Jacobin Radio Folgen

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

Writer Jeff Sparrow on the Australian fires. Then, Stuart Schrader, author of Badges Without Borders, on counterinsurgency and policing.