Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber
A show about socialist theory and strategy.

The US Started the Cold War

How the US used anti-communism to spread capitalism across the globe.

The Cold War is often portrayed as a great power struggle between the forces of democracy and a spreading communist threat. But what if the conventional story gets it exactly backwards?

In this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek discuss the rise of the American empire and how the US used the Cold War to spread capitalism across the globe.

Are We Still in Neoliberalism?

On the historic origins of neoliberalism and the prospects for deglobalization.

How the Democrats Abandoned Workers

Neal Meyer explains how the Democratic Party paved the way for today’s political crisis.

The True History of the Vietnam War

Remembering the courageous struggles against an imperialist war.

The End of NATO?

European remilitarization and its consequences.

Can the Republican Party Survive Trump?

Paul Heideman joins to discuss the business coalitions behind Donald Trump.

Can Trump Bring Back Manufacturing?

The promises and limits of state-led industrial policy.

Don’t Cry for USAID

How the agency helps package US imperialism.

Who Benefits From Trump’s Tariffs?

How workers are not likely to gain from Trump’s trade policy.