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  • #525
    Today · 40 min

    Drop Site's Julian Andreone on His Wildest Capitol Hill Encounters

    Julian Andreone is a Capitol Hill reporter for Drop Site News, where he confronts lawmakers with tough questions they’re often unprepared to answer. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss his approach to journalism and why ordinary people can do this kind of accountability reporting too. Julian’s piece on his experiences reporting from Capitol Hill will appear in the next print issue of Current Affairs!

  • #524
    October 9 · 43 min

    Before Bernie and Mamdani, There Was Eugene Debs

    Shawn Gude is the former editor of Jacobin and author of American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss how Debs went from moderate railroad unionist to one of America’s most influential socialist leaders.

  • #522
    October 5 · 17 min

    In Praise of Suit Socialism

    If there’s a visual language that connotes credibility and authority, why not take advantage of it?

  • #521
    September 29 · 43 min

    Democrats Paved the Way for Fascism — Jennifer Welch on MAGA, Socialism, and Political Revolution

    🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Jennifer Welch, co-host of I’ve Had It and author of Not Today, Fascists, joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss the rise of Christian nationalism, her political evolution from establishment Democrat to outspoken progressive, and why she believes the Democratic Party needs a radical overhaul. 🔥 Not Today, Fascists: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/not-today-fascists-jennifer-welch?variant=45897489088546 🔥 Subscribe to I've Had It: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ5cvDR2HhVUcdVoTvvQKLw 0:00 Trump and the Megachurch Pastor Mentality 4:08 How Should Progressives Talk About Religion? 6:27 Can Bernie-Style Populism Win in Red States? 8:21 Kamala Harris in 2028? 10:41 Gaza and the Democratic Party’s Moral Failure 13:45 Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, and Democratic Leadership 16:46 Jennifer Welch’s Political Radicalization and Kamala’s Liz Cheney Strategy 24:59 Why Democrats Need to Offer a Real Alternative 29:28 Billionaire Influence, Money in Politics, and the Supreme Court 31:50 Should Progressives Embrace the Word “Socialism”? 34:51 JD Vance and the Future of MAGA 40:19 Rapid-Fire: Newsom, Buttigieg, AOC, and More 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

  • #520
    September 19 · 36 min

    Israel Is Stealing the West Bank in Plain Sight (w/ Jasper Nathaniel)

    Jasper Nathaniel is an independent journalist who recently returned from reporting in the occupied West Bank, where he documented Israeli settler violence, land seizures, military raids, home demolitions, and the daily realities of life under occupation.

  • #519
    September 15 · 45 min

    How 9/11 Normalized Endless War

    CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, along with national co-director Danaka Katovich, join Current Affairs to reflect on 25 years of the post-9/11 War on Terror, the founding of CODEPINK, and the politics of fear that have fueled endless war.

  • #518
    September 9 · 31 min

    How Trump Made a Broken DOJ Even Worse

    Rachel Cohen is an attorney and organizer who previously resigned from the law firm Skadden Arps amid the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against major law firms. She joins Current Affairs to discuss her article “Business as Usual at the Department of Injustice,” which examines how Trump has intensified the politicization of the Justice Department while relying on prosecutorial powers, institutional habits, and forms of state violence that long predate his administration.

  • #517
    September 2 · 49 min

    MAGA Stole Animal Rights from the Left

    Astra Taylor is a writer, activist, and co-author of End Times Fascism, and Aaron Regunberg is a climate lawyer and contributing editor at The New Republic. They join Current Affairs to discuss how the right has begun co-opting animal welfare politics, why the left has neglected animal rights, and how abandoning climate politics risks leaving an opening for a much darker ecofascist response to ecological crisis.

  • #515
    August 27 · 31 min

    AIPAC Knows Its Money Is Toxic (w/ Track AIPAC)

    Track AIPAC is an advocacy and watchdog project that tracks AIPAC and other pro-Israel political spending in U.S. elections. Co-founders Cory Archibald and Casey Kennedy join Current Affairs to discuss how the Israel lobby intervenes in Democratic primaries, how its money is routed through a growing network of PACs and outside groups, and why more candidates are beginning to reject its support.

  • #514
    August 25 · 19 min

    Both Parties Are Failing Working People (w/ Dan Osborn)

    Dan Osborn is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska and a former union leader who first gained national attention during the 2021 Kellogg’s strike. He joins Current Affairs associate editor Alex Skopic to discuss why he rejects the two-party system, the crisis facing rural hospitals, healthcare reform and Medicare for All.

  • #513
    August 21 · 36 min

    The Israel Lobby Is More Desperate Than Ever

    Eli Clifton is an investigative journalist and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and Ian Lustick is a political scientist specializing in U.S. foreign policy and Israel-Palestine. They join Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss their new book, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, which examines the history, methods, and influence of the Israel lobby on American politics and U.S. foreign policy.

  • #512
    August 20 · 53 min

    The “Silent Genocide” in Cuba (w/ Abby Martin)

    Abby Martin is a journalist, filmmaker, and creator of The Empire Files. She joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss her new film, Cuba After Castro, which features a rare, in-depth interview with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel.

  • #510
    August 13 · 13 min

    Send Ben Shapiro to Iran

    Why should other people’s children be the ones who die in the wars he promotes?

  • #509
    August 11 · 1 hr 17 min

    Graham Platner and the Left’s Misogyny Problem (w/ Yasmin Nair)

    Yasmin Nair is a writer, activist, and longtime contributor to Current Affairs. In this conversation with Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, she discusses what Graham Platner’s rise reveals about misogyny on the left, why sexism is too often excused or minimized in progressive politics, and what the failures of liberal feminism can teach us about building a better left.

  • #507
    August 6 · 7 min

    A Socialist Appears on Fox News

    Nathan J. Robinson appears on The Will Cain Show to discuss socialism and the future of the Democratic Party.

  • #506
    August 3 · 15 min

    Centrists Are Not More "Electable"

    Whether a candidate can inspire people, organize them, and deliver for them matters more than where they stand on an imaginary ideological continuum.

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