Antibody

Why we need the PRO Act with Jimmy Williams, General Vice President of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. Sign up to join DSA’s PRO Act phonebank actionnetwork.org/forms/proactphonebank ... The post We Need the PRO Act with Jimmy Williams appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Jacobin‘s Alex Press and organizer Jonah Furman on the state of the labor movement. Sign up to join DSA’s Pro Act phonebank actionnetwork.org/forms/proactphonebank Read Alex Press’s interview with ... The post State of the Unions with Alex Press & Jonah Furman appeared first on The Dig.

We’re taking a week off to play catch up and posting an early Dig episode from the archives that people keep returning to time and again: Barbara and Karen Fields ... The post Revisiting Racecraft with Barbara and Karen Fields appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Sarah Jaffe on her book Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion To Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone. Support this podcast on Patreon.com/TheDig Join The ... The post Work Won’t Love You Back with Sarah Jaffe appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Sam Adler-Bell and Matt Sitman on the history and post-Trump trajectory of conservative intelligentsia. Listen to Know Your Enemy, their really great podcast on the American Right, wherever ... The post Conservative Intelligentsia with Sam Adler-Bell & Matt Sitman appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Jeanne Morefield on her book Empires Without Imperialism: Anglo-American Decline and the Politics of Deflection and how the disavowed wars have come home on the American Right. Support ... The post Empires Without Imperialism with Jeanne Morefield appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo on his book The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy. How does the promise of direct digital democracy obscure how leaders are made more ... The post Digital Party with Paolo Gerbaudo appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews author Fatima Bhutto on social media subjectivities; Pakistani history, politics, and identity; and her novel The Runaways. Support this podcast with a contribution at Patreon.com/TheDig Join a Dig ... The post Pakistan Hyperreality with Fatima Bhutto appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Thea Riofrancos on how Ecuador’s Pink Tide government was constrained by an unequal world system and on the conflict over mining that erupted between leftist President Rafael Correa ... The post Resource Radicals with Thea Riofrancos appeared first on The Dig.

Nikhil Pal Singh and Joe Lowndes discuss and debate today’s American Right: what sort of threat does the Far-Right pose? How does it relate to the Republican Party and to ... The post Right Riot with Nikhil Pal Singh and Joe Lowndes appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews historian and essayist Gabriel Winant on the social worlds that make US politics and how that sociality is rooted in the economy, carceral state, social media, religion, and ... The post The Social Question with Gabriel Winant appeared first on The Dig.

From The Dig archives: Dan interviews Melinda Cooper about her book, Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism, which makes the case that neoliberalism and social conservatism have ... The post Family Values with Melinda Cooper appeared first on The Dig.

What happened to social democratic politics? Dan interviews sociologist Stephanie Mudge on her book Leftism Reinvented: Western Parties from Socialism to Neoliberalism. Join a Dig Book Club thedigradio.com/dig-book-club Support this ... The post How Left Parties Neoliberalized with Stephanie Mudge appeared first on The Dig.

Prevailing identity politics norms call on people “listen to the most affected” or “centre the most marginalized.” But this often works out quite badly in practice. Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on ... The post Identity, Power, and Speech with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò appeared first on The Dig.

Guest host Astra Taylor interviews Thomas Frank about his book The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism. From The Dig archives on populism: Universalizing American Liberty with Aziz Rana ... The post Anti-Populism with Thomas Frank appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews political scientist Megan Ming Francis about the NAACP’s struggle against racist violence in the teens and 20s and how it remade the criminal justice system and the civil ... The post The NAACP’s Anti-Lynching Struggle with Megan Ming Francis appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Cornel West on how to think about and act upon the world that this week presented to us. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig The post What Now with Cornel West appeared first on The Dig.

What else to talk about right now other than everything about right now? Election, pandemic, BLM, climate, and how the left should think about and struggle with it all. Dan ... The post 2020 with Naomi Klein and Nikhil Pal Singh appeared first on The Dig.

Political theorist Wendy Brown on how neoliberalism attacked society and democracy and in doing so laid the foundation for right-wing authoritarianism and nihilism. Episodes from the archives on neoliberalism: A ... The post Ruins of Neoliberalism with Wendy Brown appeared first on The Dig.

Roberto Lovato on Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas. Growing up Salvadoran-American in The Mission, fighting with the FMLN in El Salvador, making sense ... The post Unforgetting with Roberto Lovato appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews legal scholars Aziz Rana and Amna Akbar, and Movement for Black Lives lawyer Marbre Stahly-Butts, on SCOTUS, liberal RBG and court veneration, and other big questions on the ... The post SCOTUS, Politics, and the Law appeared first on The Dig.

Antibody is a narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: All Cops Are Idiots (featuring Kafui Attoh, you can buy his book ... The post Antibody, Ep 3: Combat appeared first on The Dig.

Antibody is a narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: All Cops Are Idiots (featuring Kafui Attoh, you can buy his book here: ugapress.org/book/9780820354217/rights-in-transit) A Few Basic Demands (produced by Chenjerai Kumanyika (twitter.com/catchatweetdown)) After the Peak (by Karim Sariahmed (twitter.com/sariahmed), along with Alex Azan, Belicia Ding, Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko , Vanessa K. Ferrel, Michelle Gonzalez, Musaub Khan, and Marc Shi) What We Talk About When We Talk About Mutual Aid (produced by Jackson Roach and Caroline Kanner (twitter.com/_idontCaroline)) Get in touch with DCH1 Amazonians United (facebook.com/DCH1United/) Support Put People First! Pennsylvania (putpeoplefirstpa.org) The mutual aid groups featured in this episode include: Ground Game LA (www.groundgamela.org) K Town For All (https://ktownforall.org) The Red Nation (therednation.org) Brave Space Alliance (https://www.bravespacealliance.org) and the Indigenous Kinship Collective (https://indigenouskinshipcollective.com). Further reading on mutual aid: Regan de Loggans' mutual aid zine (mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LOGGANS-mutual-aid-zine.pdf) The complete text of Kropotkin's book Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution) Mutual Aid Hub (www.mutualaidhub.org)    

Antibody is a new narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: The Corner (featuring Pablo Alvarado and the National Day Laborer Organizing ... The post Antibody, Ep 2: Making Contact appeared first on The Dig.

Antibody is a narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: The Corner (featuring Pablo Alvarado and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network) Stranger Pleasure (featuring Samuel Delany; produced by David Gutherz) One House in Oakland (produced by Sophie Kasakove) Role Call (produced by Andrea Long Chu) Support day laborer economic survival with a contribution at https://ndlon.org/

Antibody is a new narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: Zoom Canvass (featuring Nikil Saval) Hardwood Flesh (produced by Ari Mejia) ... The post Antibody, Ep 1: Existing Conditions appeared first on The Dig.

Antibody is a new narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: Zoom Canvass (featuring Nikil Saval) Hardwood Flesh (produced by Ari Mejia) Dial 3 to Admit Your Personal Failure (produced by Ian Lewis and Caroline Kanner) You Can't Go Home Again (written by Alex Press) The International Trans Person Helpline (produced by Cass Adair and Arlie Adlington)

From The Dig and Jacobin: a new narrative series about how COVID-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. The first of three episodes is coming soon. The post Introducing Antibody, a Dig special series on COVID-19 appeared first on The Dig.

From The Dig & Jacobin Magazine: a new narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all.

Dan interviews veteran organizer Jasson Perez and journalist Sarah Jaffe on left organizing amid covid and where it might go. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig The post Organizing Now with Sarah Jaffe & Jasson Perez appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Amy Kapczynski and Gregg Gonsalves on the politics of public health and what we can learn from ACT UP. Please support The Dig with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig The post Surviving This Plague with Amy Kapczynski and Gregg Gonsalves appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews New York magazine writer Eric Levitz on the big corporate bailout that gave workers precious little to survive the corona crisis. Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig The post Who Got Bailed Out with Eric Levitz appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Marxist economist Grace Blakeley on coronavirus economics. Please support this podcast with money at Patreon.com/TheDig The post Coronavirus Economics with Grace Blakeley appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Mike Davis about everything we are all suddenly trying to figure out. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig The post Mike Davis on Coronavirus Politics appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews NYC DSA down-ballot candidates. Samelys López is running for a US House seat in the Bronx. Jabari Brisport, Marcela Mitaynes, and Phara Souffrant Forrest are running for seats ... The post NYC DSA on the Ballot appeared first on The Dig.

An interview on how the Democratic Party got here today with Ryan Grim. Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig The post We’ve Got People with Ryan Grim appeared first on The Dig.

Pep talk time: Dan interviews Rep. Ilhan Omar to give us some perspective and prepare us for the fight ahead. Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig The post Organize and Fight with Ilhan Omar appeared first on The Dig.

A special pod ep from Sunday’s live Boston canvass kickoff with Michael Brooks and Natalie Shure. Please support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig The post Bernie 2020 with Michael Brooks and Natalie Shure appeared first on The Dig.

Dan interviews Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on her book Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership. Come see Dan discuss All-American Nativism in Boston on 3/4 ... The post Race for Profit with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor appeared first on The Dig.

Live show with Jacobin’s Bhaskar Sunkara and Alex Press in Cambridge, MA for Bernie 2020. Recorded the night of Nevada caucuses.  Please support us with your money at www.thedigradio.com The post Bernie 2020 with Alex Press and Bhaskar Sunkara  appeared first on The Dig.

The Catholic Church was a powerful force throughout the first half of the 20th century. It was a force for right-wing reaction. That’s what Dan discusses today with Giuliana Chamedes, ... The post Catholic Anticommunism with Giuliana Chamedes appeared first on The Dig.

Immigration law scholar @crimmigration breaks down the lies, misdirections and bigoted absurdities conveyed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions when he announced that the Trump Administration would cruelly make some 800,000 ... The post César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández: On DACA appeared first on The Dig.

The devastation wreaked by Hurricane Harvey has made the denial of climate change all the more dangerous. But @KateAronoff says that mainstream liberals and environmental groups, touting cap-and-trade and business-friendly ... The post Kate Aronoff: Populist Revolt Against The Climate Crisis appeared first on The Dig.

What’s the matter with Appalachia? Many liberal elites think they know the answer. Since Trump’s campaign first took off, the region has become a symbol of all that is wrong ... The post Sarah Jones: What’s the Matter with Appalachia? Capitalism appeared first on The Dig.