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Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine.

My name is Jackson Roach, and I'm broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois. I'm The Diggs Associate Producer, and I'm recording this introduction on Dan's behalf because he just recorded two live shows here in Chicago and then headed straight to the Adirondacks, where he couldn't find a recording studio.

This episode is a discussion of the emerging conjuncture with Asla Bali and Gabriel Wynand,

conducted before a live audience at the Socialism 2025 conference, which just happened over the

July 4th weekend.

Dan, Osla, and Gabe talk about the Trump regime's fascist authoritarian second coming,

the giant vacuum created by the democratic establishment's failure to act like an opposition party,

and the resurgent creative energy now coming so powerfully from our political forces on the socialist left.

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