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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ben and Quinn do an unbelievably good job guiding us through our bizarre political-economic moment. Listen.

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Two weeks ago, we swept municipal elections in Providence, RI. It’s the latest and a truly spectacular victory for the US left and will allow my city to become a real innovation hub for progressive solutions to the housing crisis, including rent stabilization and social housing.

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is a tremendous piece from start to finish, with so many quotable lines in between. An essential read for folks in Rhode Island and beyond.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 10/09/2026

@danieldenvir.bsky.social you absolute mad man

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Ben Mabie @yesnomabie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Before @danieldenvir.bsky.social helped sweep elections across Providence, we worked through the backlog of listener questions for the Dig, which mostly asked about the nuts and bolts of socialist transition. We - or at least I - dutifully ducked them, but hopefully in a way that's interesting

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Ben Mabie @yesnomabie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Normally they wait until you win a prize or finish a book before getting posed questions like this. But happy to answer @danieldenvir.bsky.social's prompt: 'why are you like this?'

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Geoff Johnson @geoffthejohnson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Look forward to hearing @danieldenvir.bsky.social and others break down this victory at some point. Great news!

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Dan Watson @wats.ink · 10/09/2026

providential voters: "sounds good to me, motherfucker"

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Sam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com · 10/09/2026

Gonna need an explainer for why Reclaim RI knew Providence ball better than all these old hands who have been at it for so long.

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"Justice for Keith Porter Jr." Butter🏳️‍🌈 @mysterybutter.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026

Another banger from @thedigradio.bsky.social The same companies that jack up your premiums due to weather disasters driven by climate change are turning around and investing your money in the fossil fuel industries that are driving climate change. Capitalism will kill us all for profit.

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Chris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“refusal from the start” I can’t recommend more strongly reading “Here Where We Live is Our Home” and then listening to this interview of @mollycrabapple.bsky.social by @danieldenvir.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social What a gift, particularly now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Destruction of the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Podcast Episode · The Dig · August 14 · 2h 8m

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley released an attack ad trying to demonize me as a socialist extremist. It’s a desperate effort to blunt the momentum behind David Morales. Please donate DavidMoralesPVD.com and help us make Smiley regret his fearmongering, red-baiting campaign.

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🚨BAY AREA: I’ll be coming to San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland next weeks for a series of events on my book EXTRACTION — and on the intersections of climate, energy, mining, geopolitics, and the supply chains of global capitalism. Come through! www.theariofrancos.com/upcoming-eve...

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Quote from the Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 engraved onto the southern facade of the RI State House: “to hold forth a lively experiment, that a most flourishing civil state may stand and best be maintained, with full liberty in religious concernments” 🏛️⚓️

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

How wonderful... another attack ad from incumbent Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s campaign, this one titled “Full Control.” When your campaign’s message is built on scaring our neighbors instead of focusing on your vision for the next four years in our beautiful capital city, that says a lot. 🙄

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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In Issue No. 5, @keeanga.bsky.social spoke to @danieldenvir.bsky.social of @thedigradio.bsky.social Kamala Harris’s loss to Trump. Their conclusions about the Dems’ ineffectual leadership and the potential for a left-wing alternative anticipated this election cycle. hammerandhope.org/article/elec...

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Also, @danieldenvir.bsky.social's statement reminded me of NYC Mayor Mamdani's interview with the New York Times when he said, "Cities have often been discussed as the laboratories of democracy — we can actually show that this isn’t a fantasy." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/m...

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Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.

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Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I liked this a lot and am excited for part two.

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Just published first in two-part interview w/ @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. This installment covers the foundation of the Bund through emigration to NYC to the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/maki...

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Making the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The first episode of a two-part interview.

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Carter Moon @cartermoon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I read Hegemony How-To based on @danieldenvir.bsky.social mentioning it a couple months ago on @thedigradio.bsky.social. Enormously useful and practical book, I wish I had read it when I was first getting into organizing.

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Don't Just Criticize, Organize: A Review of Hegemony How-To

The point isn't to just criticize the current conditions from the sidelines, the point is to change them.

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Andy Carr @andycarr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I know I recommend a lot of podcasts/other media, but if you take up any rec, do make it this one. I'm on ep. 6 and, so far, have been blown away – an enormous amount of thoughtful work, drawing from wonderful guests' deep expertise, all guided by Daniel's careful framing and probing questions.

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

At some point, I've been telling myself, I'm going to devote a week or so to listening to this and filling in a giant empty space in my brain about an incredibly huge and important country

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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Episode 3 covers the Japanese occupation of Indonesia! @nfyahaya.bsky.social @kellyahammond.bsky.social

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is a great series on Indonesia for anyone teaching modern Southeast Asia or Indonesian History. A group of terrific young Indonesian scholars and great prep and questioning by Denvir. @asianstudies.org @avick.bsky.social @tompepinsky.com @anu-chl.bsky.social

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Pan African Marxist-Leninism and chill ✨ @contestedmilk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Part of being on "the left" is understanding the history of other countries, especially those in the global South The Dig is not the only game in town, but it certainly is one of the best 🏆

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We just completed Nusantara, @thedigradio.bsky.social's 8-part series on the history of Indonesia. The fourth largest country is barely understood in the West and yet has decisively shaped the world: from Dutch colonialism to third world revolution to US-backed mass anti-communist genocide. 1/

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Sam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com · 20/07/2026

Yep, @danieldenvir.bsky.social hits directly on the major weakness of Smiley: promises of technocracy that don't match up with reality while demanding that Providence residents expect less from their city government. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/m...

The mayor’s pitch is that we should think small and be satisfied that he is a competent technocrat who often delivers the bare minimum in municipal services. And yet everyone who lived through this past winter’s blizzards knows that Smiley has failed on his own terms. He tapped Patricia Coyne-Fague, former Director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, to lead the city’s disastrous snow response as head of the Department of Public Works. She had no relevant experience. As Mamdani has made clear in New York, democratic socialism’s first task is to demonstrate that “government can deliver.”

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Run soundtrack the past couple of weeks has been @thedigradio.bsky.social brilliant new series, Nusantara, on the 20th-century history of Indonesia. A hard listen at times because of obvious reasons, but it’s fantastic. Give it a listen: thedigradio.com/Nusantara/

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Nusantara

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Please if you’re organizing, check out these two episodes of @thedigradio.bsky.social @danieldenvir.bsky.social 1. Building an organization, Reclaim Rhode Island, in RI: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The $400m flying bribe has shelves of fake books, some titled “Library”.

Karoline Leavitt inthe $400m flying bribe slash natsec nightmare

A shelf of fake books, some titled “Library”

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I am hosting Philly and NYC fundraisers for David Morales, socialist candidate for mayor of Providence! Join us: meet David and make a contribution to support our campaign. This is a nationwide left wave: let’s hit the Ocean State! Please RSVP. Link on graphic and in next post.

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

👉 @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on Trump state capitalism contradictions: expands mineral supplies but undermines policy coherence; ending free trade opens Global South opportunities but reinforces subordination phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...

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Trumpian State Capitalism | Ilias Alami & Thea Riofrancos

Critical minerals security and US economic interventionism

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@thedigradio.bsky.social’s nusantara, much like thawra before it (and at a tangent, also seen in more well known version in Haymarket’s Fragile Juggernaut for eg) show that a global history of the 20th C is also a history of how nationalism was marshalled to violently quash communism

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Matt McIntosh @mmcntsh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

@danieldenvir.bsky.social asked @abdulelsayed.bsky.social to discuss the type of masculinity he models on The Dig a few weeks ago and Abdul gave a phenomenal, material answer, highly recommend folks go listen.

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Trump has embraced "state capitalism." Critical minerals are the laboratory. @iliasalami.bsky.social and I analyze its contours & contradictions--and implications for Global South sovereignty & development, and progressive politics @phenomenalworld.bsky.social phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

University administrators at TU-Berlin have forced socialist student organizers to cancel a number of sessions for this weekend’s conference under pressure from the fascist AFD. Our panel is still on and so is The Dig social afterwards: come out and show your solidarity with anti-student organizers

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Berlin: come through this Friday to see me and @triofrancos.bsky.social! Dig social after the talk.

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 10/06/2026

It's America's 250th birthday—so we made a list of 250 books on why that's nothing to celebrate. bookshop.org/lists/250-bo...

Covers of dozens of books exploring America's long legacy of racism, genocide, imperialism, and dispossession.

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Austria and Germany people: I’ll be on the road with Thea for the next week. Hope to see you soon!

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Best ep of this series so far!!

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Ep four of Nusantara @thedigradio.bsky.social series on history of Indonesia: from 1949 independence into 50s as Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) revived into mass force and Sukarno took on vanguard of Third World revolution hosting Bandung Afro–Asian Conference www.thedigradio.com/podcast/nusa...

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Nusantara Ep. 4 – Indonesian Republic, Third World Revolution

The fourth episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shaped the trajectory of global history. This installment picks...

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