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Michael and Us: Tornado, Earthquake, or Godzilla? w/ Justin Decloux Aug 02, 2022

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In 1984, Godzilla rose from Tokyo Bay for the first time in nine years for THE RETURN OF GODZILLA. In 1985, an American distributor dramatically recut the movie into GODZILLA 1985. We're joined at long last by Important Cinema Club co-host Justin Decloux to discuss the many structural and ideological changes that were imposed upon Godzilla's big comeback.

Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.

Behind the News: Technocracy in Italy w/ Paolo Gerbaudo Aug 01, 2022

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Doug interviews Paolo Gerbaudo on the failure of technocracy and the imminence of right-wing rule in Italy. Then Chris Bohner, author of a recent report called Labor's Fortress of Finance and a Jacobin article, "Now Is the Time for Unions to Go on the Offensive," discusses the huge stash unions have but aren't spending.

Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html

The Dig: Dead Generations w/ Matt Christman Jul 30, 2022

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Featuring Matt Christman on how American history brought us to this awful present.

Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

Long Reads: Dina Khoury on the US Destruction of Iraq (Part 1) Jul 30, 2022

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Dina Khoury joins Long Reads for a two-part conversation about Iraq since the US occupation. Dina is a historian of the Middle East, and her books include Iraq in Wartime.

Listen to part two here: https://shows.acast.com/jacobin-radio/episodes/long-reads-us-destruction-of-iraq-part-2

Read her piece for Catalyst, "Iraq After US Occupation," here: https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/09/iraq-after-us-occupation

Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: A View From Ukraine w/ Bohdan Krawchenko Jul 29, 2022

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Suzi talks to Ukrainian expert Bohdan Krawchenko, just back from Kyiv, to get his perspective of the state of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The view from Ukraine, as Bohdan Krawchenko reports, is that Russia is losing this war, has wasted thousands of lives, and is running out of troops and war materiel. Despite their huge costs and losses, Moscow is getting more aggressive and brutal. Many Ukrainians in the occupied territories of the Donbas region have been forcibly deported to Russia or sent to "filtration" camps. We get Bohdan Krawchenko’s assessment and analysis of the current situation and prospects.

Jacobin Show: Du Bois's Legacy w/ Jeff Goodwin Jul 29, 2022

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This week's episode of The Jacobin Show tackles Du Bois's legacy as an analyst of class domination in America, whether the Democratic Party is hurtling toward doom as continues to fail working-class voters, and why the recent wave of union campaigns must move from spontaneity to sustained "structure-based" organizing.

Jeff Goodwin on Du Bois: https://catalyst-journal.com/2022/06/black-reconstruction-as-class-war

Sam Gindin on structure-based union organizing: https://jacobin.com/2022/07/amazon-starbucks-union-organizing-strategy

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

The Jacobin Show is a weekly YouTube 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 podcast version of the episode from July 27, 2022.

Behind the News: War on Public Education w/ Jennifer Berkshire Jul 26, 2022

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Jennifer Berkshire discusses Pete Hegseth, Christopher Rufo, and the right’s latest fronts in their war on public education. Then, Peter Korotaev looks at the political economy of Ukraine, before, during, and after the war.

Michael and Us: Fear and Loathing in San Francisco Jul 25, 2022

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Alexandra Pelosi strikes again! In her documentary SAN FRANCISCO 2.0 (2015), the political scion turns her attention to her home city, gazing with awe upon the tech industry's sudden takeover while registering some tepid notes of ambivalence about the gentrification that has priced many longtime residents out. We discuss why, despite being Nancy Pelosi's daughter who regularly makes films for HBO, nobody seems to know about Alexandra Pelosi.

Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.

Jacobin Show: Chile's Resurgent Left w/ René Rojas Jul 21, 2022

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Cale, filling in for Jen, speaks with Ben Burgis about how the left should navigate periods of defeat. Benjamin Fogel interviews René Rojas, author of a recent piece for Catalyst, "Chile's Resurgent Left," about social-democratic politics in Chile in the post-Pinochet period and especially since the 2019 uprising.

A World to Win: Inequality Matters w/ Mike Savage Jul 21, 2022

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This week, Grace speaks to Mike Savage, author of The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past. They discuss the renewed focus on inequality in social science and politics more generally, different forms of inequality and how they’re linked, and different theoretical approaches to understanding inequality and social class, from Marx to Bourdieu.

A World to Win is a podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory, and action with guests from around the world. Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

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