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Mike Konczal (Rortybomb, Roosevelt Institute) and Sarah Leonard (Dissent, The New Inquiry)
On Fireside Chats, Mike and Sarah talk about the possibilities for left publications when print is declining, then discuss the concept of “precarity” in work, and what it means for the future of organized labor. Sarah argues that recent college graduates, with unpaid internships and large student debt, are more like indentured servants than you might think. Then Sarah describes the new frontiers of progressive politics, and she and Mike talk about how feminism’s relationship to economics has changed over the last 40 years. Finally, Sarah attacks Sex and the City feminism, and gives a more substantial alternative.
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Mike Konczal
Sarah Leonard
Peter Frase at Jacobin Magazine
Dissent’s panel on precarious workers
National Guestworker Alliance
Domestic Workers United
Women, beauty, and media at The New Inquiry
Aaron Bady’s sunday reading
GOOD Magazine
Jacobin
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Mike hosts a book salon at Fire Dog Lake
Gar Alperovitz’s book, “America Beyond Capitalism”
Ross Perlin’s book, “Intern Nation”
Jeff Williams in Dissent on student debt
Corey Robin’s book, “The Reactionary Mind”
Nina Power’s pamphlet, “One Dimensional Woman”
The Hairpin
Daniel T. Rodgers’s book, “Age of Fracture”
Fireside Chats | Jun 10, 2012 | Mike Konczal & Sarah Leonard
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