Astra Taylor on Socialism, Democracy, Liberalism

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

For much of the 20th century, Cold War politics defined socialism as the antithesis of democracy. Today, an insurgent democratic socialist movement is transforming US politics. It is socialism that is at the forefront of a fight for a radical deepening of democracy, one in which ordinary people exercise control over our political, economic and social lives—and one in which the people is expansively defined to include those excluded by racist immigration law and mass incarceration. Dan discusses this, and more, with filmmaker and writer Astra Taylor.

Read Astra's article on socialism here: newrepublic.com/article/153804/reclaiming-future-growing-appeal-socialism-age-inequality

Check out her film, What is Democracy? on your preferred streaming service.

And her book, Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone, here: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179845

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1:06.5	Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.
1:10.6	My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm temporarily broadcasting from Santiago de Chile.
1:16.6	For much of the 20th century, Cold War politics defined socialism as the antithesis of democracy.
1:24.6	The liberal Cold War order, sensitive to international embarrassment, did make room for civil
1:30.3	rights gains, but it also marginalized radical politics at home, violently intervened across the
1:37.3	globe to crush the aspirations of decolonizing peoples, and laid the so-called color-blind
1:43.4	building blocks of mass incarceration and the war on
1:46.4	immigrants. Today, an insurgent democratic socialist movement is transforming U.S. politics.
1:54.1	Today, it is socialism that is at the forefront of a fight for a radical deepening of democracy,
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