Episodes
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
/89/ On the Lam: Hong Kong Rebels ft. Toby Carroll
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
On the Hong Kong rebellion. Four months of protests is forcing a confrontation with the Hong Kong authorities and the Chinese state. The demands are for civil liberties and some more democracy - but what are the social conditions underlying the protests? How important is colonial nostalgia and Hong Konger chauvinism? How is this playing with mainland Chinese - and what will be the CCP's response?
Reading:
- Hong Kong is one of the most unequal cities in the world. So why aren’t the protesters angry at the rich and powerful?, Toby Carroll, The Conversation
- Four Points on the Hong Kong Protests, Kevin Lin, Jacobin
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Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Excerpt: /88/ Vouchers for Toxicity ft. Anton Jäger
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
On post-work. We discuss Anton's review of David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs and why it seems to have such appeal, even amongst elites. There is a crisis in the work ethic, but is it an error to counterpose work and leisure and simply opt for leisure? Is leisure even 'ours' anymore, or has it been fully colonised by capitalism? Ultimately, is the problem today more about bullshit in jobs, rather than bullshit jobs per se?
Readings:
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Thursday Sep 12, 2019
/83/ Now It’s Syrizous [UNLOCKED]
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Thursday Sep 12, 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 Sep 05, 2019
Excerpt: /87/ Berluscoming
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019