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Interregnum w/ Aziz Rana, Nikhil Pal Singh, Wendy Brown

Jan 6, 2022

02:10:58

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The Left Is Not Just a Religious Institution

01:35

The Right Wing Panic

03:38

I Agree With Both Wendy and Ikilo's Statements on the Right and the Left

02:47

Introduction

4min

Liberals and the Left, What Sort of Crisis Has This Been?

3min

The Climate Crisis Is a Crisis in the Streets

1min

I Agree With You That the Gingrich Contract With America Was the Shot Over the Bow

2min

The Relationship Between Regime Stabilization and Liberalism

5min

What's the Real Cause of the Stuckness?

2min

Social Spending

3min

Is There a Disconnect Between Left and Liberal Energy?

3min

The Struggle for Socialist Politics in the United States

5min

10.

I Think It's Too Much, but It's But

2min

11.

How to Deal With the Stuckness of the Left

2min

12.

The Left Needs to Think About How to Do That Sort of Organization

2min

13.

The Democratic Party Isn't Operating the Way the Modern Republican Party Does

2min

14.

The Reorganization of the Labor Movement

3min

15.

Are the Social Mobilizations on the Left Oriented to Other Issues?

2min

16.

Democracy and the Cold War

3min

17.

I Don't Think Racial Justice Struggles Can Succeed Without Being Grounded

2min

18.

I Think the History of Labor in the Us, Which It Was, Has Been Deeply Racist and Sexist

2min

19.

I Think Labor Has a Role to Play in the United States

5min

20.

Is There a Disagreement About Left Liberal Politics?

2min

21.

Are We Talking About Non Labor Social Movements?

2min

22.

What's Really Organizing in the Middle of the Country?

2min

23.

The Left Is Not Just a Religious Institution

2min

24.

I Think We're Missing One Mediating Element Here Too

5min

25.

I Think Both Parties Understand How to Use Race a Wedge Issue

4min

26.

I Think the Republican Party Is a Bit More Ham Handed About Mobilizing Race

3min

27.

I Agree With Both Wendy and Ikilo's Statements on the Right and the Left

3min

28.

The Democratic Party's Response to Destabilizing Events on the Ground

4min

29.

The Culture War of the Moment

3min

30.

The Culture Wars Are a More Recent Invention, Not a New Idea

4min

31.

The Right Wing Panic

4min

32.

Schools K Through 20 Are a Sight of Struggle to Day Between Left and Right

2min

33.

The Anti-Cart Stuff Is a Like Wrecking Crew Strategy, Right?

4min

34.

Restoring the Prerogatives of Empire

5min

35.

Cart and Coven Together

3min

36.

I Think We Need to Take the Right Apart a Little Bit

3min

37.

Critical Race Theory

2min

38.

The Critical Race Theory Dust Up

3min

39.

China's Emergence Is More Substantial Than Just a Hegemony Debt

4min

40.

Is There a Cold War With China?

4min

41.

The New Cold War Is a New Cold, but It's Not Over

3min

42.

Whendy, I Think the Nastalgia for a Certain Vision of the Family Is an Important Problem to Day Em

2min

43.

Is There a Future for Socialism?

2min

44.

Dig From Jacobin Magazine

2min

Everyone feels bad right now because conditions are awful and the outlook is bleak. What is going on, and where might things be headed? How might we become unstuck from this interregnum? Dan interviews returning guests Aziz Rana, Nikhil Pal Singh, and Wendy Brown. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig