This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our supporters on patreon.com and by Verso Books,

which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

One new book from Verso that might be of interest is Futures of Black Radicalism, edited by

Gay Teresa Johnson and Alex Lubin.

Black rebellion has returned.

Dramatic protests have risen up in scores of cities and campuses.

There is renewed engagement with the history of black radical movements and thought.

Here, key intellectuals, inspired by the new movements and by the seminal work of

the scholar, Cedric J. Robinson, recall the powerful tradition of black radicalism, while

defining new directions for the activists and thinkers it inspires. This book makes clear

that new black radical politics is thoroughly internationalist and

redraws the links between black resistance and anti-capitalism.

Futures of black radicalism features the key voices in this new intellectual wave, including

Greg Burris, Jordan T. Camp, Angela Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore,

and many more. Futures of Black radicalism. Out now from Verso Books. Oh, and I should mention

if you can't already hear it in my voice, that I have a cold, so my guests might outshine me even more than they normally do.

Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.

My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

The public revelation of Hollywood's open secret that Harvey Weinstein is a sexual predator has reignited a long-running fury over the impunity for sexual harassment and assault

in every corner of American life.

My guest today is Alex Press, an assistant editor at Jacobin and a PhD student in sociology

at Northeastern University. She has written some interesting pieces recently on this issue, and

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