The Dig

Noura Erakat and Arielle Angel discuss the severity of Israeli assaults in Palestine, the US-Israel relationship, and the historical context for US support of Israel. They also challenge perspectives on Israeli civilian deaths and Hamas's violence, emphasizing the need to dismantle Israeli apartheid colonialism.

Vincent Bevins discusses why mass protests did not lead to revolution, the crisis of representation and anti-politics in movements, the perception of Ukrainian protesters, the role of far-right groups in the Ukrainian revolution, Chilean President Gabriel Borage's response to social uprisings, the feminist movement in Chile, and the failure of the left's proposed constitution.

Vincent Bevins, author of If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution, discusses the absence of disciplined Leninist organizations in global mass protests. Topics include the rise of right-wing power after protests, the concept of Leninism and efforts to avoid mistakes of the Bolshevik Revolution, the influence of the horizontalist model on mass protests, media's role in shaping the narrative of the Arab Spring, misunderstanding of protests in the global South, and the intersection of social media and police repression in mass protests.

Jo Guldi, expert on the global history of the long land war, discusses topics such as occupancy rights, tenant protections, land reform politics, the impact of neoliberal ideas, the rise of urban squatting, and the challenges and prospects of agrarian reform in the face of climate crisis.

Featuring guests Alex Han, Astra Taylor, and Rachel Gilmer, this live Dig interview at a Socialism Conference discusses organizing and socialist strategy. They explore topics such as building a movement of movements, the importance of cadre organization, political education, navigating challenges, and organizing in relation to debt.

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Seizing Labor’s Moment features Alex Press, a journalist and author, and Eric Blanc, a labor historian and writer. They discuss surging labor militancy, the challenges and reasons for hope in labor unions, the resurgence of worker strikes and organizing drives, the impact of the Biden administration on the labor movement, the future of higher education, the ongoing strikes in Hollywood and the potential job loss due to AI, and the impact of Labor Notes on the labor movement.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discusses US intervention in Latin America, emphasizing the need for solidarity, acknowledging the impact of US actions in Chile and Colombia, exploring the politics of oil and mining, and addressing the complexity of migration from Latin America to the US.

Legal scholar Amna Akbar, historian Gabriel Winant, and political scientist Thea Riofrancos discuss the challenges and potential of the new US left, the revitalization of American liberalism, the limitations of the Democratic Party, the state of the climate movement, the radicalization of the right, and the role of labor and industrial policy.

"Conjuncture w/ Akbar, Winant, & Riofrancos" features Amna Akbar, Gabriel Winant, and Thea Riofrancos. They discuss the American conjuncture, analyzing its impact on the left. They explore protest movements like Occupy, Ferguson, and Standing Rock, examining how they formed the new American left. They also delve into the limited impact of police reform efforts and the challenges faced by left-leaning organizations during protests. Additionally, they discuss the shift in focus during the pandemic and the contradictory outcomes of economic policies, leading to a potential post-neoliberal order.