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Politics Theory Other // After Super Tuesday w/ Jodi Dean & Adom Getachew
March 05, 2020 16:34 - 38 MBJodi Dean and Adom Getachew join me to chat about Super Tuesday, whether the left underestimated Joe Biden and the implications of Biden's comeback for Bernie Sanders' campaign.
Politics Theory Other // Where now for the UK left? w/ Leo Panitch
February 26, 2020 11:03 - 29.4 MBLeo Panitch joins me to chat about the causes of Labour's defeat in the 2019 general election, the weaknesses of the labour movement beyond the party, and whether a Keir Starmer victory in the Labour leadership contest would portend a march back to the so-called political centre.
Politics Theory Other // Being a trade unionist w/ Len McCluskey
February 11, 2020 12:54 - 38.7 MBLen McCluskey joins me to talk about his new book, Why You Should Be A Trade Unionist. We spoke about his own experience of becoming involved in the labour movement, what the unions could be doing to combat the conservative press, and we also talked about the Labour leadership contest and Len's position on freedom of movement.
Politics Theory Other // Narendra Modi and Hindu nationalism w/ Achin Vanaik
February 04, 2020 10:44 - 35.2 MBAchin Vanaik joins me to discuss Hindu nationalism in India, the BJP's anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act, the lockdown in Kashmir, and India's economic slowdown.
Politics Theory Other // Popular culture and the middle class takeover w/ Rhian Jones
January 21, 2020 09:00 - 18.8 MBRhian Jones joins me to discuss her article inTribune Magazine, An Enterprise Allowance of the Left which looks at the disappearance of working class voices from the arts and how the left might rebuild working class culture. We talked about how Britpop positioned working class people as uneducated and hostile to musical experimentation, the creation of institutions of cultural production and care by working class communities in the early and mid-twentieth century, and finally we chatted abou...
Politics Theory Other // Hostile Environment w/ Maya Goodfellow
January 15, 2020 10:00 - 36.5 MBMaya Goodfellow joins me to discuss her new book, Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats. We talked about the historical roots of the hostile environment policy, the punitive, cruel and deliberately confusing character of Britain's immigration system, how viewing migrants as 'economic assets' feeds into anti-migrant politics, and we also chatted about how New Labour's policies on migration and asylum laid some of the basis for the Conservative's migration policies.
Politics Theory Other // The Middle East after Suleimani w/ Paul Rogers
January 07, 2020 12:03 - 24.7 MBInternational security expert Paul Rogers joins me to discuss why the United States carried out the assassination of Qassem Suleimani and whether the attack will spark a broader regional war. We also discussed the historical roots of Iran's defence doctrine of hybrid, asymmetric warfare, and why Britain would be very likely to assist the American military in any large scale military confrontation.
Politics Theory Other // Where now for Labour and the left? w/ Richard Seymour
January 05, 2020 11:02 - 48.8 MBRichard Seymour joins me to discuss the reasons for Labour's electoral defeat and why the left overestimated Labour's chances. We also chatted what we can expect from Boris Johnson's government and the broader issue of 'disaster nationalism'. Finally, we spoke about the likely outcome of the Labour leadership race.
Politics Theory Other // The Clamour of Nationalism w/ Sivamohan Valluvan
December 19, 2019 12:58 - 36.9 MBSivamohan Valluvan joins me to discuss his new book, The Clamour of Nationalism, Race and Nation in Twenty-first-century Britain. We spoke about why the current era is better characterised as a reactionary nationalist one, rather than as a populist moment, and we spoke about the flirtation of parts of the European left with an anti-migrant politics. We also spoke about the differences and affinities between neoliberalism and conservatism and why we may be witnessing a disarticulation of thos...
Politics Theory Other // GE2019 and the sharp end of British foreign policy w/ David Wearing
December 09, 2019 21:18 - 35.1 MBDavid Wearing joins me to discuss the defence, security and international trade policies of Labour and the Conservatives and why the election result is a matter of life and death for many people beyond Britain's borders.
Politics Theory Other // High stakes - GE2019 and the climate emergency w/ Adrienne Buller
December 05, 2019 11:57 - 31 MBAdrienne Buller joins me to discuss the climate emergency and the general election. We spoke about the policy platforms of the parties, the recent Channel 4 climate change debate and what it tells us about public discourse around climate, and finally we chatted about whether the 'Green Industrial Revolution' is the right framing for mobilising around the climate crisis.
Politics Theory Other // Election Special: Polls, manifestos, and the battle for the north w/ James Meadway
November 28, 2019 21:22 - 29.1 MBJames Meadway joins me to discuss whether the Conservative manifesto and its limited spending promises will prevent the Tories taking Labour seats in the Midlands, the north of England and Wales. We also spoke about the usefulness of opinion polling, why the Liberal Democrats are once again failing to disrupt the two-party duopoly, and the role of the media in the election and whether the UK is becoming a 'Managed Democracy'.
Politics Theory Other // Boris Johnson - the great campaigner? w/ Will Davies
November 18, 2019 15:06 - 45.2 MBWill Davies joins me to discuss conservative's response to Labour's policy on free full-fibre broadband, whether Boris Johnson really is the great campaigner his admirers claim he is, and we also discussed Labour's messaging around taking on billionaires.
Politics Theory Other// The general election and the digital war w/ Paolo Gerbaudo
November 13, 2019 13:28 - 32.8 MBPaulo Gerbaudo joins me to discuss online campaigning, the recent cyber attack on Labour's campaigning platforms, the contrasting effectiveness of the Labour and Tory digital campaigns in 2017, and we also chatted about whether social media platforms have an inherent right-wing bias.
Politics Theory Other // Hong Kong, China, and the nationalist moment w/ Jake Werner
November 10, 2019 12:45 - 34.6 MBJake Werner joins me to discuss the ideological makeup of the Hong Kong protest movement, the material and cultural grievances that gave rise to the movement, the increasing nationalism of the Chinese ruling elite, how Chinese economic development can be characterised as "cheating at a rigged game" and finally we discussed the increasing likelihood of armed conflict between China, the US and US regional allies.
Politics Theory Other // Momentum's plan to win the general election w/ Emma Rees
November 07, 2019 22:59 - 28.9 MBMomentum co-founder Emma Rees joins me to discuss Momentum's Plan to Win the general election and the inspiration for Momentum's 'distributed Organising' model. You can read the plan here: plantowin.peoplesmomentum.com/
Politics Theory Other // Can Labour win? w/ Eleanor Penny
October 31, 2019 10:57 - 23.9 MBEleanor Penny joins me to reflect on the coming General election campaign. We talked about whether this will be the Brexit election we were promised in 2017, why Labour is behind in the polls, and what to expect from the Liberal Democrats.
Politics Theory Other // Teaching empire and migration w/ Kimberley McIntosh
October 25, 2019 10:07 - 28.6 MBEarlier this month, and to coincide with Black History Month Jeremy Corbyn called for schoolchildren to be taught about the British Empire and the history and legacy of colonialism. To discuss the teaching of empire and migration in UK schools I spoke to Kimberley McIntosh, co-author of the report, 'Teaching Migration, Belonging, and Empire in Secondary Schools', published by the Runnymede Trust.
Politics Theory Other // Acid Communism w/ Jeremy Gilbert
October 18, 2019 16:04 - 46 MBJeremy Gilbert joins me to discuss the concepts of Acid Communism and Acid Corbynism and why transforming human subjectivity through practices of collective joy derived from the 1960s counterculture is so important to building a successful left project.
Politics Theory Other // Land for the Many w/ Beth Stratford
October 10, 2019 17:19 - 33.2 MBBeth Stratford joins me to discuss the crisis of UK land ownership and housing and the solutions outlined in the Land for the Many report, co-written by Beth. We also discussed the tabloid media's hysterical reaction to the report. You can read the full report here: Sound: J.A. Pinto
Politics Theory Other // Double government and the neoliberal world w/ Quinn Slobodian
September 30, 2019 18:18 - 43.3 MBQuinn Slobodian joins me to talk about neoliberalism as a project of institutional design, the significance of the Hapsburg Empire to the neoliberal concept of double government that came to be instantiated in such institutions as the WTO, the IMF, and the EU, and we also talked about whether capital's solution to the collapse in consent for neoliberal governmentality could be something even worse.
Politics Theory Other // Racism and the global war on drugs w/ Kojo Koram
September 20, 2019 14:22 - 24.5 MBKojo Koram joins me to discuss the history of the war on drugs, the role of drug prohibition in the production of racism after the end of formal imperialism, the central role of the United States in the emergence of the global war on drugs, and the possibility of the Boris Johnson government returning to a more punitive approach to drug prohibition. Our conversation was prompted by the new book The War on Drugs and the Global Colour Line which was edited by Kojo and is out now from Pluto Pr...
Politics Theory Other // Has Labour Lost the North? w/ Alex Niven
September 10, 2019 10:46 - 23.1 MBAlex Niven joins me to talk about the erosion of support for the Labour Party in the north of England, the causes of that decline and how the Labour Party and the broader left might seek to reverse it. Our conversation was prompted by his recent article in Tribune. Sound by @japinto
Politics Theory Other // (Pro)rogue nation w/ James Meadway
August 31, 2019 12:56 - 34.1 MBJames Meadway, former economics advisor to John McDonnell joins me to discuss whether the Johnson government's move to prorogue parliament is really part of a strategy to achieve no deal, why the opposition to the government needs to move from parliamentary tactics and judicial reviews to mass protest and direct action, and we also discussed the likely consequences of a No Deal Brexit, and why it is that capital has been unable to exert authority over the Conservative Party.
Politics Theory Other // Chelsea Manning and outsider truth-telling w/ Lida Maxwell
August 29, 2019 08:55 - 39.6 MBLida Maxwell joins me to discuss her new book, Insurgent Truth: Chelsea Manning and the Politics of Outsider Truth-Telling. We discussed the contrasting nature of the disclosures of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden and the way Manning's leaks placed her outside the lineage of respectable whistleblowing. We also talked about the relationship between Manning's gender identity and how her experience of living under Don't Ask Don't Tell in the US military informed her broader critique of Ameri...
Politics Theory Other // The nightmare of social media w/ Richard Seymour
August 21, 2019 08:00 - 38.7 MBRichard Seymour joins me to discuss his new book, The Twittering Machine. The title is taken from Paul Klee's 1922 painting in which the the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Richard argues in the book that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with so-called social media. We spoke about the nature of social media addiction, the way in which the platforms incite users into performing unpaid labour, and how we might conceive o...
Politics Theory Other // The question of fascism w/ Natasha Lennard
August 14, 2019 09:07 - 38.9 MBNatasha Lennard joins me to discuss her book, 'Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life'. We spoke about whether or not Donald Trump and the movement that has coalesced around him ought to be characterised as fascist, we also talked about the contributions of Wilhelm Reich, Michel Foucault, and other figures in the anti-psychiatry movement to theorising fascism. We discussed the legitimacy and history of anti-fascist violence and its treatment by the media, and finally we spoke about Natas...
Politics Theory Other // Conservatism's last hurrah? w/ Andy Beckett
July 23, 2019 13:10 - 34.4 MBAndy Beckett joins me to explain why he believes, despite being in power on both sides of the Atlantic, conservatism is in decline and how conservative ideology is proving itself unable to adjust to the challenges of the 21st century. We also discussed why it is that new social and economic thinking seems to be concentrated on the Corbynite left.
Politics Theory Other // Neoliberalism with Chinese characteristics w/ Christopher Connery
July 15, 2019 08:00 - 32.9 MBChristopher Connery joins me to talk about the nature of the Chinese economy following the initiation of market reforms from the late 1970s, the compatibility between authoritarianism and neoliberalism, and we also discussed the legacy of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The interview was prompted by Christopher's excellent article on neoliberalism in China which you can find in the Jan-Feb issue of the New Left Review:https://newleftreview.org/issues/II115/articles/christopher-connery-ronald-...
Politics Theory Other // Austerity and the demonization of disabled people w/ Frances Ryan
June 28, 2019 11:58 - 24.3 MBFrances Ryan joins me to discuss her new book, Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People. We spoke about the impact of austerity on people living with disability, the way in which New Labour's support for means testing and conditionality paved the way for the coalition government's welfare cuts and we also talked about the current situation of disability rights activism.
Politics Theory Other // Ralph Miliband and The State in Capitalist Society w/ Leo Panitch
June 18, 2019 12:38 - 31.3 MBLeo Panitch joins me to discuss his recent article in Tribune Magazine on Ralph Miliband's classic work, The State in Capitalist Society. We discuss Miliband's theory of the state, his criticism of liberal pluralist accounts of the industrialised democracies, his debates with Nicos Poulantzas, and the relevance of his work to the Corbyn project. You can read Leo's article here.
Politics Theory Other // The Thatcherite Offensive w/ Alexander Gallas
June 06, 2019 09:51 - 32.3 MBAlexander Gallas, author of The Thatcherite Offensive: A Neo-Poulantzasian Analysis joins me to discussed the degree of popular support for the political and economic project of the Thatcher government, the debates between Stuart Hall and Bob Jessop on the nature of Thatcherite hegemony, and we also chatted about the way in which the New Labour era can be seen as a consolidation of Thatcherite neoliberalism.
Politics Theory Other // Extinction Rebellion w/ Roger Hallam
May 29, 2019 11:32 - 36.1 MBExtinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam joins me to discuss the organisational model of XR and his booklet on the strategy of movement - Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse. We also discussed the criticism XR has come in for regarding its tactics of mass arrest and a perceived failure to properly engage with people and communities of colour.
Politics Theory Other // Preparing for a Corbyn Government w/ Christine Berry
May 16, 2019 11:14 - 36.1 MBChristine Berry discusses People Get Ready: Preparing for a Corbyn Government a new book authored by Christine together with Joe Guinan. We discussed the likely backlash a Corbyn government would face from the business class and transnational finance and what strategies the Labour movement can adopt to defeat its opponents. We also chatted about the possible lessons for the left from the Thatcher government's victory over the unions and the labour movement in the 1980s as well as Labour's p...
Politics Theory Other // Scott Walker w/ Owen Hatherley
May 03, 2019 13:04 - 30.9 MBTribune Culture Editor Owen Hatherley on the music and life of the late Scott Walker. We spoke about Walker's journey from teen heartthrob with the Walker Brothers, to the creator of some of the most challenging music in the history of pop. We discuss the big band, crooner tradition that Walker emerged from, the radical break in his work with 1978's Nite Flights and the political pessimism of his later records. To accompany the episode here is a playlist of Walker's work: https://open.spoti...
Politics Theory Other // Islamophobia w/ Hilary Aked
April 29, 2019 18:51 - 35 MBHilary Aked discusses Islamophobia and the European counter-jihad movement, its entwinement with state run counter extremism programmes, and its relationship with the traditional far right. Hilary is the co-author of a recent report on the topic from Spinwatch.org: http://powerbase.info/images/6/6c/Aked-Jones-Miller-Counterjihad_report-2019.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3AeljMjU0o8Vxv1qOtGks2YFTmjzkQ0srJAJgfAC7KeQs7YwOQ8Sm6tyASupport Politics Theory Other via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother...
Politics Theory Other // Love Thy Neighbour? w/ Dawn Foster
April 20, 2019 13:55 - 37.9 MBDawn Foster discusses her article in the second relaunched issue of Tribune, the relationship between Marxism and religion, how secular and religious leftists can work together in the fight against poverty, and the legacy of so-called 'new atheism.'Support Politics Theory Other via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother // Follow the show on Twitter and Facebook: @poltheoryother