Jacobin Radio Folgen

Suzi talks to longtime journalist Marc Cooper about the changing world of journalism and asks how the carrier of information, which used to be predominantly newsprint, then TV, and now digital, changes our concept of knowledge? And because the new technologies make possible the democratization and de-professionalization of journalism, we ask, who is a journalist? How do we interact with the new media landscape — and how do we make it work for those of us trying to build a more just society?

We were terrifyingly close to an open war on Iran recently. The near-miss was a reminder of<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> how brazenly American imperial power is wielded around the world and how easy dragging us back into another major war would be for Trump or anyone else in his position. </font>It also was a reminder that we don't have a real antiwar movement in this country that can fight back against these kinds of escalations. <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I talked about all these issues with Daniel Bessner, a historian and p</font>rofessor of international studies at the University of Washington, as well as the author of Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual and a forthcoming history of the RAND Corporation. He's also a regular contributor to Jacobin. Daniel's cowritten essay on democratizing US foreign policy: https://www.&lt;wbr /&gt;foreignaffairs.com/articles/&lt;wbr /&gt;united-states/2017-04-05/&lt;wbr /&gt;democratizing-us-foreign-&lt;wbr /&gt;policy Daniel's essay on the continued supremacy of the American military: https://www.&lt;wbr /&gt;prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/&lt;wbr /&gt;american-us-empire-not-in-&lt;wbr /&gt;decline-superpower-trump-&lt;wbr /&gt;proves-it-is-stronger-than-&lt;wbr /&gt;ever-militarism-daniel-bessner Daniel's review of George Soros's most recent book: https://jacobinmag.com/&lt;wbr /&gt;2020/01/george-soros-defense-&lt;wbr /&gt;of-open-society-philanthropy David Klion's profile of the Quincy Institute: https://www.&lt;wbr /&gt;thenation.com/article/quincy-&lt;wbr /&gt;institute-responsible-&lt;wbr /&gt;statecraft-think-tank/

The wars at home and abroad have always been connected. Dan interviews Nikhil Pal Singh on US attacks on Iran and the politics, history, and culture of American warmaking.Upcoming events:1/24 All-American Nativism Brooklyn book launch with Aziz Rana facebook.com/events/606979320053356/1/27 Race for Profit: A Conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor [Live Dig interview in Providence] facebook.com/events/1416403061860397/1/28 Rhode Island Students for Bernie Kickoff Rally with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Linda Sarsour facebook.com/events/618607768707911/Book tour (more to be announced soon!):1/31 Providence facebook.com/events/2432419893664520/2/24 Philly facebook.com/events/462775997752533/2/26 DC at solidstatebooksdc.com2/28 Baltimore facebook.com/events/509390186368309/3/4 Boston at tridentbookscafe.com3/11 New Orleans: All-American Nativism and A Planet to Win double book event with Thea Riofrancos at octaviabooks.com3/17 Austin at monkeywrenchbooks.org3/18 Dallas at deepvellum.org