On this episode of the Jacobin Show David breaks down the growing momentum of organized labor, including the UAW’s breakthrough efforts in the South, and what it signals for the future of worker power in historically anti-union regions. We discuss why this moment matters, what made it possible, and what comes next for the broader labor movement.

Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley joins us to discuss the recent ICE activity in her city, how communities responded, and what lessons democratic socialists in other cities can take from Minneapolis.

Plus, Chip Gibbons on surveillance, blowback, and journalism under fire.

Read Chip Gibbons’s pieces:

https://jacobin.com/2026/01/harp-venezuela-free-speech-journalism

https://jacobin.com/2025/12/cia-blowback-afghanistan-terrorism-mujahideen

Check out David’s book The Myth of Red Texas: https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-myth-of-red-texas/

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This is the audio version of a live broadcast from February 6, 2026. Catch the Jacobin Show on YouTube every Friday at 10 AM ET: https://www.youtube.com/@JacobinMag

At Davos, Canadian PM Mark Carney gave a speech criticizing the “rules-based international order.” It isn’t the kind of speech one would expect from a leader like Carney, and the speech has received much adulation. But what is Carney really advocating here?

We are joined by Jacobin columnist Luke Savage to break down what this pivot means and what it doesn’t. We also open with a lesson from the great Marxist political theorist Leo Panitch.

Read Luke’s piece here: https://jacobin.com/2026/01/carney-davos-speech-international-multipolarity

Keep up with Luke’s work via his Substack: https://www.lukewsavage.com/

And listen to Luke’s podcast Michael and Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-and-us/id1120756155

You can pick up David’s debut book The Myth of Red Texas: https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-myth-of-red-texas/

Watch the whole Leo Panitch lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-SSslU4wgc

Get four print issues of Jacobin for just $10, or yearlong digital access for $5, by using the code JACOBINSHOW25: https://jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINSHOW25

This is the audio version of a live broadcast from January 30, 2026. Catch the Jacobin Show on YouTube every Friday at 10 AM ET: https://www.youtube.com/@JacobinMag