We just completed Nusantara, @thedigradio.bsky.social's 8-part series on the history of Indonesia. The fourth largest country is barely understood in the West and yet has decisively shaped the world: from Dutch colonialism to third world revolution to US-backed mass anti-communist genocide. 1/

I am hosting Philly and NYC fundraisers for David Morales, socialist candidate for mayor of Providence! Join us: meet David and make a contribution to support our campaign. This is a nationwide left wave: let’s hit the Ocean State! Please RSVP. Link on graphic and in next post.

Berlin: come through this Friday to see me and @triofrancos.bsky.social! Dig social after the talk.

New Dig ep: Ben Mabie and Salar Mohandesi on what war on Iran tells us about US imperialism, and why US doesn’t have a massive anti-war movement even amid high anti-war public sentiment. We must make movements that can thrive and win under new conditions. thedigradio.com/podcast/anti...

We have a big, urgent opportunity to primary establishment Dems who make Trumpism possible through fealty to corporate power and enthusiasm for arming Israeli war machine. My interview with Geoff Simpson on @justicedemocrats.com's 2026 insurgent primary campaigns. thedigradio.com/podcast/prim...

New Dig ep is honest, in-depth conversation on how Mamdani administration will do governance as @socialists.nyc and allied movements build power on the ground: opportunities, constraints, contradictions that’ll have big implications for entire socialist project. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/nyc-...

I’m pleased to contribute to this @bostonreview.bsky.social forum discussing @leaypi.bsky.social essay on “the problem” of migration, which is in fact the crisis of liberal democracy/neoliberal capitalism for which migrants are scapegoated. Looking forward to reading the other contributions. Link 👇

Two weeks ago Andrew Marantz accompanied me to the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social rally in Wash Heights. He wrote a piece about @thedigradio.bsky.social and about how I see this huge opening for the left, need for coalition w libs, and the urgency of getting serious about building/wielding power. Link👇

I was first radicalized by anti-corporate globalization movement that defined the US left in the late 90s, reaching its apotheosis w/ Battle in Seattle against WTO. A few weeks ago, I hosted a live Dig w/ @eurtradejustice.bsky.social in Brussels on the history of global trade justice movement 1/

Rhode Island is phone banking for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Join us! Sign up! volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

Chicago! I’m doing a live show July 2nd (just ahead of the @socialismconference.org) w/ @inthesetimes.com on the state of Chicago politics, appraising Mayor Brandon Johnson’s tenure two years in. Guests: @alexhan.bsky.social, @asha-rrs.bsky.social, Alderman Jeanette Taylor. Link for tickets below!👇

My dear friend and comrade Jordan Seaberry had a conversation with me about how artists can think about politics at a time of ascendent fascist authoritarianism and he turned it into an amazing comic! vitalconversations.squarespace.com/episode1

Just conducted my first interview for my upcoming three-part series with Aziz Rana on his book The Constitutional Bind. This series will be an extensive historical examination of how the USA got so profoundly f'd up: Ep. 1 Settler Empire; Ep. 2 Liberal Hegemon; Ep. 3 Rogue State.

If you're trying to make sense of what Trump is doing tariffing the entire planet and how it fits into an already crisis-ridden, conflictual geoeconomic/geopolitical order there's no more comprehensive analysis than the 2-part Dig series I did w/ @70sbachchan.bsky.social and @iliasalami.bsky.social👇

Liberal institutions, from Big Law and the Ivy League to the Democratic Party, have been rotted out by financialized neoliberal capitalism, composted, and are now high-octane fertilizer helping American fascism grow strong.

Looking forward to deepening my understanding of these absolute sociopathic freaks who now govern the United States. @quinnslobodian.com coming soon to @thedigradio.bsky.social

Getting ready to interview Melinda Cooper for @thedigradio.bsky.social. Sometime in the next few months!

Listen to The Dig’s Thawra series: In 1949, the CIA conducted its first coup—not in Iran or Guatemala but in Syria. It sparked a history of recurrent coups, undermining prospects for popular democracy—and ultimately leading to the military takeover of the Ba’ath Party and rise of Assad regime 1/