The Dig

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 are taking a close look at Chicago under Mayor Brandon Johnson. A Chicago Teachers Union leader elected in 2023, Johnson’s win was the culmination of years of militant labor and social movement struggle. But while much has been achieved, Johnson and his allies have also suffered many defeats–and the mayor’s approval ratings are alarmingly low. In this episode, three long-time local organizers, including a socialist member of city council, analyze the state of the left’s bid for governing power and what broader lessons it holds. Recorded live in Chicago. Dig 500th Episode Party November 7 in Brooklyn! Emceed by Brace and Liz from TrueAnon. Free for Patreon supporters $10/mo and up. Get your tickets here littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_eb_id=1549778040839 [http://littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_eb_id=1549778040839] Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig [http://Patreon.com/TheDig] Get 50% off Coercion: Surviving and Resisting Abortion Bans and other books in your first order from plutobooks.com [http://plutobooks.com] with code ‘DIG50′. Buy Fake Work at Haymarketbooks.com [http://Haymarketbooks.com]

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 affordable housing, green energy, and fast trains we need; and how actual capitalist social relations appear to us in mystified form as “supply” and “demand.” Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig [http://Patreon.com/TheDig] Get 50% off A People’s History of Psychoanalysis and other books in your first order from plutobooks.com [http://plutobooks.com] with code ‘DIG50′. Register for Summer Rejuvenation by July 27th at Comrades.education [http://Comrades.education]

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 act like an opposition party; and the resurgent dynamism and energy now coming so powerfully from our political forces on the socialist left. Conducted before a live audience at the Socialism 2025 conference. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig [http://Patreon.com/TheDig] Subscribe to a year of Jacobin for only $15— a special offer for Dig listeners! bit.ly/digjacobin [http://bit.ly/digjacobin]

Featuring NYC DSA co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser on how Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral primary. NYC DSA spent years building an electoral juggernaut that has now made history and offers a model for the left everywhere across the United States. A behind-the-scenes look at how NYC DSA and the Zohran campaign did it! Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig [http://Patreon.com/TheDig] Check out the Summer 2025 issue of Social Research: An International Quarterly at www.socres.org [http://www.socres.org]  Get 50% off Immigration Detention Inc. and other books in your first order from plutobooks.com [http://plutobooks.com] with code DIG50

Featuring Mouin Rabbani on Israel’s war on Iran, possible direct US intervention, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Chicago: come see The Dig live! secure.actblue.com/donate/thediglive [http://secure.actblue.com/donate/thediglive] Listen to Thawra and our five-part Iran series: thedigradio.com/series [http://thedigradio.com/series] Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig [http://Patreon.com/TheDig] Read Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi in Sidecar newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/culmination [http://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/culmination] Buy All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence at Haymarketbooks.com [http://Haymarketbooks.com] In These Times is offering 78% off print subscriptions for Dig listeners at Inthesetimes.com/dig [http://Inthesetimes.com/dig]