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Jacobin Radio: Marc Cooper on Journalism Jan 17, 2020

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Suzi talks to longtime journalist Marc Cooper about the changing world of journalism and asks how the carrier of information, which used to be predominantly newsprint, then TV, and now digital, changes our concept of knowledge? And because the new technologies make possible the democratization and de-professionalization of journalism, we ask, who is a journalist? How do we interact with the new media landscape — and how do we make it work for those of us trying to build a more just society?

The Vast Majority: Building a Left Foreign Policy with Daniel Bessner Jan 17, 2020

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We were terrifyingly close to an open war on Iran recently. The near-miss was a reminder of how brazenly American imperial power is wielded around the world and how easy dragging us back into another major war would be for Trump or anyone else in his position. It also was a reminder that we don't have a real antiwar movement in this country that can fight back against these kinds of escalations. 
 I talked about all these issues with Daniel Bessner, a historian and professor of international studies at the University of Washington, as well as the author of Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual and a forthcoming history of the RAND Corporation. He's also a regular contributor to Jacobin. Daniel's cowritten essay on democratizing US foreign policy: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2017-04-05/democratizing-us-foreign-policy Daniel's essay on the continued supremacy of the American military: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/american-us-empire-not-in-decline-superpower-trump-proves-it-is-stronger-than-ever-militarism-daniel-bessner Daniel's review of George Soros's most recent book: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/george-soros-defense-of-open-society-philanthropy
David Klion's profile of the Quincy Institute: https://www.thenation.com/article/quincy-institute-responsible-statecraft-think-tank/

The Dig: America's Long War with Nikhil Pal Singh Jan 17, 2020

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The wars at home and abroad have always been connected. Dan interviews Nikhil Pal Singh on US attacks on Iran and the politics, history, and culture of American warmaking.

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Behind the News: Australian Fires; Badges Without Borders Jan 13, 2020

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Writer Jeff Sparrow on the Australian fires. Then, Stuart Schrader, author of Badges Without Borders, on counterinsurgency and policing.

The Dig: Planet to Win with Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen Jan 10, 2020

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Confronting the intertwined ecological, social, economic, and political crises. Dan interviews Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen, co-authors with Kate Aronoff and Alyssa Battistoni of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal.

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People’s History Podcast: "Free Breakfast" (S1E4) Jan 07, 2020

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Sisters Angie Irving and Linda Wade bring the Black Panthers to Columbia Point.

This is episode four of the first season of 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").

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Jacobin Radio: Juan Cole and Yousef Baker on Iraq and Iran Jan 07, 2020

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Suzi looks at the likely impact of Qassem Soleimani's assassination for both Iran and Iraq. Juan Cole of "Informed Comment" examines the decision by Donald Trump to launch the strike that killed Iranian general Soleimani, escalating the stand-off with Iran to a new level of violence that could trigger a much broader and more lethal direct conflict. We get Cole's views on the ramifications for US-Iranian relations, the domestic considerations for each regime, and the wider implications at home and in the Middle East.

Suzi then talks to Yousef Baker of CSU Long Beach, who writes about the Iraqi protest movement. He says the American attacks and assassination of Soleimani has not just fanned the escalating regional conflict — it deals a death blow to the Iraqi protests. Iraqis have been pushed into the eye of the storm and every Iraqi political force now has to pick a side, with deadly consequences. The United States has made Iraq into its battlefield once again, making this escalation the most consequential action in Iraq since 2003. We get Baker's analysis and perspective.

Behind the News: Evangelicals; India's Citizenship Law Jan 06, 2020

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Adam Kotsko, author of “The Evangelical Mind,” on the life and thought of that tendency. Then, Shailja Sharma on India’s new citizenship law and protests against the country’s drift into fascism.

Jacobin Radio: Achin Vanaik on Modi's India Jan 02, 2020

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Suzi continues to look at the spectacular global movements that have rocked the world in 2019. The mass protests are not dying out and as the year comes to an end, they are gathering force, as we see in India — with huge demonstrations challenging Narendra Modi’s rule. The government’s repressive response has only added fuel to the protests and strikes. Achin Vanaik, scholar-activist in Delhi, gives us the big picture of Modi’s far-right government and Hindutva policies that have sparked massive protest, especially the new Citizen Amendment Act which denies citizenship based on religion, excluding and further marginalizing the country’s 200 million Muslims.

Behind the News: British Election, Why You Should Be a Socialist Dec 31, 2019

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Aditya Chakraborty on the British election, BoJo, Brexit, and the state of the Labour Party. Then, Nathan Robinson, author of Why You Should Be a Socialist, on that very topic.

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