Bhaskar Sunkara: Politics under Trump and the prospects for socialism || NSW: Waterloo Housing occupation || Say no to AI Data Centers Community Protest

Bhaskar Sunkara: Politics under Trump and the prospects for socialism || NSW: Waterloo Housing occupation || Say no to AI Data Centers Community Protest

June 4, 2026

About this episode

The episode features discussions on socialism, housing rights, and protests against AI data centers, including interviews with key activists and analysts.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.NewsreportsHeadline news responding to criticism of ABC Host Charlie Pickering for interview with far right provocateur Avi Yemeni and Anti-abortion MPs collaborate to remove hard-won reproductive rights.Interviews and DiscussionsInterview with Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin magazine, author of The Socialist Manifesto (2019) and President of American progressive journal The Nation about the United States under the Trump administration and prospects for building socialist politics. You can listen to the individual interview here.Karyn Brown, resident at the Waterloo public housing estates and a activist with Action for Public Housing in Gadigal/Sydney about the ongoing occupation of the Waterloo estates against the demolition by the State Labor government. You can listen to the individual interview here.Jake Delphin, educator and political activist based in Melbourne who is part of organising the "Who Controls our Data" rally, a upcoming protest raising concerns about the proposed expansion…

People in this episode

Guests: Bhaskar Sunkara, Karyn Brown, Jake Delphin

Topics covered

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jacobin, The Nation, Action for Public Housing

Places: Australia, Waterloo, Melbourne, United States

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