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The Dig

The Ruling Class with Doug Henwood

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Who governs? Upon closer inspection, the composition of the ruling class has undergone huge changes that are driving this political moment. Dan interviews Doug Henwood, the author of "Take Me to Your Leader," an extensive analysis of the changing composition of the ruling class published in Jacobin: jacobinmag.com/2021/04/take-me-to-your-leader-the-rot-of-the-american-ruling-class Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig The Dig is taking it easy this summer so look for new episodes every two weeks until September.

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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

0:05.8

and by Haymarket Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles perfect for dig listeners

0:11.4

like you.

0:13.0

One that you might like is Palestine, a socialist introduction, edited by Sumaya Awad and

0:19.2

Brian Bean.

0:21.4

Palestine is socialist introduction systematically tackles a number of important aspects of

0:25.9

the Palestinian struggle for liberation, contextualizing it in an increasingly polarized world

0:31.6

and offering a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won.

0:36.8

Through an internationalist anti-imperialist lens, this book explores the links between

0:41.9

the struggle for freedom in the United States and that in Palestine and beyond.

0:47.6

It examines both the historical and contemporary trajectory of the Palestinian solidarity movement

0:53.3

in order to glean lessons for today's organizers and compellingly lays out the argument

0:59.4

to that in order to achieve justice in Palestine, the movement has to take up the question

1:05.0

of socialism regionally and internationally.

1:09.6

Palestine, a socialist introduction, edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean, out now from

1:17.1

Haymarket Books.

1:26.2

Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jack the magazine.

1:29.5

My name is Daniel Denver and a broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

1:34.7

Who governs?

1:36.8

For socialists, the answer is often an obvious one.

1:41.2

The capitalist class governs, of course.

1:45.1

Upon closer inspection, the composition of the ruling class is no more obvious than that

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