Capitalism, The State, and How We Got Here with Christian Parenti
Elements of capitalism have existed throughout history — in institutions like markets, class relations, ownership laws, credit systems, etc. But they were never dominant until they came together, esca...
3 Juli 20231h 9min
Everyday Utopia and Radical Imagination with Kristen Ghodsee
It's perhaps more important than ever in these especially tumultuous, lonely, and oppressive times that we continue to believe that another world is possible. Simply reimagining the way we raise our c...
19 Juni 20232h
The Political Economy of Jazz with Gerald Horne
The music we know today as jazz has deep and contested roots, but likely arose in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The music is based on the musical traditi...
6 Juni 202350min
A History of California, Capitalism, and the World with Malcolm Harris
We've been taught to think of staggering economic inequality, the disposability of nonwhite labor populations, hyper-exploitation, and minority rule as bugs within the capitalist system — things to b...
23 Maj 20231h 5min
Documentary #16: The Myth of Freedom Under Capitalism
Although its intellectual handmaidens love to insist otherwise — capitalism is not a system that truly embodies freedom. We all feel it, of course — that nagging sense that we lack any agency over the...
8 Maj 20231h 39min
Reclaiming Time with Oliver Burkeman
At the beginning of the 20th century, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that within a century, thanks to the growth of wealth and the advances of technology, that no one would have to work more...
25 Apr 202358min
Trans Liberation and Solidarity with Alyson Escalante
Our transgender comrades are under attack — not just by incendiary reactionaries on the right, but also by many of those on the more liberal or even left side of the political spectrum. The attacks co...
24 Apr 20231h 8min
Half Farmer, Half X with Mika Furugori and Naoki Shiomi
Imagine this week you spent half your time growing, harvesting, preserving, and cooking food for yourself, your family, and perhaps your community — and the other half your time doing something else t...
10 Apr 202349min
