Naomi Klein and Mercedes Martínez: The Battle for Puerto Rico

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The US colony of Puerto Rico has been repeatedly shocked and Puerto Ricans are traumatized. That is precisely what successful shock doctrines like this one—which wants to remake the island into a utopia for rich Americans and crypto-bros and a dystopia for everyone else—depend upon. This is is the subject of Naomi Klein's new book from Haymarket, The Battle For Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists. Today, Klein returns to The Dig, and is joined by Mercedes Martínez, president of the Puerto Rican Teachers Federation. Thanks to Verso Books. Check out A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx with Sven-Eric Liedman versobooks.com/events/1785-a-world-to-win-the-life-and-works-of-karl-marx-with-sven-eric-liedman Also, register for the upcoming Socialism 2018 conference at SocialismConference.org Support this podcast with $ and get our weekly newsletter at patreon.com/TheDig

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0:00.0	This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our supporters on Patreon and by Verso Books,
0:06.1	which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.
0:12.1	One that you might like is A World to Win, The Life and Works of Carl Marks, by Sven Eric Leedman,
0:19.2	and translated by Jeffrey N. Skinner.
0:21.8	In this essential new biography, the first to give equal weight to both the work and life of Karl Marx,
0:29.5	Sven Eric Leidman expertly navigates the imposing, complex personality of his subject
0:34.7	through the turbulent passages of global history. A world to win follows
0:39.7	marks through childhood and student days, a difficult and sometimes tragic family life, his far-sighted
0:46.2	journalism, and his enduring friendship and intellectual partnership with Friedrich Engels.
0:52.8	Building on the work of previous biographers,
0:55.8	Leedman employs a commanding knowledge of the 19th century
0:58.6	to create a definitive portrait of Marx
1:00.9	and his vast contribution to the way the world understands itself.
1:05.7	He shines a light on Marx influences,
1:08.6	explains his political and intellectual interventions, and builds on the
1:13.3	legacy of his thought. Leedman shows how Marx's masterpiece, capital, illuminates the essential
1:20.6	logic of a system that drives dizzying wealth, grinding poverty, and awesome technological
1:27.0	innovation to this day.
1:29.3	A World to Win, the Life and Works of Carl Marx by Sven Eric Leedman.
1:35.0	Out now from Verso Books.
1:49.1	Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine.
1:54.3	My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
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