A Materialist Answer to the “Race vs. Class” Debate Jacobin 2024-10-11 | A Materialist Answer to the “Race vs. Class” Debate
How the US privatized WAR Jacobin 2024-05-14 | The ways of war are changing. Artificial intelligence is used to bomb families in Gaza. Flying drones are deployed to track down refugees on the US-Mexico border.But the biggest change is the one we talk about the least: the privatization of war. From Yemen to Sudan, Syria to Nigeria, tens of thousands of guns for hire now fight on behalf of foreign powers.For Episode 7 of “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the @ProgIntl, Rania Khalek of @BreakThroughNews tells the story of how we got here. It is the tale of an infamous US firm known as Blackwater and the rise of the secret mercenary armies that have pushed warfare into the shadows.Subscribe to the channel, hit the like button and notification bell to stay up to date with upcoming episodes of “The International.”Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Find out more at jacobin.com and twitter.com/jacobin.The Progressive International unites, organizes, and mobilizes progressive forces around the world. Find out more at https://progressive.international/ and twitter.com/progintl.Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
How to Stop WORLD WAR III with Abby Martin Jacobin 2024-03-05 | The original goal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), according to its first Secretary General, was "to keep the Soviets out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”Today, the Soviet Union is gone, the United States is dominant, and Germany is de-industrializing. Has NATO achieved its goals? If so, why does it still exist? And why did Fidel Castro call it “the most perfidious instrument of repression known to mankind”?For Episode 6 of “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the @ProgIntl, journalist Abby Martin examines NATO’s global footprint and explains why this “defensive alliance” might end up causing World War III.Subscribe to the channel, hit the like button and notification bell to stay up to date with upcoming episodes of “The International.”Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Find out more at jacobin.com and twitter.com/jacobin.The Progressive International unites, organizes, and mobilizes progressive forces around the world. Find out more at https://progressive.international/ and twitter.com/progintl.Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
How the United States RIGGED the Global Economy Jacobin 2024-01-12 | Globalization, in theory, means the free flow of goods, money, and ideas around the world. In practice, its rules are set to benefit powerful nations like the United States.Over the last 75 years, the United States has rigged the global economy to guarantee its dominance. In a secret conversation recorded in the Oval Office in 1974, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger described this project in striking detail: “The trick is to use economics to build a world political structure.”In Episode #5 of “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the @ProgIntl, David Adler (co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International) tells the story of the US plot for global economic supremacy in four simple chapters.Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Find out more at jacobin.com and twitter.com/jacobin.The Progressive International unites, organizes, and mobilizes progressive forces around the world. Find out more at https://progressive.international/ and twitter.com/progintl.Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
Does SOCIALIST Cuba have the best health care in the world? Jacobin 2023-12-14 | For 60 years, the United States has enforced a crippling embargo against the island of Cuba in order to “bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government,” according to a 1960 State Department memorandum.But against the odds, Cuba has developed a revolutionary model of scientific innovation and medical provision that has not only ensured universal health care for its own citizens, but also — through its world-renowned medical brigades — delivered high-quality care to millions of people across the Global South free of charge.For Episode #4 of “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the @ProgIntl , Dr. Samira M. Addrey — a graduate of Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine — tells the story of Cuba’s socialist health care model that the US government desperately does not want you to know.Subscribe to the channel, hit the like button and notification bell to stay up to date with upcoming episodes of “The International.”Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Find out more at jacobin.com and twitter.com/jacobin.The Progressive International unites, organizes, and mobilizes progressive forces around the world. Find out more at https://progressive.international/ and twitter.com/progintl.Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
Economic sanctions - more lethal than war Jacobin 2023-11-21 | Presenting: Episode #3 of “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the @ProgIntl Economic sanctions have become a favorite US foreign policy tool to confront its adversaries and punish so-called “bad actors” around the world. The US government will say that they are an alternative to war — a targeted measure to take out bad guys without firing a bullet.But the hidden history of economic sanctions shows that they can be more lethal than any gun, gas, or megaton bomb — a weapon, in the words of US President Woodrow Wilson, “more tremendous than war.”For Episode #3, Dr. Ammar Ali Jan uncovers that history — and explains how this tremendous weapon actually works.Subscribe to the channel, hit the like button and notification bell to stay up to date with upcoming episodes of "The International."Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Find out more at jacobin.com and twitter.com/jacobinThe Progressive International unites, organizes, and mobilizes progressive forces around the world. Find out more at https://progressive.international/ and twitter.com/progintlSubscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
How the Pink Tide took on US imperialism Jacobin 2023-10-25 | Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego. The Pacific to the Atlantic. Is a united Latin America the next global superpower?For centuries, Latin America was the property of foreign powers. But today, left-wing governments in countries like Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil are consolidating power in pursuit of regional sovereignty.In Episode #2 of “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the @ProgIntl, we join Ecuador’s former Foreign Minister Guillaume Long for a tour of Latin America’s “Pink Tide” and a front-row analysis of the region’s geopolitical prospects in a multipolar world.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button and notification bell to stay up to date with upcoming episodes of The International.Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Find out more at jacobin.com and twitter.com/jacobin.The Progressive International unites, organizes, and mobilizes progressive forces around the world. Find out more at https://progressive.international/ and twitter.com/progintl.Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
Would you call this ethnic cleansing? Palestines ongoing catastrophe. Jacobin 2023-09-20 | This is episode 1 of “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the Progressive International.75 years ago, the Palestinian people were violently dispossessed from their land in what they call the Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe.”But the Nakba isn’t over. For episode 1, we travel to Ramallah to hear from Dr. Yara Hawari on the past, present, and future of Zionist settler colonialism — and the struggle of the Palestinian people for freedom and justice.Subscribe to the channel, hit the like button and notification bell to stay up to date with upcoming episodes of The International.Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Find out more at jacobin.com The Progressive International unites, organizes, and mobilizes progressive forces around the world. Find out more at https://progressive.international/Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
Introducing “The International,” a new video series by Jacobin and the Progressive International Jacobin 2023-09-14 | Welcome to “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the Progressive International @ProgIntl Directed, filmed & edited by César Caprioli.Subscribe to the channel, hit the like button and notification bell. Join us as we explore the past, present, and future of the global struggle for socialism and liberation.Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Find out more at jacobin.com and twitter.com/jacobin.The Progressive International unites, organizes, and mobilizes progressive forces around the world. Find out more at https://progressive.international/ and twitter.com/progintl.Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
May Day Livestream: Economics and the Labor Movement with Richard Wolff and Paul Prescod Jacobin 2023-05-02 | Just this week, we’re offering solidarity digital subs for $1, and print ones for $10 to celebrate International Workers' Day! Get four beautiful new print issues a year and access to our entire back catalog by following this link:jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=MAYDAY2023And here is a gift sub link if you're already a subscriber:jacobin.com/subscribe?code=MAYDAY2023&type=gift&level=standard-printAt Jacobin, we’re trying our best to reach millions with the argument that creating a better world requires challenging those who profit from the misery and exploitation of others. Thanks to the support of our committed core of subscribers, thousands of Jacobin articles are available for everyone around the world to read for free. And, for their efforts, subscribers get access to our complete archive and receive four special issues every year.History isn’t over — and socialists have a vital role to play in what’s to come. Please make sure that we’re around for the long haul.For more from Prof Wolff, subscribe to Democracy at Work on Youtube: youtube.com/democracyatwrk
Did Slavery Drive the US Economy? – James Oakes Jacobin 2023-02-23 | Historian James Oakes critiques the 1619 Project’s assertion that Southern slavery fueled Northern prosperity and turned the US into a “financial colossus” and discusses how we can better understand the relationship between slavery and American capitalism.For the Record is a Jacobin channel miniseries dedicated to debunking historical myths and distortions through conversations with scholars on the left.Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTRead Oakes’ article in Catalyst:catalyst-journal.com/2021/12/what-the-1619-project-got-wrongSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Did the 13th Amendment Enable Mass Incarceration? – Touré Reed Jacobin 2022-11-03 | In the first video of our new history series, For the Record, historian Touré Reed debunks the myth that the 13th Amendment contained a loophole that continued slavery and paved the way for the mass incarceration of black Americans. Reed explores the legacy of emancipation and the 13th Amendment and argues that understanding the true modern origins of the US prison system is critical for fighting mass incarceration today.For the Record is a Jacobin channel miniseries dedicated to debunking historical myths and distortions through conversations with scholars on the left. Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
Jane McAlevey: Its Time for Unions to Go On the Offensive Jacobin 2022-10-21 | Labor organizer and author Jane McAlevey joins us to discuss the state of the labor movement and how it needs to be far more aggressive in its demands to deal with our mounting political and economic crises.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
The Jacobin Show: Building a Bigger, Better Left w/ Jane McAlevey | Jacobin Show Jacobin 2022-10-19 | This is sadly our final episode in this iteration of the Jacobin Show. We're joined by labor organizer and author, Jane McAlevey, to discuss the state of the labor movement and where it needs to go to address our mounting crises. Ariella Thornhill and Paul Prescod also join Jen Pan to discuss what a healthy left needs to consist of and why the claims to a "new working class" are dead wrong.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
The Left Cant Give Up on the White Working Class — Jen Pan & Cale Brooks Jacobin 2022-10-15 | Jen Pan and Cale Brooks discusses some recent studies on the deprivation of the white working class and why the left needs to focus on their issues.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
How Lula Can Save Brazil w/ Sabrina Fernandes, Alex Hochuli, & Ben Fogel Jacobin 2022-10-14 | Sabrina Fernandes, Alex Hochuli, and Ben Fogel join us for a major overview and analysis of the state of the Brazilian election. Will Lula pull off his comeback? What would that mean for working class politics in Brazil?Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Privatization Is War on Our Freedom w/ Donald Cohen Jacobin 2022-10-10 | We're joined by the executive director of In The Public Interest, Donald Cohen, to discuss his new book The Privatization of Everything, which looks at how the privatization of public goods has undermined democracy.Buy Donald Cohen's book:thenewpress.com/books/privatization-of-everythingSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
From Centrism to Radical Liberalism w/ Luke Savage Jacobin 2022-10-08 | Jacobin staff writer Luke Savage discusses his new book The Dead Center, and how a new era of programmatic, majoritarian politics is the only way to rescue liberalism’s redistributive potential from a centrist politics that is corrupt, ineffective, and unpopular. Buy Luke Savage's book: orbooks.com/catalog/the-dead-centerSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
The Era of the Flexetariat? — Jen Pan Jacobin 2022-10-07 | After the "great resignation" and "quiet quitting," we now have a new workplace catchword: the so-called “flexetariat.” Jen Pan explains how companies are turning remote work into a bargaining chip for lower wages and longer hours. Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Can Lula Still Transform Brazil? — Jen Pan & Cale Brooks Jacobin 2022-10-06 | Jen Pan and Cale Brooks react to the first round election results in Brazil and what the Lula-Bolsonaro showdown means for both global class dealignment and revitalized left populism. Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Will We Have to Work in Socialism? w/ Alex Gourevitch Jacobin 2022-10-01 | Proposals for universal basic income have been circulating for some time, each with the end goal of achieving a society with little to no necessary work taking place. Alex Gourevitch finds major flaws in these post-work solutions and instead offers us the concept of “shared-labor socialism.”Read Gourevitch's article by subscribing to Catalyst here: catalyst-journal.com/subscribe/?code=TWENTYSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Is the Far-Right About to Kill Swedish Social Democracy? w/ Jonas Pontusson Jacobin 2022-09-30 | The far-right Sweden Democrats were the big winners in the recent general election, rising to second place. Jonas Pontusson places the results in the context of rising inequality and the retreat from redistribution. Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Has Fascism Returned To Italy? w/ David Broder Jacobin 2022-09-29 | Sunday's Italian election brought victory for Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Fratelli d’Italia — and record-low turnout. David Broder explains how the opposition between technocrats and the far right is a symptom of a deeper decline.Broder's latest in Jacobin: jacobin.com/2022/09/italy-elections-far-right-meloni-democracyBroder's book: versobooks.com/books/2974-first-they-took-romeSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Do People Prefer Capitalism Over Socialism? — Jen Pan & Cale Brooks Jacobin 2022-09-26 | Jen Pan and Cale Brooks decipher some new Pew polling numbers that says popular opinions of both capitalism and socialism have declined.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Matt Bruenig: Was There a Sharp Drop in Child Poverty? Jacobin 2022-09-25 | Matt Bruenig contests some recent news on child poverty offered in the New York Times and explains what is really going on along with what we should do to erase it.Read Matt's article here: peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/09/15/the-child-trends-child-poverty-series-is-a-statistical-blip-caused-by-census-changesSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
The Fed Is Waging Class War to Fight Inflation w/ Samir Sonti Jacobin 2022-09-24 | Samir Sonti joins us to talk about why the Federal Reserve has so much power over the economy and why its typical response to inflation is bad for workers—but does it need to be? Read his article here: jacobin.com/2022/09/red-the-fedSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Is A Railroad Strike Still Possible? w/ Paul Prescod Jacobin 2022-09-23 | Paul Prescod joins us to discuss what the tentative railroad union agreement means and whether or not a strike is still looming on the horizon.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Did Wokeness Ruin Cultural Production? w/ Catherine Liu & Eileen Jones Jacobin 2022-09-19 | Catherine Liu and Eileen Jones examine how the PMC has taken control of cultural production and discuss whether or not wokeness has ruined the culture broadly.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
The Rise of the Pseudo-Union - Jen Pan Jacobin 2022-09-17 | Jen Pan examines some new independent union alternatives and why they don't stack up to traditional labor power.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Has Culture Gotten Worse Lately? w/ Catherine Liu & Eileen Jones Jacobin 2022-09-16 | The left's preeminent cultural critics Catherine Liu and Eileen Jones assess why cultural production is so awful right now and what its root causes are.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Did Identity Politics Kill the Chilean Constitution? w/ Rene Rojas Jacobin 2022-09-15 | René Rojas joins Jen to discuss why the Chilean constitution, endorsed by the democratic socialist president Gabriel Boric and hailed as potentially being the most progressive constitution in the world, ultimately failed to pass and how the left should regroup.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Reform or Revolution? Vivek Chibber on Confronting Capitalism, Market Socialism, Bolshevism Jacobin 2022-09-06 | Vivek Chibber, author of the new Jacobin book Confronting Capitalism, joins Jen Pan to explain what we can learn from both the Bolshevik and social democratic past to more effectively challenge and overcome capitalism in the 21st century.Order a copy of Chibber's book here: jacobin.com/store/product/75Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
The Teacher Shortage Was A Long Time Coming — Paul Prescod Jacobin 2022-09-05 | Paul Prescod joins Jen Pan to explain why there's a shortage of teachers going back to school and how unions can fight back.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: Is US Empire in Decline? Jacobin 2022-09-04 | This is an excerpt from our interview with Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad to discuss their new book "The Withdrawal." To Noam and Vijay, US global power acts much the same way a Godfather rules over a Mafia family, imposing its interests on all who stand in its way domestically or internationally. The wide-ranging discussion touches on American exceptionalism, Military Keynesianism, the roadblocks for a new Iran Nuclear Deal, and the implications of Rep Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan.Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/a8U6hgWouUASubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Can Socialists Embrace Patriotism? w/ David Griscom Jacobin 2022-09-02 | David Griscom joins Jen Pan to discuss to what extent socialists should or can be patriots. Is socialist patriotism meeting people where they are, or is it something we should avoid as much as possible? Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Why Not Cancel All Student Debt? w/ Thomas Gokey Jacobin 2022-09-01 | Thomas Gokey of the Debt Collective joins Jacobin Show to discuss the outrageous costs of education in the US. The only solution is to cancel all student debt and create a system where education is recognized as a public good to be made accessible to all. Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: Military Keynesianism, Explained Jacobin 2022-08-30 | This is an excerpt from our interview with Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad to discuss their new book "The Withdrawal." To Noam and Vijay, US global power acts much the same way a Godfather rules over a Mafia family, imposing its interests on all who stand in its way domestically or internationally. The wide-ranging discussion touches on American exceptionalism, Military Keynesianism, the roadblocks for a new Iran Nuclear Deal, and the implications of Rep Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan.Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/a8U6hgWouUASubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Minneapolis Teachers Tragically End Seniority for Diversity — Paul Prescod Jacobin 2022-08-29 | Paul Prescod joins Jen Pan to discuss why the decision by Minneapolis teachers to revoke seniority in favor of racial diversity is a dead-end tactic for unions.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: American Exceptionalism is Imperial Policy Jacobin 2022-08-28 | This is an excerpt from our interview with Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad to discuss their new book "The Withdrawal." To Noam and Vijay, US global power acts much the same way a Godfather rules over a Mafia family, imposing its interests on all who stand in its way domestically or internationally. The wide-ranging discussion touches on American exceptionalism, Military Keynesianism, the roadblocks for a new Iran Nuclear Deal, and the implications of Rep Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan.Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/a8U6hgWouUASubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Did Biden Derail a Railroad Worker Strike? — Paul Prescod Jacobin 2022-08-27 | Paul Prescod joins Jen Pan to discuss why President Joe Biden recently intervened in a railroad worker dispute and why the union might still end up on strike in the near future.Read Paul's article here: jacobin.com/2022/08/railroad-workers-conditions-strike-deregulationSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Did Communism Give Us the New Deal Order? w/ Gary Gerstle Jacobin 2022-08-26 | Historian Gary Gerstle joins us to discuss what gave rise to the New Deal political order, the role that global communism played in the Capital-Labor compromise, and prospects for renewed social democracy after Neoliberalism.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Should We Care That They Call Us Sexist? w/ Liza Featherstone Jacobin 2022-08-25 | In light of Hillary Clinton’s latest comments about Bernie Sanders being a sexist, male chauvinist, Jacobin columnist Liza Featherstone joins Jen Pan to discuss why the centrists and right-wingers frequently hurl similar accusations at the Left and how/if we should respond.Read Liza's article here: jacobin.com/2022/08/hillary-clinton-smearing-bernie-sanders-sexism-feminismSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: US Military is a Global Mafia Jacobin 2022-08-23 | This is an excerpt from our interview with Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad to discuss their new book "The Withdrawal." To Noam and Vijay, US global power acts much the same way a Godfather rules over a Mafia family, imposing its interests on all who stand in its way domestically or internationally. The wide-ranging discussion touches on American exceptionalism, Military Keynesianism, the roadblocks for a new Iran Nuclear Deal, and the implications of Rep Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan.Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/a8U6hgWouUANoam and Vijay's new book: thenewpress.com/books/withdrawalSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Psychedelic Legalization is a Big Pharma Cash Grab — Ben Fong Jacobin 2022-08-22 | Ben Fong joins Jen Pan to discuss how possible psychedelic drug legalization next year probably won't be the enlightened renaissance its proponents claim it will be because Big Pharma is anticipating a new source of drug money revenue.Read Ben's article here: jacobin.com/2022/08/psychedelic-therapy-medical-legalization-pharmaceutical-companiesSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad on Pelosis Taiwan Visit & US - Chinese Rivalry Jacobin 2022-08-21 | Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad discuss what Representative Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan did for growing US-China tensions and what "The China Threat" means to American global empire.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: US Empire in Withdrawal | FULL INTERVIEW 2022 Jacobin 2022-08-19 | Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad, two of the left's most brilliant critics of US empire, sit down with Jacobin Show's Ariella Thornhill to discuss their new book "The Withdrawal." To Noam and Vijay, US global power acts much the same way a Godfather rules over a Mafia family, imposing its interests on all who stand in its way domestically or internationally. The wide-ranging discussion touches on American exceptionalism, Military Keynesianism, the roadblocks for a new Iran Nuclear Deal, and the implications of Rep Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan.Noam and Vijay's new book: thenewpress.com/books/withdrawalSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Will Quiet Quitting Solve Work Burnout? — Jen Pan & Cale Brooks Jacobin 2022-08-18 | Jen Pan and Cale Brooks critique the wave of recent articles discussing the new Gen-Z "trend" of quiet quitting, seeing it as both a commonsensical response to capitalist drudgery but also an insufficient strategy to deal with work burnout.Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Weve Discovered the Solution to Homelessness (More Housing) w/ Rachel Cohen Jacobin 2022-08-15 | Rachel Cohen tells Jacobin how state governments are reimagining American public housing, and why this very basic solution is so often ignored by politicians. Rachel's latest in Vox: vox.com/policy-and-politics/23278643/affordable-public-housing-inflation-renters-homeSubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Does Biden Care if Seniors Die? w/ Matthew Cunningham-Cook Jacobin 2022-08-13 | Biden has expanded the Medicare privatization schemes of Donald Trump. It has not been good for patients, but it’s been a boon for private equity firms and major healthcare companies. Matthew Cunningham-Cook's latest: jacobin.com/2022/08/democrats-schumer-carried-interest-tax-loophole-private-equitySubscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
How to Read Marxs Capital | An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory w/ Deepankar Basu Jacobin 2022-08-12 | Deepankar Basu walks us through the scope of Marx’s analysis of the social relation of capital within all three volumes of Das Kapital as well as explains why Marx wrote his magnum opus in the particular way he did and how Marxian economics differs from other traditions.Basu's book: cambridge.org/core/books/logic-of-capital/B05EDFE4B3D2DB54C21BDB7EA9EA4745Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
Will This Save Bidens Ass? — Jen Pan & Cale Brooks Jacobin 2022-08-11 | The Inflation Reduction Act is better than nothing, but it rests on a huge gamble of trade-offs between renewables and the fossil-fuel industry. Cale Brooks and Jen Pan cover what it took to get corporate Dems on board with the dregs of Build Back Better, and how the Left should fight to limit the worst of the bill. Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button!Subscribe to Jacobin in print for just $10: jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYTMusic provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey
