Episodes
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
/86/ Monsters of the Interregnum ft. Rune Stahl
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Why hasn't neoliberalism died? We talk to Rune Møller Stahl about his paper "Ruling the Interregnum" in which he examines previous interregnums, such as the 1920s or the 1970s, and the forces that led to the establishment of new orders. What points the way forward today: resilient neoliberalism, economic nationalism or left populism?
Reading:
Ruling the Interregnum: Politics and Ideology in Nonhegemonic Times, Rune Møller Stahl
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Excerpt: /85/ Reading Club No.1
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
In our first Reading Club, we discuss Nancy Fraser's The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born (Verso, 2019) and take readers questions and contributions.
Readings:
- The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born, Verso
- From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump—and Beyond, American Affairs
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Thursday Aug 15, 2019
/84/ How To Fail Better ft. Adam Proctor
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Scenario-planning for Bernie: what is success, what is productive failure? We attempt to "dream realistically" with Adam Proctor (Dead Pundits Society): how far can this wave of 'democratic socialism' go? Bernie will fail - he won't bring in socialism, so how do we make that failure something to build on? How do we avoid the risk of demoralisation? And most dangerous of all, how to not interpret failure as success?
Plus bonus stuff on Syriza, Brexit and talking in platitudes.
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Excerpt: /83/ Now It's Syrizous
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
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Greece’s Long Road Ahead, Costas Lapavitsas, Jacobin
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Defeat and decomposition, Panagiotis Sotiris, Historical Materialism
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Syriza’s rise and fall, Stathis Kouvelakis, NLR
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New Democracy Against Democracy, Various (incl. Leo Panitch), Jacobin
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The Radical Left: The Time for its Re-founding, Costas Lapavitsas & Stathis Kouvelakis, Verso blog
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Book Review: The Populist Radical Left in Europe, Anton Jäger, LSE blog
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Thursday Aug 01, 2019
/82/ Socialist Trumplandia ft. Eric Blanc
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
2018 saw a strike wave in the US, as anger was given material form. We talk to Eric Blanc about his book on the wave of teachers' strikes in otherwise 'conservative' states. How can this experience be broadened out to other sectors? Is education a site for future struggle? And what is the role of public opinion in trade union victories? We also try to recover some lost radical history of West Virginia and Oklahoma.
Readings:
- Red State Revolt, Eric Blanc
- America's new redneck rebellion, Edward Luce, FT