Daniel Denvir

How Not to Fix American Democracy A new book argues for making the U.S. a “true” democracy, but fails at the essential strategy of persuasion.

George Packer hates this book! Buy it today! Out tomorrow wherever books are sold.

Bookshop: shorturl.at/ykg4a
Amazon: shorturl.at/0d7A3
Barnes & Noble: shorturl.at/EFA9I

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Man, this episode is a MUST listen if you like to think about the state of the left in the US

No apology necessary ;-)

Chicago’s Left Experiment Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago’s left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran’s remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country ar...

HIGHLY recommend this episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social to my fellow Chicagoans. very interesting retrospective on MBJ's election & performance so far and what it means for "the left" in Chicago.

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I’m starting to assemble clips from the past 10 years for my Dan Denvir bloopers reel. 😈

Come hang out on 11/7! Should be very fun.

Organizer posting:
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Executive Director posting: www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...

Over the last five years we built
Reclaim Rhode Island into a potent housing justice, tenant organizing, left political organization. We’re hiring:

- tenant organizers to be supervised by SEIU 1199 NE

- an executive director to build Reclaim up into a powerhouse cadre org. Details below!

Dig 500th Episode Party Join the Dig for a party celebrating its 500th episode with host Daniel Denvir, guests and friends of the pod, and more!

It’s happening! November 7 in Brooklyn at Littlefield. The Dig’s 500th episode party. Emceed by Brace and Liz Franczak of TrueAnon. Toasts and roasts from the extended Dig universe. Tickets on sale now, free for $10/mo Patreons. See you there! littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_...

Chicago’s Left Experiment Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago’s left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran’s remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country ar...

Zohran’s victory prompted many to ask: what’s up in Chicago? CTU leader Brandon Johnson mayoral election was product of labor and social struggle. But project confronts challenges. LIVE DIG w @alexhan.bsky.social, @asha-rrs.bsky.social, Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/chic...

also great discussion here

Abundance for the many is about making essentials affordable by all means necessary.

Great conversation about the need for a new economic policy agenda that goes beyond removing blockages and waiting for corporations to do the rest.

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Actual Abundance w/ Isabella Weber, Malcolm Harris, Paul Williams Featuring Isabella Weber, Malcolm Harris, and Paul Williams on Abundance. A debate and discussion of: the book; the discourse; the underlying economic and political questions of how we make the afford...

Another excellent episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social, this time on increasingly ambiguous abundance agenda.

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Great reframing by Malcolm Harris at 52:50 here: When a capitalist says they need more profit to invest in something socially beneficial like housing, that profit is a fee they collect from the public, and a blockage that exists *because* there's a capitalist class that controls the money we need.

Honored to see EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism featured in @foreignpolicy.com books of the summer 📚 🌞

Out in September, pre-order here wwnorton.com/books/978132...

Late next week!

There might be an abundance of abundance discussions but this one is really special. It brings together expertise on the housing policy with the bigger question of a post-neoliberal agenda. Listen in!

Actual Abundance w/ Isabella Weber, Malcolm Harris, Paul Williams Featuring Isabella Weber, Malcolm Harris, and Paul Williams on Abundance. A debate and discussion of: the book; the discourse; the underlying economic and political questions of how we make the afford...

The Abundance debate & discussion you didn’t know you needed with @isabellamweber.bsky.social, Malcolm Harris, @pewilliams.bsky.social. The book; the discourse; the underlying economic and political questions; the actual but mystified capitalist social relations. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/actu...

From Rebellion to Reaction w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Asha Ransby-Sporn Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Asha Ransby-Sporn on 2020’s summer of mass protest and rebellion sparked by the police murder of George Floyd. As Keeanga puts it: “The pressing question is how w...

A few days ago I listened to this episode on how we got from the 2020 uprisings to this moment and it was very good. I really appreciated a moment where there was kind of a disagreement and the guests reflected on how good it was to have both organizer and academic. thedigradio.com/podcast/from...

This is an incredibly good listen.

But also, if I could force you to listen to it, I would.

Tremendous conversation. Extremely clarifying.

Opinion | Young Black voters are trying out Republicans — and progressives Mamdani and Trump elections show how Black voters are drifting from the Democratic establishment.

New poll shows Mamdani leading among Black voters, who are sometimes cast as centrist/moderate/anti-progressive. That's likely because of his strong support among younger black voters, who are more open to left wing causes and candidates. (And also Republicans, sadly.) wapo.st/46FpYSf

Good stuff

good one

Notes on the New Regime w/ Aslı Bâli & Gabriel Winant The Dig · Episode

Really good analysis of Trump 2.0, 'imperial boomerang' @thedigradio.bsky.social

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This is an essential podcast.

So grateful for this kind of conjunctural analysis from @thedigradio.bsky.social It is both inspiring and useful. Don't know if I could keep doing the work organizing without it.

Thank you!! I’ll probably be back sometime next couple months actually

Notes on the New Regime w/ Aslı Bâli & Gabriel Winant Featuring Aslı Bâli and Gabriel Winant on the emerging conjuncture: the Trump regime’s fascist and authoritarian second coming; the giant vacuum created by the Democratic establishment’s inability to ...

New Dig: powerful convo w Aslı Bâli and @gabrielwinant.bsky.social complexities and contradictions of emerging conjuncture. The fascist authoritarianism of Trump’s second coming; Dem establishment collapse; resurgent left. Recorded live @socialismconference.org www.thedigradio.com/podcast/note...

Palestine w/ Mohammed el-Kurd Podcast Episode · The Dig · 27/11/2023 · 1h 3m

Can't thank @thedigradio.bsky.social enough for teaching me about Palestine, Israel, and Zionism. This interview with Mohammed El-Kurd hit me the hardest thanks to its more personal tone, but also great are: Mouin Rabbani, Richard Seymore, and Ussama Makdisi.

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This is an absolute must listen episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social on the Zohran primary win.