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Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber cuts through the chaos to provide a conceptual and historical framework for understanding how capitalism functions across the globe. Conversations span political economy, history, and strategy. Every other week, Vivek provides essential insights for effective socialist politics today. Produced by Catalyst and published by Jacobin.
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- Understanding DSA’s Rise · 58 minOver the past decade, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has moved from an obscure Cold War holdover to one of the most impactful organizations in US politics. But even…
- Socialists in the Capitalist State · 59 minThe Left looks poised to pick up some big electoral wins in the midterm elections. But with virtually all of the Left’s victories since the first Sanders presidential primary…
- What Makes a Marxist? · 49 minKarl Marx famously declared that he was not a Marxist. But his theoretical work spawned many branches of research, political movements, and heated debate. Can we identify a set…
- Socialists and Markets · 47 minIt’s all too common for people to associate the mere existence of markets with capitalism. But because we know markets had a life before capitalism, we can also imagine them…
- Labor Needs Socialists and Socialists Need Labor · 59 minUnions have more public support than just about anything else in the US, and yet, their membership has cratered. This poses an immense challenge to left-wing politicians, who…
- The Return of Industrial Policy · 46 minAdvanced capitalist countries have recently rediscovered the role of industrial policy to build out key economic sectors like semiconductors and AI. But what happens if business…
- How Capitalism Undermines Democracy · 48 minLibertarian thinkers like Milton Friedman like to say that capitalism not only gave birth to democracy but also is the ideal economic system to complement democracy. But while…
- Socialism and Class Traitors (Listener Questions) · 32 minWe try to cover a lot of topics on this show, and that inevitably leads to many more follow-up questions. Luckily for you, on this latest episode of Confronting Capitalism…
- Why the French Revolution Matters · 50 minOn July 14, 1789, the storming of the Bastille in Paris marked the transition of the French Revolution from an elite negotiation into a truly mass event. But what kicked off this…
- The Politics of Mass Deportation · 46 minDonald Trump has made the issue of immigration a key battleground in US politics. But with public opinion swinging against the brutal ICE raids and deportations over the past…
- Who Counts as a Worker? · 47 minIn the midst of Graham Platner’s high-profile senate race in Maine, several media commentators jumped on whether he would fit within his own definition of the working class. Do…
- How Will Capitalism End? · 48 minSocialists have long predicted capitalism’s overthrow and replacement by a better system. But do we have any reason to believe capitalism must come to an end? On the latest…
- Why Soviet-Style Planning Fails · 1 h 0 minOver time, the Soviet Union developed a system of centralized planning that became synonymous with socialism. How did the system work? What did it get right? And why did it…
- How Socialism Could Work · 1 h 6 minThroughout the 20th century, socialism came to be associated with both central planning and shortages. But could democratic ownership of the economy work alongside market…
- Which Way Forward for the Left? · 1 h 6 minHow effective has the Left’s political strategy been since the first Bernie Sanders campaign? And how has our relationship to the Democratic Party changed? On this special…
- This Century’s Biggest Labor Battle · 48 minOur modern economy is now dominated by massive mega-companies like Amazon and Walmart, with operations spanning many different sectors and employment types. With the US labor…
- Trump’s Historic Blunder in Iran · 47 minThe US-Israeli war against Iran may have been initiated without any coherently stated goals or popular support, but we can already see that it’s a horrific quagmire. It also…
- How Work Got So Bad · 1 h 3 minWhy does every new technology seem to make work harder and not easier? In 1974, Harry Braverman published a seminal text Labor and Monopoly Capital to answer that question…
- Is AI Coming for Our Jobs? · 53 minThe developments in artificial intelligence appear to promise a radical transformation of modern work. But what happens if AI turns out to be much more like previous waves of…
- When Do Protests Become a Revolution? · 47 minThe Trump administration has ramped up its bellicose rhetoric against the Iranian regime after it clamped down on the latest wave of protests. Is the regime teetering on the edge…
