There's no way around it: the recent election results in the UK were crushing for the Left. But they also weren't the referendum on socialist policies that centrist pundits would have you believe they were.
Micah talked about this with David Broder, Jacobin's Europe editor. David wrote two articles for Jacobin in the wake of the election, which you can read here:
https://www.jacobinmag.com/<wbr />2019/12/uk-election-results-<wbr />labour
https://www.jacobinmag.com/<wbr />2019/12/labour-party-uk-<wbr />brexit-jeremy-corbyn-general-<wbr />election
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Folge vom 26.12.2019The Vast Majority: What's Next for the Labour Party with David Broder
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Folge vom 20.12.2019The Dig: Single-Payer Now! with Tim FaustWhy 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 interviews Tim Faust.Thanks to Verso. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.comPlease support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig
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Folge vom 17.12.2019The Vast Majority: Krystal Ball, Matt Karp, and Michael Brooks on Bernie and the 2020 ElectionsKrystal Ball, Matt Karp, and Michael Brooks on Bernie and the 2020 Elections For the release of our latest print issue, "From Socialism to Populism and Back," we held a launch party at the Verso Books office in Brooklyn. We held a panel discussion at the party on Bernie Sanders and the 2020 elections featuring Krystal Ball, cohost of The Hill's Rising morning show; Matt Karp, historian and Jacobin contributing editor, whose article "Is This the Future Liberals Want?" appears in the new print issue; and Michael Brooks, host of The Michael Brooks Show. Watch Rising here: https://www.youtube.com/<wbr />playlist?list=<wbr />PLLri3HDD8DQuWyMc7pSbVk0SZrAhA<wbr />4j80 Read Matt Karp's article here: https://www.jacobinmag.<wbr />com/2019/10/future-liberals-<wbr />want-matt-karp-populism-class-<wbr />voting-democrats Watch and listen to The Michael Brooks Show here: https://www.youtube.com/<wbr />channel/UCh2UY1hxlMr4_7Az_<wbr />iQ82HQ Buy the new issue here: https://jacobinmag.com/<wbr />issue/from-socialism-to-<wbr />populism-and-back
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Folge vom 13.12.2019The Dig: Capitalism with Michael HardtAn 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 anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle jacobinmag.com/2019/11/seattle-world-trade-organization-protests-socialismRead Hardt and Negri reflect on the 20th anniversary of Empirenewleftreview.org/issues/II120/articles/empire-twenty-years-onThanks to Verso. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.comPlease support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig