About this episode

Geoff Simpson discusses the Justice Democrats' 2026 slate of candidates and the implications of AIPAC and Big Tech money in politics.

Featuring Geoff Simpson on Justice Democrats’ massive 2026 slate of insurgent House candidates taking on AIPAC/Big Tech money. Also: the history of post-Bernie 2016 primary challenges, the Israel lobby’s legitimacy crisis, radicalizing liberals, and the role of electoral politics in the larger left project. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Dig party in London with Equator magazine on March 13. Info and RSVP here eventbrite.com/e/the-dig-x-equator-party-tickets-1982694479561? Subscribe to Heat the Ground Up from Haymarket Originals tinyurl.com/heatthegroundup Find Leave if You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds at UCPress.edu

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Denvir

Guest: Geoff Simpson

Topics covered

• 2026 House candidates
• AIPAC
• Big Tech money
• post-Bernie primary challenges
• Israel lobby
• electoral politics
• radicalizing liberals

Keywords

• Justice Democrats
• AIPAC
• Big Tech
• primary challenges
• Israel lobby
• electoral politics
• radicalizing liberals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Justice Democrats, AIPAC, Big Tech, Equator magazine, Haymarket Originals

Books & works: Leave if You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds

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