Gross Tory leadership candidates; Italy wants to jail people for rescuing migrants; Mike Pompeo's secret threat to Corbyn

In episode 6 of Podaganda, journalists Ben Cowles and Steve Sweeney are joined by their Morning Star comrade Ceren Sagir to discuss:

 

The Tory leadership candidates (5:10) The German sea-captain Pia Klemp who faces 20 years in an Italian jail for rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean (32:55) Mike Pompeo’s leaked threat to Jeremy Corbyn (43:00) ??? (54:27)

 

Brace yourself for profoundly left-wing views and plenty of bad language

 

Show notes

 

Follow the Sudanese Translators for Change on Twitter via @SudaneseTc.

 

Steve, Ben and the rest of the Morning Star crew's coverage of Sudan can be found here: bit.ly/2wIwMMR

 

Read Ceren Sagir’s rouge gallery of the Tory Party leadership candidates: bit.ly/2INLBDH

 

German sea captain Pia Klemp faces 20 years in jail for migrant rescue efforts: bit.ly/2XesTOG

 

Read about the Spanish firefighter Migeul Roldan who also faces 20 years in an Italian jail for saving drowning migrants: bit.ly/2FcDvDm

 

Italy’s far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini has threatened to charge €5,500 (£4,800) per migrant to those who bring rescued migrants onto Italy’s shores. Check out this Star editorial on it: bit.ly/2ZrCzCJ

 

Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states: “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” UDHR, unfortunately, is not legally binding but most governments would like to appear as if they uphold the articles in it. The human rights organisation Liberty explains the right to seek asylum in Britain here: bit.ly/2wVG4Fn  

 

Ben refers to the Dublin Agreement in this episode, which is actually called the Dublin III Regulation, when discussing how the EU deals with refugees. Open Migration explains the details of this here: bit.ly/31wsKp2  

 

Read about US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s leaked threat to Jeremy Corbyn: bit.ly/2ZrE6Zv  

 

You can listen to Ben’s 2018 interview with Jewish Voice for Labour’s Mike Cushman here: bit.ly/2KmFnxJ

 

Labour’s Derby North MP Chris Williamson’s video on the Integrity Initiative can be watched here: bit.ly/31C96YH