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One title that I think listeners might find interesting is Tear in the Mind of God,

The Global Rise of Religious Violence by Mark Juergensmeyer.

Militant Islamists get a lot of attention in the U.S.

But a lot of people around the world commit violence in the name of God.

Terror in the mind of God, now in its fourth edition,

analyzes terrorism related to European Christians who oppose Muslim immigrants,

American Christians who support abortion clinic bombings,

Muslims in the Middle East associated with the rise of ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Hamas,

Israeli Jews who support the persecution of Palestinians, and more.

Tear in the mind of God, the global rise of religious violence.

Out now from University of California Press.

Welcome to The Dig. Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm recording from Providence, Rhode Island.

What's the matter with Appalachia?

Many liberal elites think they know the answer.

Since Trump's campaign first took off, the economically

devastated mountain range has become a symbol of all that is wrong with Red State America,

a place replete with guns, bigotry, and pickup trucks that proudly fly the Confederate flag.

There is indeed a lot wrong with Appalachia, but what's most wrong is this, a region where people for decades, waged amongst the most militant labor struggles in American history, has been devastated by coal company greed, automation, shifts in global commodity markets, and, of course, by Republican reaction and neoliberal malign

neglect. It goes without saying that opposing bigotry must be central for leftists,

but the left must also fight the liberal elite proclivity to right Appalachia off. Building a

multiracial working class movement is integral to fighting racism. By contrast,

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