Jacobin Show: Confronting Capitalism w/ Vivek Chibber

<p>Vivek Chibber, author of <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/4011-confronting-capitalism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Confronting Capitalism</em></a>, joins Jen Pan to explain what we can learn from both the Bolshevik and social democratic past to more effectively challenge and overcome capitalism in the 21st century. David Griscom of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/LeftReckoning" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Left Reckoning</em></a> is also with us to discuss whether or not socialists can also be patriots, or if that's playing with fire. Thomas Gokey of the Debt Collective helps us understand what Biden's decision to cancel $10k of student debt means. Finally, Paul Prescod explains why there's a shortage of teachers going back to school.</p><br /><p><em>The Jacobin Show</em> is a weekly YouTube show offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. Music by <a href="https://linktr.ee/zonkey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Zonkey</a>. This is the podcast version of the episode from August 31, 2022.</p>