The Dig: LA Teachers Strike with Sarah Jaffe

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🗓️ 18 January 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The teacher strike wave continues as more than 30,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles walk picket lines not only for the higher wages that they deserve but also for the well-funded and great schools that the city's working-class students of color have long been systematically denied—a situation that has been exacerbated by a corporate reform-led school board and superintendent dead-set on privatizing the district. UTLA has in recent years been led by a militant, rank-and-file caucus that has shunted aside the old guard's narrow vision of service unionism in favor of a big-picture movement unionism that makes the struggles of teachers, parents and students one on and the same. Sarah Jaffe is Dan's guest for a discussion of the strike, social reproduction and lessons from Rosa Luxemburg (interview was recorded on Wednesday).

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0:00.0	This episode of the Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com and by Verso Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.
0:13.8	Two that you might like are, a companion to Marx's capital, the complete addition,
0:19.4	and the limits to capital, which are both by David Harvey and out in new editions.
0:26.5	For nearly 40 years, David Harvey is written and lectured on capital, becoming one of the world's
0:31.9	foremost Marxist scholars.
0:34.0	Based on his lectures, this volume, bringing together his guides to volumes one, two, and much of three,
0:42.0	presents this depth of learning to a broader audience
0:44.9	guiding first-time readers through a fascinating and deeply rewarding text. A
0:50.9	companion to Marx's capital offers fresh, original, and sometimes critical
0:56.7	interpretations of a book that changed the course of history and, as Harvey intimates, may do so again.
1:04.0	Now a classic of Marxian economics,
1:07.0	the limits to capital, provides one of the best theoretical guides
1:10.0	to the history and geography of capitalist development. In this edition
1:15.3	Harvey updates his seminal text with a substantial discussion of the
1:19.7	turmoil in world markets today. Delving into concepts such as fictitious capital and uneven geographical development,
1:28.0	Harvey takes the reader step by step through layers of crisis formation, beginning with Marx's controversial argument concerning
1:36.1	the falling rate of profit, and closing with a timely foray into the geopolitical and geographical implications of Marx's work.
1:45.0	A companion to Marx's capital, the complete addition, and the limits to capital,
1:51.0	are both by David Harvey and out now in new editions from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and
2:12.3	I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
2:17.0	The Teacher Strike Wave continues,
2:19.0	I see my teacher standing up for me.
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