The Dig Folgen

Mike Davis on his classic book about why the US has long lacked strong socialist and labor politics. One recurrent answer: racism. Read Dan’s essay on the moment: jacobinmag.com/2020/06/donald-trump-war-american-democracy-riots-coronavirus Not in the mood for a long, complex Dig interview? Check out Antibody, which is like commie This American Life: thedigradio.com/antibody Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

A Dig special. Zoom forum Dan hosted with leading defund police organizers from around the country. For more info: blackvisionsmn.org byp100.org daretowin.org reclaimRI.org blmla.org If you live in RI, support the fight for a people’s budget: actionnetwork.org/petitions/say-no-to-a-brutal-austerity-budget-in-rhode-island Dan’s essay on Trump’s origins in ordinary bipartisan security politics: jacobinmag.com/2020/06/donald-trump-war-american-democracy-riots-coronavirus

Antibody is a narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: All Cops Are Idiots (featuring Kafui Attoh, you can buy his book here: ugapress.org/book/9780820354217/rights-in-transit) A Few Basic Demands (produced by Chenjerai Kumanyika (twitter.com/catchatweetdown) After the Peak (by Karim Sariahmed (twitter.com/sariahmed), along with Alex Azan, Belicia Ding, Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko , Vanessa K. Ferrel, Michelle Gonzalez, Musaub Khan, and Marc Shi) What We Talk About When We Talk About Mutual Aid (produced by Jackson Roach and Caroline Kanner (twitter.com/_idontCaroline) Get in touch with DCH1 Amazonians United (facebook.com/DCH1United) Support Put People First! Pennsylvania (putpeoplefirstpa.org) The mutual aid groups featured in this episode include: Ground Game LA (groundgamela.org) K Town For All (ktownforall.org) The Red Nation (therednation.org) Brave Space Alliance (bravespacealliance.org) and the Indigenous Kinship Collective (indigenouskinshipcollective.com). Further reading on mutual aid: Regan De Loggans’ mutual aid zine (mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LOGGANS-mutual-aid-zine.pdf) The complete text of Kropotkin’s book Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution) Mutual Aid Hub (mutualaidhub.org)