Dan interviews historian Kim Phillips-Fein about her book Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics and about how the destruction of social democracy made today’s city where coronavirus is killing its poor and working-class people.
In other news: Dan’s Jacobin essay on keeping the Bernie infrastructure alive is here and the volunteer petition to do so, which you should sign, is here.
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Folge vom 14.04.2020Fear City with Kim Phillips-Fein
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Folge vom 08.04.2020Organizing Now with Sarah Jaffe & Jasson PerezDan interviews veteran organizer Jasson Perez and journalist Sarah Jaffe on left organizing amid covid and where it might go. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig
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Folge vom 03.04.2020Surviving This Plague with Amy Kapczynski and Gregg GonsalvesDan interviews Amy Kapczynski and Gregg Gonsalves on the politics of public health and what we can learn from ACT UP. Please support The Dig with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig
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Folge vom 30.03.2020Who Got Bailed Out with Eric LevitzDan interviews New York magazine writer Eric Levitz on the big corporate bailout that gave workers precious little to survive the corona crisis. Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig