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Daniel Denvir

@danieldenvir.bsky.social

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Host of The Dig podcast, author of All-American Nativism.

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Mathias Wåg @guldfiske.bsky.social · 5d

Två år gammalt avsnitt av The Dig. Men var verkligen ögonöppnare för mig om Hamas historia och hur de realpolitiskt styrt Gaza.

I övrigt har jag knappt under två års tid läst eller hört något som förklarat Hamas som politiskt fenomen. Inte bara polemiserat.

thedigradio.com/podcast/hama...

Hamas w/ Tareq Baconi

Featuring Tareq Baconi on the history of Hamas. This is the context we need. And it is precisely what mainstream discourse mystifies, denies, and disavows.

thedigradio.com

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Mark Smylie @marksmylie.bsky.social · 22h

A great listen on asset capitalism and its connections to neoliberalism and both MAGA elites and the MAGA base. Reminded me of @patrickwyman.bsky.social's analysis on the landed gentry that holds local power in much of America, with the sharp analytical/historical edge that the Dig usually brings.

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 1d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: SECOND of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How asset boom and bust drove MAGA’s rise and also revealed powerful monetary tools that could make socialism—that and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/from...

From Fiscal Austerity to Monetary Abundance w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Balanced budget conservatism and supply side populism engineered a politics of austerity and budget deficit...

www.thedigradio.com

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Steve Cucharo @stevecucharo.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of the best episodes of The Dig I’ve ever heard

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 1d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: SECOND of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How asset boom and bust drove MAGA’s rise and also revealed powerful monetary tools that could make socialism—that and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/from...

From Fiscal Austerity to Monetary Abundance w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Balanced budget conservatism and supply side populism engineered a politics of austerity and budget deficit...

www.thedigradio.com

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Johan Pries @johanpries.bsky.social · 1d

This is just crucial listening to make sense of the moment. In fact, its so good I tried to log into my old Patreon account to update my lapsed credit card and reset my The Dig subscription, failed, downloaded the app, reset the password and card no and updated all my old Patreon subscriptions...

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 1d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: SECOND of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How asset boom and bust drove MAGA’s rise and also revealed powerful monetary tools that could make socialism—that and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/from...

From Fiscal Austerity to Monetary Abundance w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Balanced budget conservatism and supply side populism engineered a politics of austerity and budget deficit...

www.thedigradio.com

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 1d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: SECOND of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How asset boom and bust drove MAGA’s rise and also revealed powerful monetary tools that could make socialism—that and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/from...

From Fiscal Austerity to Monetary Abundance w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Balanced budget conservatism and supply side populism engineered a politics of austerity and budget deficit...

www.thedigradio.com

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Liberty Chee @libertychee.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent stuff as always from the Dig. Lots of interesting points made, one of which is that class analysis in the US, w/c ascribes 'working class' identity to lack of college education is 50 years old and needs updating. And of course a gendered analysis as can be expected from Melinda Cooper.

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 2d

A fantastic episode. The art of talking about a big, complex book is perfected, by host and author, to an unbelievable degree.

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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Miriam Matthiessen @miriammthsn.bsky.social · 5d

This episode is soooooo good

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 3d

Ward 2 Providence City Council candidate @jilld.bsky.social shows up at the @seiu1199nw.bsky.social informational picket outside PCHC on Prairie Ave.

She has SEIU’s endorsement.

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 5d

Essential analysis of the, well for lack of a less cliched phrase, the "stage of global capitalism" we seem to have entered. Kind of a private assets police state.

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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Marat Markert @maratmarkert.bsky.social · 4d

"freedom to issue debt is not the same thing as unconditional freedom to spend [...] Congress can only keep spending as long as its spending doesn't empower labour [...]. You can spend as much as you like as long as it's subsidizing the inflation of asset prices, not the inflation of wages." (47:30)

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 4d

Dan Denvir talking to Melinda Cooper for @thedigradio.bsky.social .

Good stuff

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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Joseph @pelops.bsky.social · 6d

One of my favorite books from the last couple of years.

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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orion chuzzlewitt @orionchuzz.bsky.social · 7d

such a good episode

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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Neville Eclov @neclovian.bsky.social · Sep 3

Been thinking with this episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social w/ Patrick Blanchfield recently. Came out a bit over 9 months ago, but worth revisiting given the current political environment and recent events. thedigradio.com/podcast/assa...

Assassin Nation w/ Patrick Blanchfield

Featuring Patrick Blanchfield on assassination and political violence: from the routine to the extraordinary; authored by the state, capital, the left, the right, the unwell and alienated; as an anxie...

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vrupu @vrupu.bsky.social · 24d

Dejo un par de referencias útiles sobre historia del sionismo y antisionismo dentro de la historia judia.
1) Dos programas impresionantes de @thedigradio.bsky.social con el historiador Shaul Magid
thedigradio.com/podcast/zion...

Zionism vs. Anti-Zionism Ep. 1 w/ Shaul Magid

Featuring Shaul Magid on the long history of Jewish Zionism and its antagonist, Jewish anti-Zionism. Defenders of Israel defame anti-Zionists as antisemites. In fact, today’s growing ranks of anti-Zio...

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 9d

Part 2.

These conversations help tie a lot together, including how decades of developments in policing, border policy, and the "war on terror" have brought us to this metastasized fascist moment.

thedigradio.com/podcast/stat...

State of Impunity w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

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Johan Pries @johanpries.bsky.social · 8d

Incredibly lucid account of our conjuncture's origins and political stakes.

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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Tom Mills @tommills.bsky.social · 8d

This sweeping discussion is focused on the US, but there's so much that's directly relevant to the UK's dysfunctional political economy. Covers so much ill have to listen twice I think.

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 9d

Important two-part conversation at @thedigradio.bsky.social with Stuart Schrader and Alberto Toscano, everyone should listen to it.

thedigradio.com/podcast/fasc...

Fascist Police State w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

thedigradio.com

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 9d

Thrilled to see this review of EXTRACTION by @scottwstern.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com. A very thorough essay that situates the book in broader debates about mining, the energy transition, the history of global capitalism, and the possible green futures ahead www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

www.thedigradio.com

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 12d

In “Extraction,” @triofrancos.bsky.social examines the politics of lithium mining in South America—and the complexities of the energy transition. @materialistjew.bsky.social spoke with her about imperfect trade-offs and the nature of democracy.

Schrodinger’s Element | Ajay Singh Chaudhary

In her new book, Thea Riofrancos homes in on the extraction of lithium—and the thorny problem of an ecologically sound energy transition

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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · 16d

Really good episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social

pca.st/episode/8160...

Fascist Police State w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 20d

‼️ Read an adapted excerpt from EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism in @nybooks.com ‼️

Extraction is officially published TOMORROW (9/23) 👀 www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...