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Jacobin Show: Socialism and Music w/ Jason Myles Mar 26, 2021

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Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, Jen Pan, Ariella Thornhill, and Paul Prescod host a new episode of The Jacobin Show, offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the episode from March 24, 2021. Jen and Paul are out, with David Griscom filling in as co-host.

From “The Internationale” to “Fortunate Son” to “Kill the Poor,” music has been a part of left protest movements for more than a century. Bitter Lake frontman and This is Revolution host Jason Myles joins (R&B singer) Ariella Thornhill and (country musician) David Griscom to discuss the past and present of music and socialism.

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Behind the News: The Awfulness of Andrew Cuomo Mar 22, 2021

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks withSochie Nnaemeka, director of the New York Working Families Party, on the awfulness of Andrew Cuomo. Then, an interview with Susie Bright, the original sexpert, on what the pandemic is doing to our libidos.

The Dig: Global Vaccine Apartheid with Achal Prabhala Mar 20, 2021

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Astra Taylor interviews Achal Prabhala on emerging global vaccine apartheid: from the neoliberal turn handing the pharmaceutical industry global patents to today's government-funded vaccines put under private pharma control.

Groups fighting global vaccine apartheid

Public Citizen: citizen.org/topic/safe-affordable-drugs-devices/global-access-to-medicines

MSF: msfaccess.org

Prep4All: prep4all.org

People's Vaccine Alliance: peoplesvaccine.org

Recent work by Prabhala

nytimes.com/2020/12/07/opinion/covid-vaccines-patents.html

nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/covid-vaccines-china-russia.html

theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/15/peoples-vaccine-coronavirus-covid-wto

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Long Reads: Talat Ahmed on Gandhi and the Politics of Sainthood Mar 20, 2021

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Long Reads looks in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn.

The guest for this episode is Talat Ahmed. Talat is a historian who teaches at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience.

Read Talat's essay, "Gandhi Led a Mass Movement for India’s Freedom — But He Also Constricted It," here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/gandhi-civil-disobedience-independence-india

Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

Michael and Us: Canadian Cringe Mar 19, 2021

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In 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced one of his biggest scandals yet when a charitable organization to which his family had longstanding (and lucrative) ties was given a plum contract to build a high-profile volunteer program for Canadian youth. The ensuing conflict of interest scandal brought down WE Charity (formerly Free the Children), the brainchild of Canuck philanthropy wunderkinds Craig & Mark Kielburger. We watched THE PRICE WE PAID (2021), fine new investigative documentary by the CBC's The Fifth Estate series, which broke down the WE Scandal and the shady practices of the disgraced charity. We discuss how WE Charity is a perfect symbol for the deep rot in the soul of corporate philanthropy. PLUS: the Alberta government's war with Netflix; Celebrity Apprentice memories; and an introduction to the world's best/worst Oscar blogger.
Watch "The Price WE Paid" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC_wos7MwHo&amp;ab_channel=TheFifthEstate
"Jason Kenney’s Energy War Room Launches Campaign to Stop Netflix Children’s Cartoon About ‘Bigfoot’" by PressProgress - https://pressprogress.ca/jason-kenneys-energy-war-room-launches-campaign-to-stop-netflix-childrens-cartoon-about-bigfoot/
Jeffrey Wells's "Hollywood Elsewhere" blog - https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/

A World to Win: Public Health Colonialism w/ Eugene Richardson Mar 18, 2021

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This week, as the anniversary of the declaration of a pandemic by the WHO approaches, Grace talks to Dr. Eugene Richardson, Assistant Professor of Global Health at Harvard and author of Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health. Eugene previously worked in Sierra Leone and the DRC supporting the response to the Ebola outbreak.

They discuss the ways in which an unequal, unsustainable capitalist world system reproduces massive economic, political, and health inequalities, and what we can do about it.

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Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Matt Karp & Emil Draitser Mar 17, 2021

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Matt Karp, Princeton historian and Jacobin contributing editor discusses President Biden’s stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan that was passed by the Senate and is touted by many as a paradigm change. Matt says an injection of much needed cash isn’t the same thing as empowering workers or creating a constituency for change, and we’ll get him to explain.

Emil Draitser joins us to talk about his new book, In the Jaws of the Crocodile: A Soviet Memoir. Emil recounts how he became a journalist in the Soviet Union and why the detour into satire was not just the only, but also the best path. We also talk about the new Oscar nominated Andrei Konchalovsky film “Dear Comrades!” about an important strike and massacre in Novocherkassk in southern Russia in 1962. Everything about that strike and the response from the authorities gives us insight into the nature of the Soviet Union.

The Vast Majority: The Intimate Life of Woody Guthrie Mar 16, 2021

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Micah spoke to Gustavus Stadler about his new book Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life.

Weekends: Lula Livre and Biden's American Empire w/ Daniel Bessner Mar 15, 2021

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Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from March 13, 2021.

Daniel Bessner joins us to discuss whether or not the Biden administration's policy is shaping up to be more of a continuation of Trump's or Obama's. We also cover the recent news of Lula da Silva's annulled conviction.

Read Bessner's review here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/do...

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Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey

The Dig: We Need the PRO Act with Jimmy Williams Mar 13, 2021

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Why we need the PRO Act with Jimmy Williams, General Vice President of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Read Alex Press's interview with political scientist Michael Goldfield on the Amazon organizing drive in Bessemer jacobinmag.com/2021/02/amazon-unionize-alabama-operation-dixie-organizing-south

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Join The Dig Book Club and discuss The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy with Paolo Gerbaudo thedigradio.com/dig-book-club. Same to zoom with Astra Taylor and Erick Stoll on their doc You Are Not a Loan.

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