Confronting Capitalism: Labor Needs Socialists and Socialists Need Labor
Unions have more public support than just about anything else in the US, and yet, their membership has cratered. This poses an immense chall...
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Jacobin Radio: Is a Recession Imminent? w/ Michael Roberts
Producer and guest host Mel Figueroa speaks with economist Michael Roberts about the teetering house of cards that is the US and global econ...
The Dig: Insuring Catastrophe w/ David Wallace-Wells
Featuring David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, and Moira Birss on how insurance companies profit off climate catastrophe — and, in doing so,...
Behind the News: The Political Economy of Slavery w/ David McNally
David McNally, author of Slavery and Capitalism , discusses the political economy of the institution. Plus: Billy Fleming, author of Buildin...
Jacobin Radio: Rethinking Natural Disaster w/ Mike Davis
Mike Davis died in 2022, but his work is more urgent than ever. As record temperatures, fires, floods, El Niño, and megadroughts threaten th...
Behind the News: Israel’s Assault on Southern Lebanon w/ Aurélie Daher
Aurélie Daher, author of a piece for Responsible Statecraft , looks at the destruction Israel is visiting upon southern Lebanon. Annie McCla...
Confronting Capitalism: The Return of Industrial Policy
Advanced capitalist countries have recently rediscovered the role of industrial policy to build out key economic sectors like semiconductors...
Behind the News: Capital’s Chatbots w/ Jodi Dean
Jodi Dean, who has a new Substack on the issue, surveys how AI has been terrible. Anatol Lieven, author of a new article for New Left Review...
The Dig: Destruction of the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple
Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund . The second in a two-part interview....
Long Reads: How US Media Whitewashed the Gaza Genocide w/ Adam Johnson
From the very start of the Gaza genocide, Western media outlets were happy to repeat the most outlandish claims from Israeli government offi...
Jacobin Radio: Health Care Class Struggle w/ Gabriel Winant
“Men in hard hats were once the heart of America’s working class. Now it is women in scrubs,” says historian Gabriel Winant, author of The N...
Behind the News: The Rise of India’s “Cockroach” Movement w/ Aditya Nigam
Aditya Nigam looks at the “Cockroach” protest movement in India. Then, Gerald Epstein and Juliet Schor outline a detailed set of proposals t...
The Dig: Making the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple
Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund . The first episode of a two-part inte...
Confronting Capitalism: How Capitalism Undermines Democracy
Libertarian thinkers like Milton Friedman like to say that capitalism not only gave birth to democracy but also is the ideal economic system...
The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 8 — Reform Stalls, Oligarchy Triumphs
The eighth and final episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have deci...
Long Reads: China’s Next Decade w/ Eli Friedman
Over the last couple of years, media coverage of China has focused on the trade war launched by the Trump administration. While Trump and hi...
Jacobin Radio: The World Cup’s Impact and FIFA’s Mendacity
In a jam-packed final installment of The People’s Game on Jacobin Radio, Mel and Alan speak with five distinguished guests. The feature inte...
Behind the News: A Vision of Democratic Socialism w/ Michaela Brangan
Michaela Brangan, co-chair of the group that wrote DSA’s new platform, speaks about the group’s vision. Hagen Blix, co-author of Why We Fear...
Confronting Capitalism: Socialism and Class Traitors
We try to cover a lot of topics on this show, and that inevitably leads to many more follow-up questions. Luckily for you, on this latest ep...
Behind the News: The US Tradition of Inequality w/ Kim Phillips-Fein
Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Country of Lords , traces the anti-egalitarian tradition in American politics. Aziz Rana discusses the tensions...