Carolin Amlinger und Oliver Nachtwey zeigen in ihrem Buch "Zerstörungslust - Elemente des demokratischen Faschismus", wie die liberal-kapitalistischen Gesellschaften destruktive Menschen hervorbringen, die sich nach rechts wenden. Dabei beleuchten sie umfassend die Entstehungsbedingungen des neuen demokratischen Faschismus. Sie fordern einen »postl…

Während Linke sich darüber streiten, ob die AfD eine faschistische Partei ist oder nicht, bereiten sie sich längst auf eine Regierungsbeteiligung vor. Bei Weekly erklärt Sebastian Friedrich, warum wir die Diskurse und Machtpläne der neuen Rechten ernster nehmen müssen. JACOBIN produziert täglich Artikel, Podcasts und Videos – alles für Dich völlig …

Featuring Fernando Haddad on Brazilian political economy and where Brazil fits into a world capitalist system structured by relationships of domination and unequal exchange. Haddad is Finance Minister of Brazil. He served as mayor of São Paulo and in 2018 was the Workers’ Party (PT) presidential candidate. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Buy …

Neoliberalism’s victory over Keynesianism wasn’t an intellectual revolution — it was a class offensive. Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms. The latest issue of Catalyst is out and you can subscribe for just $20 using the code CONFRONTINGCAPITALISM: h…

Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage, examines the rightward move of the Silicon Valley elite. Forrest Hylton conducts a political tour d’horizon of South America. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.…

Die Demonstration »All Eyes on Gaza« vergangenen September in Berlin markierte einen Wendepunkt in der deutschen Debatte um Genozid in Gaza. Doch die Repression gegen die Bewegung hält an, während der Krieg gegen die Palästinenser trotz Waffenruhe weitergeht. Bei Weekly spricht MdEP Özlem Demirel darüber, wie die Linke zur Bildung einer breiteren M…

We’re joined again today by Eoghan Gilmartin to continue our discussion about the government of Pedro Sanchez in Spain. Eoghan is an Irish journalist based in Madrid, a regular contributor to Jacobin, and co-host of the Sobremesa podcast about Spanish politics. In contrast with Greece and Portugal, Spain still has a government today headed by the c…

Featuring Walden Bello and Jane Nalunga on neoliberalism’s defeat of Third Worldist radical projects and the Global South social movement and civil society networks that rose from the ashes to take on neoliberal globalization. A wide-ranging interview with two important, long-standing Global South leaders. Call in to leave a question for The Dig’s …

Margaux MacColl, co-author of a series of articles in the SF Standard, discusses Zoomer tech bros. Susannah Glickman, who wrote a recent piece for the New York Review of Books, looks at the new arms makers who want to disrupt the legacy prime contractors. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their…

Featuring Alexandra Wandel, Gonzalo Berrón, and Paul Adlerstein on the 1999 mass protest against the World Trade Organization in Seattle and on the giant global justice movement that mobilized unions, farmers, environmentalists, public interest advocates, and various radical leftists all over the world.Recorded live in Brussels with the European Tr…

Grab your coffee and your backpack — it's time for Professor Chibber's Office Hours! On this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek answers YOUR questions. We received so many interesting and thoughtful emails from listeners, we decided to dedicate a whole podcast to them. Vivek talks about how socialists should confront discrimination in their o…

Suzi talks to Capital & Main reporter Jesse Baum and David Williams, a Dollar General stocker and organizer with Step Up Louisiana, about how workers are fighting for dignity and better working conditions in “right-to-work” states — places where an anti-union climate, legal roadblocks, and intimidation make winning union recognition nearly impossib…

Ilan Pappé, author of Israel on the Brink, gives an update on the ceasefire and how the deepening crisis of Israeli society could lead to something better. Jennifer Berkshire examines the appalling Trump educational agenda. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the …

Long Reads continues our recent focus on the politics of southern European countries over the last decade. This week and in our next episode, we’re looking in detail at what’s been happening in Spain. In contrast with Greece and Portugal, Spain still has a government today headed by the center left. The Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez has at…

Jake Werner of the Quincy Institute analyzes Trump’s creeping softness on China, and how that country sees its role in the world. Jeet Heer, author of a recent book review for the Nation, talks about the slick but odious William F. Buckley Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interac…

Professor Tom Alter, a tenured historian at Texas State University, was recently fired for speaking at an online socialism conference. His remarks were secretly recorded and doctored by a self-proclaimed fascist influencer who launched a smear campaign. There was no due process, a blatant violation of his First Amendment and academic freedom rights…

Kaum ein Anliegen brachte in den letzten Jahren mehr Berliner auf die Straßen wie die Kampagne Deutsche Wohnen & Co. Enteignen. Doch der Mietenkampf in der Hauptstadt hat eine viel längere Geschichte, wie der Historiker Ralf Hoffrogge, Autor des neuen Buches »Das laute Berlin«, bei Weekly erklärt. Hier kannst du Ralfs Buch bestellen:https://brumair…

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Balanced budget conservatism and supply side populism engineered a politics of austerity and budget deficits. Deep cuts to the social wage like welfare reform disciplined labor so severely that Fed chair Alan Greenspan opened the floodgates of easy money co…

Die Arbeiterbewegung befindet sich seit Jahren auf dem Rückzug, und auch wenn viele Linke dies ändern wollen, bleibt noch ein langer Weg von Anspruch zur Realität. Bei Weekly spricht Jacobin-Redakteur Jonas Thiel über den Wiederaufbau der Gewerkschaften und wie Sozialisten in Betrieben Fuß fassen können. JACOBIN produziert täglich Artikel, Podcasts…

En estas intervenciones se analizan el auge de las políticas identitarias tanto en la izquierda como en la derecha contemporáneas, así como sus raíces estructurales en la desregulación económica y el individualismo derivados del capitalismo global. Del Valle explora cómo estas dinámicas han debilitado el horizonte universalista de la ciudadanía, fa…

In this tumultuous political era, it’s common to hear that the Left needs to rebuild its historic sources of power. But it’s more accurate to say that the Left is essentially in the process of starting over again. On this episode of Confronting Capitalism, we share Vivek Chibber’s keynote address at the Jacobin conference, “Socialism in Our Time,” …