Featuring Bassam Haddad on the historical and geopolitical origins of Assad’s rise and fall — and what might happen next. We think through the contradictions: honoring the joy felt by Syrians at Assad’s ouster while simultaneously taking stock of a truly bad geopolitical outcome. Want to learn more? Listen to “Thawra,” our series on the 20th-centur…

Kein Land schlägt sich so sehr auf die Seite Israels wie die Bundesrepublik. Aber warum eigentlich? Bei Weekly argumentiert die Historikerin Miriam Chorley-Schulz, dass Deutschlands staatliche Antisemitismusbekämpfung viel mehr mit deutschen Nationalinteressen zu tun hat als mit der Sicherheit jüdischer Menschen. JACOBIN produziert täglich Artikel,…

Women's college gymnastics coach Diana Gallagher joins the show to talk about the marvel and the madness that was infamous Olympic coach Béla Károlyi. Plus when is your favorite team signing an icon still problematic , how are college football coaches pissing away millions of dollars in salary, why might Paige Bueckers want anything but to be the 1…

Ingar Solty und Matthias Ubl diskutieren im Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus über die politische Ökonomie von Karl Marx als eine politische Ökonomie der Freiheit. 📖 Jetzt die neue Ausgabe bestellen: https://jacobin.de/talks 💻 Lest uns kostenlos online: https://jacobin.de/ 👉 Folgt Matthias Ubl auf Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthiasUbl und Instagram:…

Trita Parsi and Joshua Landis analyze what’s been going on in Syria. Tina Gerhardt reviews the annual UN climate conference, COP29, where little happened. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: https://www.leftbusines…

As with many other periods, the history of the Roman Empire has often been told from the vantage point of a minoritarian social elite. Sarah Bond, a professor of classics at the University of Iowa, set out in her research to uncover something different: a "history from below" detailing the class struggle in ancient Rome. She joins Long Reads to dis…

Featuring Patrick Blanchfield on assassination and political violence: from the routine to the extraordinary; authored by the state, capital, the left, the right, the unwell and alienated; as an anxiety, in our fantasies, as a morbid symptom and repetition compulsion; and as expressing distinctively American logics of domination and human disposabi…

Bernie Sanders resurrected socialist politics in the United States after many decades of defeat. But what socialism will entail or how we get there remains unclear. In this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber discusses the difference between social democracy and socialism, how progressives won policies in the past, and where the Left s…

In liberalen Gesellschaften sind alle Religionen gleich, heißt es. Doch der Islam wird immer wieder Gegenstand besonders heftiger Kritik. Woher die wachsende Islamophobie kommt und wie man sie verstehen and bekämpfen kann diskutiert Ilyas Ibn Karim bei Weekly. JACOBIN produziert täglich Artikel, Podcasts und Videos – alles für Dich völlig kostenlos…

The Democratic Party has long clung to the notion of “demographic destiny,” the view that minorities will vote blue no matter who. But now it is clear that workers of all races are abandoning the Democratic Party, either by moving to the right or dropping out of politics altogether. In this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber and Melis…

Larry Bartels discusses his Foreign Affairs article about the right-wing “populist wave." Sopo Japaridze, co-author of a recent Jacobin article, examines the crisis of democracy in Georgia (the country, not the US state). Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the lo…

Suzi talked to Gilbert Achcar just before the spectacular collapse of the Assad regime that has ruled Syria for more than fifty years. Achcar, author of many books on the region, explains Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)’s origins, what is behind the lightning offensive that toppled Assad's government, and how that overthrow was prepared by Israel’s war …

Vor wenigen Wochen kündigte die CDU-geführte Landesregierung Berlins Kürzungen in Milliardenhöhe an. Werden damit die bescheidenen Errungenschaften von Rot-Grün-Rot endgültig zunichte gemacht? Und wie wären sie zu verteidigen gewesen? Darüber spricht der Politikwissenschaftler und Aktivist Fabian Nehring bei Weekly. JACOBIN produziert täglich Artik…

In the inaugural episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber is joined by Jacobin's editorial director Bhaskar Sunkara to discuss why Trump won the election, how socialists should think about strategic alliances with liberals, and what it means to be an anti-capitalist. Read the articles mentioned in this episode: https://jacobin.com/2024/09/l…

Brooke Harrington, author of Offshore, uncovers how and where the mega-rich stash their cash. Mahendran Thiruvarangan talks about a new leftish government in Sri Lanka. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: https://w…

Die gesellschaftliche Linke schwankt zwischen einem manischen Optimismus und lähmender Depression. Woran das liegt und wie sie einen Weg daraus findet bespricht Astrid Zimmermann heute bei Weekly. JACOBIN produziert täglich Artikel, Podcasts und Videos – alles für Dich völlig kostenlos. Abonniere jetzt unser Printmagazin, sodass wir noch mehr Quali…

JACOBIN produziert täglich Artikel, Podcasts und Videos – alles für Dich völlig kostenlos. Abonniere jetzt unser Printmagazin, sodass wir noch mehr Qualität liefern und Themen abdecken können. Hier geht’s lang: https://jacobin.de/abo 📮 Folge Loren auf X: https://x.com/fraubalhorn Folge Carsten auf X:https://twitter.com/carsten_braband Jede Woche di…

Featuring Quinn Slobodian and Wendy Brown on Trump’s triumphant return to power and the freakish, obscene, billionaire-dominated, capitalist reactionary, Christian nationalist, contradiction-ridden MAGA movement that surrounds him. A comprehensive early assessment of what is going on, where it’s coming from, and where it all might be heading. Suppo…

Last week, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant. It was a rare moment of hope for Palestinians, but the US government responded with outrage. Earlier this year, a report by the Guardian and +972 Magazine showed that Israel had been spyi…

Veteran journalist Marc Cooper joins Suzi to talk about the landslide that wasn’t, Trump’s transition swamp, and the state of the Fourth Estate. Trump’s victory is confined to the undemocratic electoral college. His winning margin in the popular vote is 1.6 percentage points, the smallest in more than 20 years. Trump may claim an historic, unpreced…

Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, talks about how the government executed his mother despite knowing her innocence. Ruth Whippman, author of BOYMOM: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity, discusses the challenges of raising boys. See recent documents shedding light on "Why Ethel's execution was wrongful": https…

Featuring Hilary Goodfriend and Jorge Cuéllar in the final installment of a three-part series on Central America. This episode picks up with Nayib Bukele’s authoritarian crypto enthusiasm in El Salvador; Daniel Ortega’s perversion of Sandinismo’s revolutionary legacy in Nicaragua; anti-mining movements in Panama; Honduras and Guatemala, where popul…