Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. The print magazine is released quarterl…
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A decade ago, Bernie Sanders launched a political revolution whose effects we still see today. Jacobin's editor Micah Uetricht and senior editor Megan Day join David to talk about how Sanders forever changed US politics and breathed life into the socialist movement.
📚 Book mentioned: Bigger Than Bernie
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Guest: Ilan Pappé
Israel’s election on Tuesday is the first since October 7, 2023. Even if Benjamin Netanyahu’s government loses, it’s unlikely to lead to a real shift in Israeli policy. Jacobin sat with historian and socialist activist Ilan Pappé for an exclusive interview at the READ conference in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain in September 2026. He discussed his expectations for the election, Israel's undemocratic tendencies, the myth of the “Generous Offer” made at Camp David, and more.
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Guest: Thomas Piketty
Virgilio Urbina Lazardi joins us to discuss his critique of Thomas Piketty's proposals for global redistribution. Read: "Thomas Piketty’s Utopian Socialism" ( About us Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture in print and digital formats.
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Guest: Shawn Gude
David is joined by Shawn Gude, former editor at Jacobin Magazine and author of the new book about Eugene Debs "American Socialist." Read Jacobin's review here Pick up the Eugene Debs bio here About us Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture in print and digital formats.
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Socialists win an election — then what? The capitalist state they inherit wasn't built for them. This panel takes up what comes after for a government committed to not just managing capitalism but leaping forward into socialism. We discuss the lessons of past reformist experiments, the "third ways" between reform and revolution such as Eurocommunism, and the question of rupture.
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Working-class voters are drifting away from the left across the world. Jacobin and our friends at the Center for Working-Class Politics (CWCP) dive into how bad it really is. Drawing on original Jacobin/CWCP survey research, this panel argues that class dealignment is not a media narrative to be debunked but a real and deepening crisis the Left has to answer for.
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This week on the Jacobin Show, we discuss Jacobin's latest issue, The New Empire, with two contributors. Features editor and host of Long Reads Daniel Finn joins us to discuss globalization, imperialism, and left internationalism.
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Guest: Andre Pagliarini
David speaks to Andre Pagliarini, a professor at Louisiana State University and a contributor to Jacobin and Catalyst, about the elections in Brazil, whether Lula can still win the presidency, and what lesson we can all take from Lula's political project.
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Guest: Cedric Johnson
In conversation with Jacobin's Ariella Thornhill, Cedric Johnson argues that elite antiracism has delivered representation and very little material improvement in the lives of black working people. We don't have to dismiss racial oppression to build a politics that actually changes lives through universalist demands, mass organizing, and a coalition that can actually win things.
📚 Book mentioned: The Panthers Can
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Guest: Andre Pagliarini
David speaks to Andre Pagliarini, professor at Louisiana State University and a contributor to Jacobin and Catalyst, about the elections in Brazil, if Lula can still win the presidency, and what lesson we can all take from Lula's political project.
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Richard Wolff provided a good example of why those on the right are afraid to debate Marxists. About us Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture in print and digital formats.
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Israeli historian and socialist Ilan Pappé discusses the history of AIPAC and its rise to prominence in US elections in this exclusive interview conducted at the READ conference in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain in September 2026
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Barack Obama has been working hard to stunt the material turn in American politics. Here is why he can't succeed. About us Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture in print and digital formats.
Topics: Critique of Obama's legacy · The politics of storytelling · Material needs vs. rhetoric
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Millions of people think that capitalism isn't working. But they also believe that there is no alternative to it. We need to present a model of a socialism that can work, immediately. Jacobin writers debate how this socialist economy would work in practice — the balance between markets and democratic planning, how investment gets allocated without capital markets, what firms and prices would do, and how to keep the whole thing democratic rather than technocratic.
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Guest: Matt Lech
The lads are going live and taking your questions. About us Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture in print and digital formats. Bluesky Music provided by Zonkey
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