America’s Long War with Nikhil Pal Singh
The wars at home and abroad have always been connected. Dan interviews Nikhil Pal Singh on US attacks on Iran and the politics, history, and culture of American warmaking. Upcoming …
Planet to Win with Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen
Confronting the intertwined ecological, social, economic, and political crises. Dan interviews Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen, co-authors with Kate Aronoff and Alyssa Battistoni of A Planet to Win: Why …
Down-Ballot Fights with Jessica Cisneros, Stephen Smith, and Heidi Sloan
We need Bernie but a lot more too. Dan does three interviews with down-ballot left insurgent candidates: Jessica Cisneros, a Justice Democrat running against incumbent conservative Democrat Henry Cuellar in …
Single-Payer Now! with Tim Faust
Why we need single-payer healthcare, why Medicare for All is suddenly at the center of debate, and why this is all part of a broader struggle for health justice. Dan …
Capitalism with Michael Hardt
An interview on how the transformation of capitalism has changed the possibilities for anti-capitalist struggle with Michael Hardt, co-author with Antonio Negri of Assembly. Read Dan’s essay on the 20th …
From the archives: Paul Frymer on Westward Expansion
On the occasion of our third anniversary we are taking a break. Here’s a classic on settler colonialism from our archives: Paul Frymer on Building an American Empire: The Era …
Coup in Bolivia with Jeff Webber
Political scientist Jeff Webber discusses the coup against Evo Morales and the recent history of Bolivia. Read “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Macho Camacho” by Jeff Webber and Forrest Hylton www.versobooks.com/blogs/4493-the-eighteenth-brumaire-of-macho-camacho-jeffery-r-webber-with-forrest-hylton-on-the-coup-in-bolivia …
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 …
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 …
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. …