The Dig

The Dig is a podcast from Jacobin magazine that discusses politics, criminal justice, immigration and class conflict with smart people. Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4839800

Rank #1: Petro-Capitalism with Timothy Mitchell Part I.
Historian and political theorist Timothy Mitchell joins Dan for the first of a two-part interview on his book Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil, published in 2011 by Verso. In this first episode, we talk about how the rise of coal made both industrial capitalism and newly powerful worker resistance possible; and how the shift to oil then facilitated the persistence of imperialism in a decolonizing world while thwarting worker organizing. On the next show, we'll discuss a lot more, including how oil companies and Western governments made autocratic governments and conservative Islamists key partners in creating the very global order that we now find in such profound crisis. Thanks to Verso Books. and The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing and Police: A Field Guide by David Correia and Tyler Wall versobooks.com/books/2530-police And support this podcast with $ at patreon.com/TheDig, where you can also check out the first edition of our new weekly newsletter.

Rank #2: Mistaking Identity Politics.
Checking your privilege. Invisible knapsacks. Intersectionality. In his new book from Verso, Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump, Asad Haider questions the terms and concepts that underpin much liberal and left conversation about race and racism, exploring critiques advanced by the black radical tradition to mount a thoroughgoing demolition of what we now refer to as "identity politics"—something that had a quite different meaning when it was first coined by the black, radical lesbian feminists of the Combahee River Collective. This is not a book that dismisses racism and sexism. Quite to the contrary. Haider shows that we can only confront and defeat oppressions like racism and sexism if we recognize their relationship to the capitalist exploitation of the working class as a whole. The corollary is also true: capitalism can never be defeated without recognizing and fighting the various oppressions that help sustain it.Thanks to Verso Books. Check out We Built the Wall: How the US Keeps Out Asylum Seekers from Mexico, Central America and Beyond by Eileen Truax versobooks.com/books/2606-we-built-the-wall And Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory by Mike Davis And support this podcast with $ and access our weekly newsletter at patreon.com/TheDigversobooks.com/books/2779-old-gods-new-enigmasAnd support this podcast with $ and access our weekly newsletter at patreon.com/TheDig

Jacobin Radio

Podcasts from Jacobin magazine

Rank #1: The Dig: Mistaking Identity Politics.
Checking your privilege. Invisible knapsacks. Intersectionality. In his new book from Verso, Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump, Asad Haider questions the terms and concepts that underpin much liberal and left conversation about race and racism, exploring critiques advanced by the black radical tradition to mount a thoroughgoing demolition of what we now refer to as "identity politics" — something that had a quite different meaning when it was first coined by the black, radical lesbian feminists of the Combahee River Collective. This is not a book that dismisses racism and sexism. Quite to the contrary. Haider shows that we can only confront and defeat oppressions like racism and sexism if we recognize their relationship to the capitalist exploitation of the working class as a whole. The corollary is also true: capitalism can never be defeated without recognizing and fighting the various oppressions that help sustain it. Thanks to Verso Books. Check out We Built the Wall: How the US Keeps Out Asylum Seekers from Mexico, Central America and Beyond by Eileen Truax (versobooks.com/books/2606-we-built-the-wall) and Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory by Mike Davis (versobooks.com/books/2779-old-gods-new-enigmas).  And support this podcast with $ and access our weekly newsletter at patreon.com/TheDig

Rank #2: The Dig: Bad Objects with Andrea Long Chu and Marissa Brostoff.
Marissa Brostoff and Andrea Long Chu discuss Sex and the City and the X-Files, unraveling the tangled history of Marxism and queer theory, Cynthia Nixon the democratic socialist versus Miranda the straight corporate lawyer misrecognized as a lesbian, feminism as consumption in Giuliani's New York, the remarkable resilience of heterosexuality, the Cold War's paranoiac aftershocks, history's startling return, the alt-right’s nostalgia for postmodernism, the takeover of reality by reality TV, men with tinfoil hats decrying the deep state from the heights of power, and the possibilities of stitching socialism and queer politics together into a robust movement for human liberation. Thank you to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.com. Please support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig!

This Is Hell!

This is Hell! is a weekly radio interview show broadcast without the virtue of money or the vice of political agenda. Every Saturday morning, your bitter, blind, broke, gap-toothed host Chuck Mertz works off his hangover talking to the journalists, authors and activists working to make this world a slightly less hellish place. And we do it all live, uninterrupted and unedited, Saturdays at 9AM Central on WNUR 89.3FM Chicago and podcast to the world shortly after.

Rank #1: 1131: Capitalism and ecological theft..
Sociologist John Bellamy Foster on the modern divide between humanity and nature and his book “The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Ecological Rift” from Monthly Review.https://monthlyreview.org/product/the-robbery-of-nature/

Rank #2: 1130: Ruin porn in a ruined world..
Writer and critic Kate Wagner on the aesthetics of post-industrial decline, and her Baffler article “Staring at Hell”
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https://thebaffler.com/salvos/staring-at-hell-wagnerPLUS: Listener Feedback, and this week’s Question From Hell.

Delete Your Account Podcast

Delete Your Account is a new podcast hosted by journalist Roqayah Chamseddine and her plucky sidekick Kumars Salehi. Every week they will talk about important stories from the worlds of politics and pop culture, both on and off-line, in a way that will never bore you. They’re radical leftists, but not that kind. The other kind. The fun kind.

Rank #1: Episode 156 - Fox News Brain.
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined by Madeline Peltz, a research coordinator at Media Matters for America where she covers the rise of the far right in conservative media and has emerged as the world’s foremost expert on Tucker Carlson.  Madeline famously combed through the Fox News host’s weekly guest appearances from 2006 to 2011 on the talk radio program of C-list shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge, exposing a history of openly bigoted statements that put Carlson’s lingering prestige in media circles and the confusion surrounding his descent into fascism in their proper context. After catching listeners up on the history and mission of Media Matters, Madeline and Kumars dive deep into the utility of boycotting Fox News, the weirdest Fox commercials, how the network’s ideological project has evolved in the Trump era, and what makes “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” of all its offerings, uniquely dangerous.  You can follow Madeline Peltz on Twitter @peltzmadeline and keep up with her work on the Media Matters website.  If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!!

Rank #2: A Socialist Alternative.
If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!! Roqayah and Kumars spend the intro talking about Kumars finding himself once again targeted by white nationalists for his Palestine solidarity activism. They also talk about UC Berkeley's nazi appreciation ("free speech") week and contrast UC Berkeley's efforts to protect the speech of genocidal racists with their complete lack of effort to protect the speech of leftists. For the interview, Kumars and Roqayah are honored to welcome Kshama Sawant. Kshama is a proud socialist, member of Socialist Alternative, and a Seattle City Councilmember. She joins Kumars live in Oakland, while Roqayah is, as always, on the other side of the world in Sydney, Australia. After hearing a little about how Kshama originally became radicalized, we learn what defines Socialist Alternative as an organization and how she discovered Socialist Alternative was the right fit for her. Kshama shares with us how she was able to become the only open socialist on Seattle City Council, and how she has been able to effectively push her agenda without other socialists in government. We hear more about some of Kshama's major policy wins, including a $15 minimum wage and an income tax targeting high earners. We also ask Kshama about Bernie Sanders, hearing her thoughts and criticisms of his Presidential campaign, his role in shaping the Democratic agenda, and his foreign policy views. Finally, Kshama shares her thoughts on how people on the left can build an effective alternative to both fascism and neoliberalism. You can follow Kshama on Twitter at @cmkshama. Check her out on the web and also support other socialists running for city council seats, including in Seattle and Minneapolis.  A transcript for this episode is forthcoming. Please send an email to deleteuracct @ gmail to get a copy sent to you when it is completed.

Dead Pundits Society

Forging a new left agenda in the midst of our neoliberal hellscape -- Join us weekly for the best news and analysis from a left perspective.

Rank #1: Ep. 40: Naglemania & The Dirtbag Left w/ Angela Nagle and Amber A'Lee Frost.
Joining me this week are Angela Nagle and Amber A'Lee Frost. We discuss the dirtbag left, the culture wars and the kind of socialism for normies that is so badly needed. Tune in for Naglemania and stay for the Frostival. ... yeesh... just listen, ok? Dateline ABC segment on the Kill All Normies Documentary: http://abcnews.go.com/US/documentary-alt-sheds-light-movements-alleged-roots/story?id=52420449 Readings mentioned on the show: -Mark Fisher, "Exiting the Vampire Castle," http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11299 -Mark Fisher, "Why Mental Health is a Political Issue," https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/16/mental-health-political-issue -Nina Power, "In Memoriam," https://ninapower.net/2018/01/13/in-memoriam-mark-fisher-january-13th/ -G.M. Tamás, "Telling the Truth About Class," http://www.grundrisse.net/grundrisse22/tellingTheTruthAboutClass.htm Join the Dead Pundits Society to support the new left agenda and to get access to our back catalog of subscriber-only content. A mere $5/month will give you access to over a dozen hours of additional interviews. Join today! ————————- Twitter: @deadpundits Soundcloud: @deadpundits iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214 Facebook: www.facebook.com/deadpunditssociety Patreon: www.patreon.com/deadpundits

Rank #2: Building Socialism with and Beyond Bernie w/ Meagan Day.
Meagan Day, staff writer at Jacobin Magazine, joins us to talk about the immense challenges, dilemmas, and opportunities presented to us by the Bernie wave. We address some recent controversy kicked up by her some of her articles that are critical of Elizabeth Warren, and assess the chances of Joe Biden in the long haul of the Democratic Party primary. Bernie needs us, and we need him to further this wave into a meaning socialist agenda. Tune in to hear more. This week's B-Side will air for patrons on Friday. To support DPS Media and receive access to our weekly bonus episodes, join up at http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits --> Don't miss the latest installment of Democratic Socialism 101 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6rCna62VTYlFRSF-SrAOkCWg72ICji4z Learn more about DPS Media: http://www.deadpundits.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/deadpundits Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deadpunditssociety Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/deadpunditssociety YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl_Xg

The Discourse Collective

The Discourse Collective is a group of podcasts that discusses in depth leftist theory, current events, and culture.

Rank #1: Patreon Episode 6: Current Events - DSA Convention Update.
Patreon Episode 6: Current Events - DSA Convention Update by Discourse Collective

Rank #2: Episode 2: Theory - Liberalism, 1848, Marx, and the Communist Manifesto.
This week, we join @comrade_celery @RIPMarkusJ and @mmalloyboy as we delve into the Koran/Bible/Torah/Avesta/Dead Sea Scroll of Leftism, the Communist Manifesto; we discuss its origins in the revolutionary liberalism of France and Germany, the shadow of the 1848 uprisings, and the lives of Marx and Engels, and how all these interacted to create the famous pamphlet that shaped much of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Nostalgia Trap

The Nostalgia Trap podcast features weekly conversations about history and politics with some of the left’s most incisive thinkers, writers, and extremely online personalities, exploring how individual lives intersect with the big events and debates of our era.

Rank #1: Nostalgia Trap - Episode 148: Unlearning Capitalism w/ Astra Taylor.
Astra Taylor is a writer and filmmaker whose work explores the radical contours of contemporary politics and philosophy. Her latest film, What is Democracy?, is a deep dive into one of history’s most intense questions, framing interviews and discussions within the harrowing context of a collapsing planet. In this conversation, she explains the ideas underlying her inquisitive approach to writing and making films, how her unorthodox experiences with formal education shaped her political and analytical thinking, and why she thinks asking bigger questions is such a vital task for the left.

Rank #2: Nostalgia Trap - Episode 83: AM/FM - The Deep State is Capitalism .
What is the "deep state"? Does it really exist, or is it a specter in the minds of far-right conspiracy theorists from Jack D. Ripper to Alex Jones? In this episode, Justin Rogers-Cooper joins me to sort it out, exploring the "deep state" idea in the context of the opioid crisis and other contemporary signs of malignant capitalism.  

Behind the News with Doug Henwood

Behind the News with Doug Henwood

Rank #1: Behind the News, 2/6/20.
Behind the News, 2/6/20 - guests: Sofia Japaridze, Margaret Kimberley - Doug Henwood

Rank #2: Behind the News, 2/13/20.
Behind the News, 2/13/20 - guests: Yasha Levine, Lizzie O'Shea - Doug Henwood

Verso Podcast

Podcasts, readings, lectures and events: big ideas and radical discussion from authors and collaborators with Verso Books

Rank #1: The Ontological is Political: Timothy Morton in conversation with Verso Books.
Timothy Morton discusses the political idea of the collective, subscendence, solidarity, fighting Nazis, and lots more. Humankind: Solidarity with Non-Human People, by Timothy Morton, is out now.

Rank #2: John Berger at 90.
John Berger has revolutionised our understanding of art, language, media, society, politics and everyday experience itself since his landmark book and TV series Ways of Seeing over forty years ago. As the internationally influential critic, novelist, film-maker, dramatist and, above all, storyteller enters his ninetieth year, the latest Verso podcast in collaboration with the London Review Bookshop celebrates his life and work.Gareth Evans is joined by Tom Overton, editor of Landscapes: John Berger on Art, Yasmin Gunaratnam, editor of A Jar of Wild Flowers, and Mike Dibb, film-maker and director of Ways of Seeing, to explore Berger's art and politics, the evolution of his own way of seeing, and its enduring relevance.Several books are being published this autumn in tribute to Berger, who is Author of the Month at the London Review Bookshop:- Landscapes: John Berger on Art edited by Tom Overton (Verso), a companion volume to Portraits: John Berger on Artists- A Jar of Wild Flowers edited by Yasmin Gunaratnam with Amarjit Chandan (Zed) collects essays by writers including Ali Smith, Sally Potter, Ram Rahman, Hsiao-Hung Pai and others- Confabulations (Penguin), through Berger's drawings, notes, memories and reflections explores language- John Berger: Collected Poems (Smokestack)collects Berger's poetry in English for the first time- The Long White Thread of Words: Poems for John Berger (Smokestack), edited by Amarjit Chandan, Yasmin Gunaratnam and Gareth Evans- Lapwing & Fox (Collectif), a series of conversations in correspondence sent between Berger and his friend, artist and film-maker John Christie.

The Katie Halper Show

Get bonus content here! https://www.patreon.com/TheKatieHalperShow Please subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-katie-halper-show/id1020563127?mt=2 & support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheKatieHalperShow !! The Katie Halper Show takes a humorous look at the news, politics, pop culture, and the arts through news segments and conversations with writers, journalists, activists, artists and political comedians.

Rank #1: Matt Christman on the history of fascism & the liberal hot takes that enable Trump.
bonus: Matt talks about being an "insufferable" Civil War History nerd when he was in middle school. https://www.patreon.com/posts/22742080 Related bonus: Matt Karp, who will be joining Matt Christman for our live taping Civil War History-themed Katie Halper Show (date, TBD)talks to me about why the Dems are "handcuffing themselves before the battle".Matt talks about fascism, pseudo-woke gatekeepers, how and why Chapo appeals to the audience it does, and how the Left can maybe win. He also trashes some really stupid and counterproductive liberal hot takes like "economic anxiety doesn't influence people's politics," universal and class-based programs are only good for white people etc. He posits that for fascism to be here, we'd need a more robust Left, which we don't have at the moment. We also reminisce about the live Katie Halper Show taping with Chapo Trap House, which was the first time Matt met Felix in person, and which Matt still considers "one of the best" times of his life.

Rank #2: 207- Neoliberalism and Depression with Johann Hari.
We talk to Johann Hari about his excellent book "Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions." He discusses the way neoliberalism contributes to depression, the way different cultures and countries deal with it and his own battle with depression. Really important discussion. Trigger Warning: we briefly discuss Ayn Rand's sex life.

Hot & Bothered: A Dissent Climate Podcast

A podcast on climate politics for the 99%, brought to you by Dissent magazine.

Rank #1: Hot & Bothered Podcast #2: System Change on a Deadline, with Naomi Klein.
In the second episode of Hot & Bothered, we have an extended conversation with Naomi Klein—author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate—about the struggle to build an alternative to fossil-fueled capitalism. What future horizons can we dream about and bring into reality? What practical precedents can we build on? How is the climate movement doing in Canada, where Klein and the Leap Manifesto that she helped write have been all over the news? We then discuss the potential of publicly owned renewables and reform efforts in rural electric cooperatives, New Deal-era utilities set up to fill gaps left by private electricity providers. Could a Renewable Electrification Administration weather the accusations of “creeping socialism” its Depression-era predecessor faced? We’re asking the big questions! And we’re asking you to help us do better. Listeners: send us your feedback at #HotBotheredClimate. Tweet the burning questions you want us to address, plus compliments, complaints, or any other reactions that start with a C. And stay tuned for episode three next month, featuring an interview with the climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. Schmidt is the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the co-author of Climate Change: Picturing the Science. We’ll be talking about the science of those terrifying climate “tipping points.” Check out the full Hot & Bothered archive here. Hot & Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time. Naomi Klein and the Leap Manifesto Text of the Leap Manifesto Naomi Klein, The Leap: Time for a Reality Check Naomi Klein, Katie McKenna, and Bianca Mugyenyi, The Leap: Always Independent Naomi Klein, Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World (London Review of Books) Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate (Book and film) Analysis of Klein’s This Changes Everything Naomi Klein and the Left, a symposium featuring three review-essays in Jacobin magazine: Daniel Aldana Cohen, The Urban Green Wars Alyssa Battistoni, How to Change Everything Trish Kahle, What Comes After Capitalism? Kate Aronoff, Review: This Changes Everything, the film (Yes! magazine) Beyond fossil fuels Kate Aronoff, How to Socialize America’s Energy, in Dissent’s special issue on climate justice (Spring 2016) The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #2: System Change on a Deadline, with Naomi Klein appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Rank #2: Hot & Bothered Podcast #5: Time for a Green New Deal, with Robert Pollin.
It’s Episode 5 of Hot & Bothered and all around us, the bad climate news is falling like hard rain from the hot, damp air of a warming world. Long story short: time is getting uncomfortably tight. But it’s still far from over! In this episode, we take shelter from the storm. It’s the first in our new series on the idea of a Green New Deal to slash carbon emissions, crush inequality, and rebuild our politics. In our feature interview, Daniel speaks to Robert Pollin, an expert in the macroeconomics of climate change and energy; he’s a professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. We talk about his proposal for a massive but utterly feasible program of investment in renewable energy, and how we can decarbonize the global economy while providing good jobs from the United States to India and beyond. All we need is to get the political ball rolling. And as Pollin points out, key coalitions are already mustering, both to support a Green New Deal and to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Indeed, we start off the show with a report from the front lines of that fight: the indigenous-led encampment against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, North Dakota. Kate interviews Desiree Kane, a Miwok organizer and journalist who’s been at Standing Rock for the better part of the last three months. Anxious listeners, tweet your sighs of relief, questions, comments, and support for #noDAPL to #HotBotheredClimate. And stay tuned for episode six in the coming weeks. In our pre-election special, Kate Aronoff will bring some of her own hard rain down on the Green Party. Check out the full Hot & Bothered archive here. Hot & Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time. Bad news on our collapsing carbon budgets Bill McKibben, Recalculating the Climate Math, The New Republic Robert Watson, former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Truth about Climate Change, a sweeping new report An update from Standing Rock Standing Firm at Standing Rock: Why the Struggle is Bigger Than One Pipeline (Sarah Jaffe, Moyers & Company) #noDAPL Communications Support Hub Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Robert Pollin and Brian Callaci, A Just Transition for U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Workers (The American Prospect) Robert Pollin, Greening the Global Economy, MIT Press, 2015 The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #5: Time for a Green New Deal, with Robert Pollin appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

DSA Rose Radio

Podcast by Democratic Socialists of America

Rank #1: Episode 3, DSA Electoral Politics with Jon Grant and the Brooklyn DSA Electoral Working Group.
Episode 3, DSA Electoral Politics with Jon Grant and the Brooklyn DSA Electoral Working Group by Democratic Socialists of America

Rank #2: Episode 2, Red River Valley DSA and Refugee Rights.
Red River Valley DSA Activist Zac Echola and National Political Committee Member Russ Weiss-Irwin Join Hannah and Jhari to talk DSA convention, building a successful chapter in red states, and much more!

KPFA - Against the Grain

In-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters — political, economic, social, and cultural — important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C.S. Soong.

Rank #1: Democracy Without Journalism?.
The United States fancies itself an exceptional nation, and in terms of its media system, it’s right: the US has the most commercialized press of any advanced industrial country, with the least support for public media. So argues critic Victor Pickard in his study of the political economy of US journalism. He discusses the long roots of commercialized media in this country, which for over a century and a half has put profits over public service.Resources:Victor Pickard, Democracy without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society [1] Oxford University Press, 2019Media, Inequality, and Change Center [2][1] https://global.oup.com/academic/product/democracy-without-journalism-9780190946753?cc=us&lang=en&[2] https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/research-centers/media-inquality-and-change-center

Rank #2: The Palestinians Who Built Israel.
When we on the left talk about the plight of the Palestinians, we usually talk about land – and rightly so. The dispossession of the Palestinians of their land has been a central element of the project of Israeli settler colonialism. But often what is forgotten is the question of Palestinian labor, its fundamental role in building the state of Israel and the complexities of the oppression of the Palestinians as workers. Andrew Ross, in his exploration of stone workers, brings Palestinian labor back into view. (Encore presentation.)Resources:Andrew Ross, Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel [1] Verso, 2019[1] https://www.versobooks.com/books/2926-stone-men

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

Economic Update is a weekly nationally syndicated radio program produced by Democracy at Work and hosted by Richard D. Wolff. The program explores complex economic issues and empowers listeners with information to analyze their own financial situation as well as the economy at large. By focusing on the economic dimensions of everyday life - wages, jobs, taxes, debts, and profits - the program explores alternative ways to organize markets and government policies.

Rank #1: Socialism and Left Unity in the US.
Updates on Trump's 2019 $ 1 trillion plus deficit, burden of poor countries' debt, Amsterdam forgives young peoples' debts, "strong man" governments' fund-raising strategy, and gross failures of Trump/GOP's 2017 tax cut. Interview Karen Ranucci (Center for Critical Thought) and Rob Robinson (Left Forum) on their programs and their collaboration to serve the rising US interests in socialism and building a movement for transition.

Rank #2: Capitalism’s Uneven Development.
Introduction to capitalism's systematically uneven economic development. From Marx's original criticism of capitalism for producing and reproducing unevenness to the many historical examples, today's program argues that there are heavy social costs that flow from capitalism's uneven development. Those costs then become bases for arguing the need to move beyond capitalism.

District Sentinel Radio

District Sentinel Radio is the latest project from Sam Sacks and Sam Knight--the two journalists behind The District Sentinel News Co-op. Devoted to watchdog journalism, District Sentinel Radio is the podcast arm of the co-op.

Rank #1: Sentinel News Dump 10/3/18.
-GOP Senators plan on getting report tonight; the nominee and Dr. Ford haven’t been interviewed yet.-US ruled in violation of a treaty with Iran, so the Trump administration pulls out of that agreement, too-EPA scraps regulatory language noting impact of climate change on the young, the elderly, and the poor-FAA reauthorization passes Senate, lobbyists succeed in killing examination of feesTo listen to the full District Sentinel Radio episode, airing Monday - Thursday, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel.

Rank #2: Sentinel News Dump 10/11/18.
-With Kavanaugh behind them, Senate Judiciary Committee advances two questionable judicial nominees-Trump administration trashing environmental laws for insipid border wall fortifications-Saudi Arabia and Israel are cranking up their awfulness with no complaints from the US-Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini tells Senate Banking Committee: expect downturn by 2020.-The F-35 has been grounded, yet again #AbolishThePentagon