Episodes
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Excerpt: /94/ Reading Club 2: Anti-Politics
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
In our second Reading Club, we discuss Eliane Glaser's Anti-Politics (Repeater, 2018) and take readers questions and contributions.
Readings:
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Thursday Oct 24, 2019
/93/ Hot Chile and Other Neoliberal Failures ft. Pablo Pryluka
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
On Argentina's elections and Chile & Ecuador's revolts.
Macri's election was heralded by the right across the continent as the end to a sequence of centre-left governments in South America. Now only four years later, he is likely to be thrown out of office by the return of 'Kirchnerismo'. Next door, the supposedly "stable and growing" Chile is in flames as protests and riots challenge the conservative Piñera administration and the country's deep inequality. This follows on the heels of weeks of mobilisations in Ecuador against the ending of a fuel subsidy. What's going on and what does it all signify?
[Chile & Ecuador discussion starts at 46mins]
Readings:
- The Day After Macri’s Downfall, Martín Mosquera, Jacobin
- Lenín Moreno Has Betrayed Ecuador. Now the Country Is in Revolt, Guillaume Long, Jacobin
- Did Chile ditch its authoritarian government 26 years ago? Not quite., Jennifer Prible, WaPo
- If Piñera wants to wage war in Chile he should fight the real enemy: inequality, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Guardian
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Excerpt: /92/ Three Articles
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
- Impeachment is regime suicide, Daniel McCarthy, Spectator USA
- Centrist-child syndrome, Shuja Haider, The Outline
- The US is now betraying the Kurds for the eight time, Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
Friday Oct 11, 2019
/91/ Exhaustion Revealing ft. Leigh Phillips
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
On environmental protest politics. Extinction Rebellion and the Climate Strike have brought eco protest back to the front pages. But it all seems a bit of a flashback to the 2000s. We examine the protests' alarmism and post-political positioning. After inequality and class have been put on the agenda again, do these protests represent a step back? We also ask what might be done about climate change if we don't go along with these groups' interpretations and demands.
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Excerpt: /90/ Work, Bitch ft. Amber A'Lee Frost
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019