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The Dig: Socialist Manifesto with Bhaskar Sunkara

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Socialism, History, News, Left, Jacobin, Alternative, Socialist, Politics

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🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

Dan talks to Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara about his book The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality. We must study socialism's history and plan for its future.

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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

0:08.2

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

0:16.3

might like is Feminism for the 99% a manifesto by Cincia Rutsa, Tithi Badacharya, and Nancy Frazier.

0:26.0

Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, health care, climate change, border policing. not the issues you ordinarily hear feminists talking about.

0:37.4

But don't these issues impact the vast majority of women globally?

0:42.2

Taking as its inspiration the new wave of feminist militancy that has erupted globally,

0:47.1

this manifesto makes a simple but powerful case.

0:51.4

Feminism shouldn't start or stop with seeing women represented at the top of society.

0:57.0

It must start with those at the bottom and fight for the world they deserve.

1:02.0

And that means targeting capitalism.

1:05.0

Feminism must be anti-capitalist, eco-socialist and anti-racist.

1:11.0

This is a manifesto for the 99%. And if you haven't already, check out my

1:18.1

recent dig interview with Tithy on this very manifesto.

1:23.1

Feminism for the 99%, a manifesto by Cincia Rutza, Tithi about Acharya, and Nancy Frazier.

1:31.8

Out now from Verso Books.

1:33.4

Welcome to the Digg. Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and

1:48.8

I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

1:53.6

This of course is a socialist podcast, so we're rather overdue for an episode that's just generally

2:01.7

an overview of socialism. It's history, present, and future.

2:08.0

Fortunately, Jacobin editor Baskar Suncara recently wrote a book about just that.

2:15.8

The Socialist Manifesto, the case for radical politics in an era of extreme inequality.

2:23.7

And while some of the book is indeed a case for socialism,

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