Haymarket Books Live

Oct 22 2024 355 ep. 83 mins 156
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Haymarket Books Live is a regular online series of urgent political discussions, book launches, organizer roundtables, poetry jams, and more, hosted by Haymarket Books. The podcast features recordings of our livestreamed video event series. Haymarket Books is a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago.

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Beyond the Ballot: The Left in a Time of Polycrisis

Oct 22 2024 97 mins  
A special conversation with Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Chenjerai Kumanyika Presented by Hammer & Hope magazine, Haymarket Books and Marguerite Casey Foundation. The Left is at a critical juncture in the United States—and globally. We confront multiple simultaneous threats, from rising militarism, to profound ecological disruptions, to the growing t

Digressions #1: Dan Denvir in conversation with China Miéville

Jan 19 2024 84 mins  
Introducing Digressions, a virtual reading group organized by the Dig and Haymarket Books. This first session took place on August 3, 2023. Every session of Digressions will take place three to four weeks after its guest appears on the Dig, and will be broadcast live. A list of suggested readings—including a discount code for any recommended book(s)— will be made available by

Palestine 1492: Settler-Colonialism, Solidarity, & Resistance

Jan 11 2024 90 mins  
Please join Linda Quiquivix, William C. Anderson, & Mohamed Abdou for a round table conversation on "Palestine 1492: Settler-colonialism, Solidarity & Resistance." They will situate Palestine transnationally in relation to 1492, & discuss admirable acts of solidarity by activists and organizers as well as common pitfalls within leftist social movement circles drawing on Zapatista,

Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt

Jan 10 2024 106 mins  
This roundtable will celebrate the much-anticipated publication of Orisanmi Burton’s first book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt. Order a copy of "Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt" from Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9780520396326 Speakers Jared A. Ball is a Professor

The Limitless Heart: A Conversation with Cheryl Boyce-Taylor & Glenis Redmond

Jan 09 2024 77 mins  
Come celebrate the launch of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor’s collected poems The Limitless Heart. Encompassing the breadth of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor’s astounding career, The Limitless Heart is a time capsule of the boundless love, care, grief, and fortitude that make her work so stirring. With deep empathy, thoughtfulness, charisma, and lyricism, Boyce-Taylor’s work explores questions o

Naomi Klein and Vincent Bevins in Conversation

Jan 08 2024 93 mins  
Join us for a conversation between Vincent Bevins and Naomi Klein on what their recent books—"If We Burn" and "Doppelganger"—can teach us about our political moment. Over the course of the past ten years mass protests of unprecedented scale swept across the entire globe. From the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, to the eruption of rebellions in the US in response to the polic

Medical Debt and Racial Justice

Dec 27 2023 63 mins  
Join us for a conversation between Luke Messac and Kenyon Farrow on medical debt and racial justice. This event took place on November 16, 2023. Ruth Wilson Gilmore said, “Debt robs. But debt also disciplines…Today, while the imperial imperatives might be different, the role of debt is the same—to compel consent through the coercion of debt.” One of the major sources of de

Going for Broke: Living on the Edge in the World's Richest Country

Dec 27 2023 87 mins  
Join Haymarket Books and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project for a conversation celebrating the launch of the anthology Going for Broke. Join Alissa Quart in conversation with Alex Miller, Annabelle Gurwitch, Katha Pollitt and Ray Suarez, to celebrate the launch of the anthology Going for Broke, a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the Economic Hardship Reporting Proje

Reform, Revolution, and Opportunism: Debates in the Second International

Dec 26 2023 89 mins  
Join Mike Taber, David McNally, Anne McShane, & Tom Alter for a discussion about the Second International’s strengths, weaknesses, & legacy. This event took place on October 26, 2023. At its height, the Second (Socialist) International (1889-1914) represented the majority of organized workers in the world, with the stated revolutionary aim of overthrowing capitalism. Several of

Chicago Conversations, Part 1: Building and Wielding Left Political Power

Dec 26 2023 82 mins  
Join us for a livestream from Haymarket House: the first of a four-part public discussion series focused on Chicago’s left political landscape and movement! This event took place on October 25, 2023. We’re kicking off our Chicago Conversations series with a discussion about building & wielding left political power. Chicago’s robust left social movements have re-shaped what�