Seizing Labor’s Moment w/ Alex Press & Eric Blanc
Featuring Alex Press and Eric Blanc on surging labor militancy and why US unions must seize this historic moment. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig and ask our guests follow-up questions! …
Emergent Terrain w/ Akbar, Winant, & Riofrancos
Featuring Amna Akbar, Gabriel Winant, and Thea Riofrancos on the emerging terrain of struggle. Is American liberalism exhausted or revitalized? What are the successes and limits of the new US …
Conjuncture w/ Akbar, Winant, & Riofrancos
Featuring Amna Akbar, Gabriel Winant, and Thea Riofrancos on the American conjuncture. Did an era that began with Occupy and Ferguson—marked by teachers strikes, two Bernie campaigns, the explosive growth …
The Chicago Model w/ Stacy Davis Gates, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and Alex Han
Featuring Stacy Davis Gates, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and Alex Han on how Chicago’s labor left took over City Hall. Brandon Johnson’s mayoral victory, the product of a decade-plus of social movement …
Teach the Children Well w/ Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider
Featuring Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider on the politics of public education. The authors of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Education and the Future of School …
How to Build a Fighting Labor Movement w/ Jane McAlevey
Featuring Jane McAlevey on how to organize mass numbers of new workers into unions that wage mass strikes to fight employers and revive the labor movement. Support The Dig at …
Labor Histories w/ Nelson Lichtenstein
Featuring Nelson Lichtenstein on his life and scholarship, from membership in the International Socialists and studies of the early United Auto Workers and CIO to his later turn to studying …
Higher Ed Industrial Unionism w/ Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson
Featuring Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson on Rutgers University workers’ industrial unionism strategy. The second in a two-part series on the crisis in American higher education. Check out Dan’s interview …
Higher Ed Crisis w/ Dennis Hogan
Featuring Dennis Hogan on the crisis in higher education. The first in a two-part series. Next up: Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson on how university workers can fight back through …
Monetary Politics w/ Tim Barker
Featuring historian Tim Barker on the state of monetary politics amid the current fight over inflation. Check out my July 2021 interview with Barker if you want a more expansive …