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Behind the News: Quinn Slobodian on Neoliberals Nov 15, 2019

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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.

The Vast Majority: Financialized Capitalism and Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn?? with Grace Blakeley Nov 14, 2019

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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.<wbr />com/product/stolen-how-to-<wbr />save-the-world-from-<wbr />financialisation/

Jacobin Radio: Tariq Ali on the UK Election Nov 12, 2019

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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.

The Dig: Socializing Ownership with Mathew Lawrence Nov 09, 2019

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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.

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The Vast Majority: Rebecca Parson for Washington Nov 08, 2019

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What a time to be alive, when there are so many socialists running for Congress that it's difficult to schedule them all. We've interviewed two socialists running for House recently: Heidi Sloan, who's running in Texas, and Cathy Kunkel, who's running in West Virginia. Today, we're interviewing a third socialist House candidate: Rebecca Parson in Washington's sixth district. Rebecca is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, an activist with the Tacoma Tenants Organizing Committee, and a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Pierce County, advocating for children in the foster care system. You can visit her website here: https://rebeccaforwa.<wbr />com/

Behind the News: Grace Blakeley and Emmanuel Saez Nov 07, 2019

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Grace Blakeley, author of Stolen, on where financialized capitalism came from and how we could get out of it. Then, economist Emmanuel Saez, co-author of The Triumph of Injustice, on how the rich got richer while paying less of their income in taxes than the working class (Tax Justice website here).

The Dig: Settler-Colonial Revolutionaries with Joshua Simon Nov 01, 2019

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The divide between Latin American and the United States was not always so evident. Across the hemisphere, creoles—the descendants of European settlers, born in the Americas—launched revolutions to cast off European rule and preserve their own elite position over black and indigenous people. Joshua Simon explains how rival settler-colonial projects became today's status quo of US dominance.

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Behind the News: Chile; Nobel in Economics Nov 01, 2019

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René Rojas, author of this article, on the social explosion in Chile. Then, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, author of this article, on the little problems, little answers approach of this year’s economics Nobelists.

The Vast Majority: Checking in with NY State Senator Julia Salazar Oct 31, 2019

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It's safe to say that Julia Salazar's campaign for state senate in New York was the most watched and most brutal state legislature race in recent history, maybe in all of US history. But what she's done in office since then hasn't received as much attention. Micah sat down with Salazar to talk about what she's been up to since heading to Albany.jacobinmag.com/subscribe

Behind the News: PMC; US Hegemony in Decline Oct 31, 2019

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Gabriel Winant, author of this article, on the professional–managerial class and its decomposition (the 1977 Ehrenreich papers are here and here; their 2013 follow-up is here). Then, Alan Beattie, author of this paper, on the US-led global order and its decomposition.

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