society; without putting the working class at the center of a GND strategy, we're bound to lose.Matt Huber is a professor of geography at Syracuse University, and the author of 'LifeBlood: Oil, Freedom, and the Forces of Capital,' as well as a forthcoming book on class and climate politics from Verso. His essay "Ecological Politics for the Working Class" appears in the Spring 2019 edition of Catalyst. Read it here: https://catalyst-journal.com/vol3/no1/ecological-politics-for-the-working-class See a

At Columbia Point, a Boston public housing project built in 1954, mothers organize to try and close the city dump.This is episode one of the first season of the people's history podcast! "The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing" traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI").Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peopleshistorypod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maria hit Puerto Rico as austerity dismantled its social and material infrastructure. But as Yarimar Bonilla explains, these years also taught Puerto Ricans about their own collective power, fueling the summer’s mass movement that overthrew Governor Ricardo Rosselló.Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.comPlease support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new audio documentary about struggles in the United States. Each six-episode season covers one local story, told from the viewpoint of working-class people. Our first season, The Point, traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.Season one, episode one drops November 19th on Jacobin Radio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Historian Quinn Slobodian makes a return appearance to talk about neoliberals: their opposition to the European Union (essay in Mutant Neoliberalism), their hatred of the 1960s, and their embrace of racial and culturalist politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two of the most pressing questions facing humanity are as follows: 1. What exactly has changed and what has stayed the same about the global capitalist economy in the 21st century? 2. Are we gonna have a Prime Minister Jezza in the UK before Christmas?Micah posed these questions and others to Grace Blakeley, a socialist economist, economics commentator at the New Statesman, and research fellow at the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR). She's also the author of a new book, Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialization.She came through Chicago on the American leg of her book tour, and sat down for a discussion about the book and UK politics in front of an audience at Volumes Bookcafe.Thanks to Volumes for hosting the event. You can buy Grace's book Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialization here: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/stolen-how-to-save-the-world-from-financialisation/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Suzi talks to Tariq Ali, author of The Extreme Center, about the UK election, Jeremy Corbyn, and the Labour Party campaign. Unlike the endless US presidential election campaign, the British general election is run on a mercifully concentrated, if intense political timetable of just twenty-five working days once the election is called by Parliament. The stakes couldn’t be higher, and if the Conservatives, the Brexit party. and the Lib Dems have their way, the campaign will focus on Brexit, which has sucked the air out of politics and worse, divided the working class and the Left without addressing what led people to vote to leave in the first place. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has made his campaign about reversing the decades-long night of austerity and the need to commit £400 billion of investment to the twin crises of the climate emergency and social deprivation. We get Ali's insights. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mathew Lawrence, founder and director of the left-wing UK think tank Common Wealth, explains why ownership must be socialized, what that might look like, and how to make it happen.Thanks to UNC Press. Check out Stirrings: How Activist New Yorkers Ignited a Movement for Food Justice By Lana Dee Povitz uncpress.org/book/9781469653013/stirringsPlease support this podcast with money at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.