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Belabored Podcast #193: Work in the Time of Coronavirus

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ March 14, 2020

As the coronavirus spreads across the world, we discuss what it means for workers in healthcare, the gig economy, and other frontline industries.

It’s the Electoral Infrastructure, Stupid

Todd Gitlin ▪ February 14, 2020

Choose your metaphor for the Democrats’ quandaries. Circular firing squad? Refighting 2016? Or 1972? We latch on to a surfeit of speculation mixed with a few shreds of evidence. Acrimony seeks a vacuum. Anxiety is the mother of metaphors. How …

[EVENT | February 13] Winter Issue Launch: Democracy and Barbarism

Editors ▪ February 10, 2020

Join Jedediah Britton-Purdy, Aziz Rana, and Alyssa Battistoni for the launch of our Winter 2020 issue.

Know Your Enemy #14: Morbid Symptoms, with Ross Douthat

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ February 5, 2020

Matt and Sam welcome their first “enemy” onto the show—Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist and author of the new book The Decadent Society—to talk about the state of conservatism.

Belabored Podcast #192: Unions for All, with SEIU Local 26

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 24, 2020

Why is the labor movement in Minnesota thriving? SEIU Local 26 joins us to talk about the Twin Cities’ robust network of grassroots worker centers and unions.

We Own the Future

Editors ▪ January 16, 2020

A stunningly original and timely collection that makes the case for democratic socialism—American style.

Know Your Enemy #13: What Happened to Norman? with David Klion

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ January 16, 2020

To plumb the depths of the neoconservative soul, Matt and Sam read Norman Podhoretz’s 1967 memoir Making It with David Klion of Jewish Currents.

Belabored Podcast #191: A Mass Strike Against Macron, with Colin Kinniburgh

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 11, 2020

Workers across France have been on strike over pension reforms for six weeks. Dissent editor at large Colin Kinniburgh joins us from Paris.

Yes, We Should Put Liberty First

Dimitrina Petrova ▪ January 3, 2020

A reply to Jeffrey Isaac.

A Missed Opportunity

Jeffrey C. Isaac ▪ January 3, 2020

A response to Dimitrina Petrova.

Stopping the War This Time

Nick Serpe ▪ January 3, 2020

As the deadening pall of national security discourse once again falls over the United States, we need to hold onto the shock and outrage of these first hours.