Democratic Socialism with Jacobin's Micah Uetricht
Jul 16, 2020•37 min
Episode description
Today, I welcome Micah Uetricht. Micah Uetricht is the deputy editor of Jacobin and host of Jacobin Radio's podcast The Vast Majority. He is the author of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity and coauthor of Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism. Micah can also be found on Twitter.
In this episode we discuss:
- What is Democratic Socialism?
- Isn't there socialism for big businesses and the rich in the USA?
- Will Democratic Socialism ever dominate US politics?
- A bit of Micah's personal history
- The Bernie Sanders campaign
- His newest book cowritten with Meagan Day
- A strategy for progressives to transform current politics
- The missing Joe Biden campaign
- A bit about Jacobin and his podcast
- A great historical book recommendation
Thanks Micah!
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