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The Dig: Down-Ballot Fights with Jessica Cisneros, Stephen Smith, and Heidi Sloan Dec 28, 2019

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We need Bernie but a lot more too. Dan does three interviews with down-ballot left insurgent candidates: Jessica Cisneros, a Justice Democrat running against incumbent conservative Democrat Henry Cuellar in Texas’s 28th congressional district; Stephen Smith, who is running a populist campaign for West Virginia governor; and Heidi Sloan, a DSA candidate in the Democratic primary for Texas’s 25th Republican-held 25th congressional district.

Thanks to University of California Press. Check out their huge selection of titles at ucpress.edu

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The Vast Majority: What's Next for the Labour Party with David Broder Dec 26, 2019

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There's no way around it: the recent election results in the UK were crushing for the Left. But they also weren't the referendum on socialist policies that centrist pundits would have you believe they were. Micah talked about this with David Broder, Jacobin's Europe editor. David wrote two articles for Jacobin in the wake of the election, which you can read here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/12/uk-election-results-labour https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/12/labour-party-uk-brexit-jeremy-corbyn-general-election

The Dig: Single-Payer Now! with Tim Faust Dec 20, 2019

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Why we need single-payer healthcare, why Medicare for All is suddenly at the center of debate, and why this is all part of a broader struggle for health justice. Dan interviews Tim Faust.

Thanks to Verso. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.com

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The Vast Majority: Krystal Ball, Matt Karp, and Michael Brooks on Bernie and the 2020 Elections Dec 17, 2019

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Krystal Ball, Matt Karp, and Michael Brooks on Bernie and the 2020 Elections For the release of our latest print issue, "From Socialism to Populism and Back," we held a launch party at the Verso Books office in Brooklyn. We held a panel discussion at the party on Bernie Sanders and the 2020 elections featuring Krystal Ball, cohost of The Hill's Rising morning show; Matt Karp, historian and Jacobin contributing editor, whose article "Is This the Future Liberals Want?" appears in the new print issue; and Michael Brooks, host of The Michael Brooks Show. Watch Rising here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLri3HDD8DQuWyMc7pSbVk0SZrAhA4j80 Read Matt Karp's article here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/10/future-liberals-want-matt-karp-populism-class-voting-democrats Watch and listen to The Michael Brooks Show here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh2UY1hxlMr4_7Az_iQ82HQ Buy the new issue here: https://jacobinmag.com/issue/from-socialism-to-populism-and-back

The Dig: Capitalism with Michael Hardt Dec 13, 2019

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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-socialism

Read Hardt and Negri reflect on the 20th anniversary of Empirenewleftreview.org/issues/II120/articles/empire-twenty-years-on

Thanks to Verso. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.com

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The Vast Majority: Anthony Clark, Socialist for Congress Dec 12, 2019

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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/

Behind the News: Leslie Salzinger and Forrest Hylton Dec 12, 2019

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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).

Jacobin Radio: Mass Protests in France and Iran Dec 12, 2019

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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 Yellow Vest movement the previous year, was a hike in gas prices.The spark produced a conflagration in an already existing environment marked by economic insecurity, the breakup of the social contract, high inflation, and negative economic growth. Further ignition was provided by the week-long government shutdown of the internet. As in France, movements have converged, and pose a threat to the regime.

The Dig: From the archives, Paul Frymer on Westward Expansion Dec 06, 2019

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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-politics

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The Vast Majority: Winning a Radical Green New Deal with Alyssa Battistoni, Carlos Rosa and Sean Estelle Dec 05, 2019

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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

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