Globalization May Be Dying, but Empire Is Alive

This week on the Jacobin Show, we discuss Jacobin's latest issue, The New Empire, with two contributors.

Features editor and host of Long Reads Daniel Finn joins us to discuss globalization, imperialism, and left internationalism.

Read “Their Internationalism and Ours”: https://jacobin.com/2026/09/their-internationalism-and-ours

Virgilio Urbina Lazardi joins us to discuss his critique of Thomas Piketty’s proposals for global redistribution.

Read “Thomas Piketty’s Utopian Socialism”: https://jacobin.com/2026/09/thomas-pikettys-utopian-socialism

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

This is the audio version of a video from October 16, 2026. Catch the Jacobin Show on YouTube every Friday at 3 PM ET: https://www.youtube.com/@JacobinMag