Talkin' Socialism: Episode 10, Recorded 11.19.2011
Chicago DSA member Michael Aubry interviews Chicago DSA's Political Education Director, Bill Pelz, about his new biography of Karl Marx titled Karl Marx: A World to Win.
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 11, Recorded 12.10.2011
Chicago DSA's Peg Strobel interviews Gaylon Alcaraz and Veronica Arreola about the Chicago Abortion Fund.
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 12, Recorded 01.14.2012
Progressive economists Ron Baiman and Bill Barclay meet again to discuss the economic crisis and how it should be addressed.
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 13, Recorded 02.11.2012
Chicago DSA's Ron Baiman interviews Loyola University Philosophy Professor David Schweickart on "economic democracy" and "market socialism."
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 14, Recorded 03.10.2012
Chicago DSA's Michael Baker interviews John D'Emilio, professor of history and women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, about the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin.
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 15, Recorded 05.12.2012
Chicago DSA's Tom Broderick interviews Melinda Power, sole proprietor of West Town Law Office, about protest and civil rights with a special focus on the current NATO protests.
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 18, Recorded 08.11.2012
Bill Barclay interviews Leone Jose Bicchieri, Executive Director of the Chicago Workers Collaborative, about activism, organizing, and the work of the Chicago Workers Collaborative.
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 19, Recorded 07.14.2012
Chicago DSA's Bill Barclay and National Nurses United's Jan Rodolpho talk the about Financial Transactions Tax: What it is, what it is not, how it would work, why America needs one, and what difference...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 22, Recorded 12.08.2012
Holly Graff, Professor of Philosophy at Oakton Community College and Senator in the Illinois Education Association chapter at the college, and Joe Persky, Professor of Economics at University of...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 23, Recorded 01.12.2013
Peg Strobel, former director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago, interviews Louise (Lucy) W. Knight, author of Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 25, Recorded 03.09.2013
Colleen Dille and Michael Gosch from the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants discuss how migrants and refugees released from Federal custody have often lost everything while finding themselves...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 26, Recorded 04.13.2013
Leah Fried of the United Electrical Workers and Stephen Yokich of Cornfield and Feldman discuss so-called "right-to-work" laws: the consequences for organizing and maintaining unions, how the spread of...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 27, Recorded 05.11.2013
Emily Rosenberg and Bob Breving discuss labor education. In particular, they talk about the DePaul Labor Education Program that has some unique and some nearly unique features, including a program for...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 39, Recorded 05.10.2014
With the new Pope Francis, how has this changed the conversation about poverty and social justice? What has changed in the Catholic Church, and what has stayed the same? Our guests for this program are...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 40, Recorded 06.14.2014
Disability rights activists Tom Wilson, Rene David Luna, and Susan Aarup explore the relation between disability and poverty. They touch on the issues of independent living, poverty programs that place...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 41, Recorded 06.29.2014
Liz Henderson, chair of DSA's Drop Student Debt Campaign and co-chair of Greater Philadelphia DSA, is interviewed by Chicago DSA co-chair Bill Barclay. Just what is the magnitude of the problem, who...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 42, Recorded 07.12.2014
Dr. Angela Odoms-Young, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Ted Lucore, a volunteer with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, explore the...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 43, Recorded 08.09.2014
Ruth McBeth, an Assistant Public Defender for Cook County and an activist with The Next Movement, and Anthony Lowery, Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Safer Foundation, discuss the vicious...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 44, Recorded 09.13.2014
Dr. Kim Scipes, Associate Professor of Sociology at Purdue University North Central, is interviewed by Greater Oak Park DSA's Tom Broderick. What is the measure of poverty in America? While a few...
View ArticleTalkin' Socialism: Episode 45, Recorded 10.11.2014
Just in time for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, DSA's Peg Strobel interviews Dr. Stephanie Riger about the complicated relationship between domestic violence, poverty, and gender roles,...
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