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Jacobin Show: Permanent Inflation? w/ Ramaa Vasudevan Feb 25, 2022

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Economist Ramaa Vasudevan explains the causes and consequences of inflation from a socialist perspective. Natalie Shure looks at the growing discontent with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the left. Jen Pan discusses the recent San Francisco school board recall and what it says about the Democrats’ abandonment of Asian voters.

The Jacobin Show, hosted by Jen Pan, offers 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 show from February 24, 2022.

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Behind the News: Ottawa, the NFL, and Amazon Feb 24, 2022

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Doug speaks with Toronto-based activist and organizer John Clarke on the politics and personnel behind the Ottawa convoy. Plus: Dave Zirin on racism in the NFL (and Brian Flores’s lawsuit over it) and Justine Medina on working at Amazon and trying to unionize it. This is the show from February 17, 2022.

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

Michael and Us: I Only Read It for the Articles Feb 23, 2022

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In another Superdelegate-selected episode, we discuss THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996), the hagiographic biopic of the Hustler Magazine publisher and First Amendment warrior. We discuss Flynt's politics and the implications of his brand of civil libertarianism. PLUS: would you like to live in a town run by Disney?

"Announcing Storyliving by Disney": www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CVucnt46ww

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

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Canada’s Alt-Right Rage Feb 22, 2022

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Suzi talks to Canadian Labor historian Bryan Palmer about the so-called "Freedom Convoy" of truckers that held Ottawa hostage for three weeks, clogging the streets of the city as well as the US-Canadian border crossings from New Brunswick to British Columbia. Bryan calls this "Canada’s alt-right freedom rage," and while protesters said they were opposing state mandates related to the pandemic, their target is the liberal government of Justin Trudeau. They are a well-funded movement with parallels to the alt-right in the US, what Bryan calls “the lumpen petty bourgeoisie doing its revolting thing!"

The Dig: Feminist International w/ Verónica Gago Feb 19, 2022

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Feminist political theorist and organizer Verónica Gago on Argentina’s massive feminist movement and strike, the ties that bind domestic labor and financial exploitation, neoliberalism from below, and more.

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Behind the News: Prison and Public Health Feb 19, 2022

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Doug speaks with Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative on how prison sickens and kills people. Then Terry Kupers, from a 2013 interview, on the effects of solitary confinement on mental health. Refinery worker and union VP BK White talks about worker safety and health at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California.

Jacobin Show: Coronavirus Criminals w/ John Nichols Feb 18, 2022

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Ariella Thornhill speaks with John Nichols about his new book, Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers. Nichols argues that the massive number of deaths in the US were caused not by the vicissitudes of nature but by the callous and opportunistic decisions of powerful people and the ruthless profit orientation of capitalist society. Thornhill also speaks with Sean Petty, a pediatric emergency room nurse at a public hospital in the Bronx. Petty provides a picture of how nurses and healthcare professionals have been pushed to the brink by an unprepared and underfunded for-profit healthcare system, which has left nurses overworked and under-protected.

The Jacobin Show offers 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 show from February 16, 2022 with Ariella Thornhill and Cale Brooks hosting.

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Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Rural America and the Democratic Party Feb 15, 2022

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Suzi talks to Nick Bowlin about his important new piece, "Joke’s on Them: The Democratic Party Meets Rural America" in The Drift. Nick looks at America’s rural class structure, the political attitudes of rural residents, and the Democratic Party's inability to appeal to them. It’s a crucial issue that is poorly understood—and in most accounts treated all too superficially. Both parties put on cowboy hats and wear the equivalent of flannel shirts when campaigning in rural America, as if posturing authenticity is all that’s required. It works better for Republicans than Democrats, and much of Nick’s article looks at the historical, political, economic and cultural complexities that help explain why.

A World to Win: Feminism Against Fascism w/ Laurie Penny Feb 15, 2022

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Grace speaks with Laurie Penny about their new book, Sexual Revolution: Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback. They discuss the roots of the resurgence of violence against women, what it means to build a culture of consent, and how women can organize to resist their oppression and exploitation.

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.

Michael and Us: Rorschach Tests Feb 14, 2022

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What happens when the UK's Minister for International Development accidentally calls an inevitable war "unforeseeable"? We discuss Armando Iannucci's beloved political satire IN THE LOOP (2009) and what it says about the culture of spin in U.K. politics. PLUS: further developments in the Canadian trucker protest, and thoughts on that most important institution of all: the Oscars.

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

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