Neoliberal Economics Has Always Been Bogus
Eric Beinhocker is a professor at the University of Oxford and executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford M...
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20 of 622 episodesHow an AIPAC Smear Campaign Works
The Israel lobby’s attempt to destroy Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign is a disturbing example of how money warps democracy.
Kshama Sawant Is Taking On a Pro-War Democrat
Kshama Sawant is a socialist organizer, former Seattle City Council member, and candidate for Congress in Washington’s 9th congressional dis...
Trump Might Really Invade Cuba
There’s barely any pretense that Trump cares about Cuban democracy. This is about privatizing Cuba’s public assets and getting them into the...
Of Course The Founding Fathers Would Have Hated Trump
They rejected kings and were sincerely concerned about the possibility of a dictatorship. But we need to move past founder-worship and focus...
Charles Booker Has a Plan to Win Kentucky
Charles Booker is a former Kentucky state representative and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. His campaign centers on Med...
The Internet Is Being Erased
Mark Graham is the director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, and Chris Freeland is the Internet Archive’s director of library...
A Trillion Dollars Isn’t Worth It If You Have to Be Elon Musk
Elon Musk is a miserable deadbeat whom no amount of money can make loved, cool, or happy.
The Left Is Rising
Electoral victories by socialists around the country show that the Democratic establishment is weak and can be overthrown.
The Hidden Surveillance Network Spreading Across America
Jessica Burbank is an investigative journalist, content creator, and host of The Jessica Burbank Show. Her reporting for Drop Site News and...
Judith Butler Explains the Gender Panic
Judith Butler is one of the world's leading scholars and philosophers on issues of gender, sexuality, and the cultural phenomena that surrou...
The Anti-Zionist Jewish Movement Israel Doesn’t Want You to Know About (w/ Molly Crabapple)
Molly Crabapple is an artist, journalist, and author of the new book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. She jo...
Money Is a Measure of Nothing But Itself
J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev are economists and authors of the new book Against Money. They join Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J....
The Fight to Unionize Amazon Isn’t Over (w/ Chris Smalls)
Chris Smalls is the co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union and author of the new book When the Revolution Comes. He joins...
Norman Finkelstein on the Insane Racism of Israeli Society and the Plan to Erase Gaza
Norman Finkelstein is one of the leading scholars of the Israel-Palestine conflict and author of the new book Gaza’s Gravediggers: An Inquir...
Secret Cable Exposes U.S. Role in Imran Khan’s Ouster
Waqas Ahmed is a Pakistani journalist whose work has appeared in The Intercept and Drop Site News. He joins Current Affairs to discuss his r...
The Heinous Evil of Cutting USAID
Nicholas Enrich worked at USAID for more than 12 years, including in its Bureau for Global Health and Bureau for Management. He joins Curren...
The Democratic Establishment Can Be Defeated
It’s not 2016 anymore. We can throw out the party’s sclerotic leadership.
Israel OCCUPIES Lebanon During Fake "Ceasefire" (w/ Rania Khalek)
Rania Khalek is a Lebanese-American journalist based in Beirut and the host of Dispatches on BreakThrough News. She returns to Current Affai...
Abdul El-Sayed GOES AFTER Trump, AIPAC, and Corporate Dems
🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, public h...