The Dig: Primary Strategy w/ Geoff Simpson

Jacobin Radio

Mar 05, 2026•1 hr 8 min

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Featuring Geoff Simpson on Justice Democrats’ massive 2026 slate of insurgent House candidates taking on AIPAC/Big Tech money. Also: the history of post-Bernie 2016 primary challenges, the Israel lobby’s legitimacy crisis, radicalizing liberals, and the role of electoral politics in the larger left project.

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