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Professor of philosophy Bernat Tort on Puerto Rico’s economic and political crisis. Then, sociologist Sahan Karatasli on Turkey’s economic and political crisis.

It's gotten heated this last week between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the squad, on the one hand, and Nancy Pelosi, centrist Democrats, and the House Democratic Party leadership on the other. But this conflict isn't empty intra-party bickering. It's an actual political and moral battle, with one side, AOC's, on the right side of history and one, Pelosi's, not. Miles Kampf-Lassin wrote about the battle and what it means, in an article called "They're Not Just Mad at AOC — They're Scared of Her." https://www.jacobinmag.<wbr />com/2019/07/alexandria-ocasio-<wbr />cortez-aoc-nancy-pelosi-<wbr />democratic-party We also mentioned a recent Washington Post profile of AOC's chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, that's worth a read: https://www.<wbr />washingtonpost.com/news/<wbr />magazine/wp/2019/07/10/<wbr />feature/how-saikat-<wbr />chakrabarti-became-aocs-chief-<wbr />of-change/

Dan interviews Sophie Lewis about her new book Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family. Something is deeply wrong with commercial surrogacy—but it's just not what you might think. What's wrong is the brute labor exploitation taking place at the reproductive crossroads of a racialized global capitalist order.Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at versobooks.comSupport this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig