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The Dig: Mike Davis on Coronavirus Politics

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News, Politics, History

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Dan interviews Mike Davis about everything we are all suddenly trying to figure out.

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This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com and by

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Haymarket books which has loads of great titles perfect for dig listeners like you. One that you might like particularly at

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this moment is no is not enough resisting Trump's shock politics and

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winning the world we need by Naomi Klein.

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Acclaimed journalist activist best-selling author and frequent dig guest

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Naomi Klein has spent two decades studying political shocks, climate change, and brand bullies.

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From this unique perspective, she argues that Trump is not an aberration, but a logical extension of the worst, most dangerous trends of the past half century, the very conditions that have unleashed a rising tide of white nationalism the

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world over.

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It is not enough, she tells us, to merely resist, say no.

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Our historical moment demands more.

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A credible and inspiring yes.

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A roadmap to reclaiming the populist ground from those who want to divide us and that sets a

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bold course for winning the fair and caring world we want and need. This timely urgent book offers a bracing positive shock of its own,

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helping us understand just how we got here

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and how we can collectively come together and heal. Klein is not preaching to the

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choir but framing the moment, connecting necessary dots and outlining the challenge that lies ahead in clear terms

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that anyone can understand. No is not enough by Naomi Klein out now from Haymarket Books.

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Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel

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Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

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Today is my interview with Mike Davis on the politics of coronavirus.

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It's given me a lot to think about.

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First, it is incredible how the conditions in which we make history can change so quickly and dramatically. I always knew this in the abstract, but have never, ever

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