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

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

One that you might like is out of the wreckage, a new politics for an age of crisis by George

Monbio, now out in paperback. I interviewed George just recently about this very book on this show.

A toxic ideology of extreme competition and individualism dominates our world.

It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose.

Only a positive vision can replace it.

A new story that re-engages people in politics

and lights a path to a better future. Guardian columnist George Monbio shows how new findings in psychology,

neuroscience, and evolutionary biology cast human nature in a radically different light.

As supremely altruistic and cooperative.

He shows how we can build on these findings to create a new politics of belonging.

Both democracy and economic life can be radically reorganized from the bottom up,

enabling us to take back control and overthrow the forces that have thwarted our

ambitions for a better society.

Out of the wreckage, a new politics for an age of crisis by George Monbio, out now in

paperback from Verso Books. Welcome to the Digg, a podcast from Jacobin magazine.

My name is Daniel Denver and I'm

broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador, or Amlo,

has won an overwhelming victory in Mexico's presidential election.

He's the left candidate, and he shattered a corrupt old party system that brought ordinary Mexicans rampant violence and economic

emiseration. But Amla will face powerful political and economic constraints

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