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World On Fire with Naomi Klein
Dan interviews Naomi Klein on her new essay collection On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal. - Thanks to University of California Press. Check out their huge selection of titles at ucpress.edu -
Colonialism in Puerto Rico with Yarimar Bonilla
Maria hit Puerto Rico as austerity dismantled its social and material infrastructure. But as Yarimar Bonilla explains, these years also taught Puerto Ricans about their own collective power, fueling the summer’s mass movement that overthrew Governor Ri...
Socializing Ownership with Mathew Lawrence
Mathew Lawrence, founder and director of the left-wing UK think tank Common Wealth, explains why ownership must be socialized, what that might look like, and how to make it happen. - Thanks to UNC Press. Check out Stirrings: How Activist New Yorkers I...
Settler-Colonial Revolutionaries with Joshua Simon
The divide between Latin American and the United States was not always so evident. Across the hemisphere, creoles—the descendants of European settlers, born in the Americas—launched revolutions to cast off European rule and preserve their own elite pos...
Worldmaking after Empire with Adom Getachew
The radical vision of black anticolonial nationalists in the Caribbean and Africa.
Hindu Nationalism with Achin Vanaik
A leading voice of the Indian left analyzes the dismal current state of Indian politics.
Worker Freedom with Alex Gourevitch
19th century worker radicals and the Knights of Labor.
Palestine and the Law with Noura Erakat
A deep analysis of the history of Israeli settler-colonialism and the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
Ayn Rand’s Optimistic Cruelty with Lisa Duggan
Everything you need to know about Rand without reading her terrifying books.
The Class Politics of Suburban Racism with Matt Lassiter
The history of suburbanite reactions to school integration in Atlanta and Charlotte reveal the class power underpinning both racism and the demolition of the New Deal order. Dan interviews Matt Lassiter, discussing suburbanite resistance to school busi...