Episodes
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Excerpt: /183/ Acid Bunga Bunga ft. Mike Watson
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
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(00:04:15) - Interview with Mike Watson
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(01:02:00) - 'Afterparty' discussion on what a counter-culture might look like today
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Can the Left Learn to Meme? , Mike Watson, Zero Books
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The Acid Left, YouTube channel
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin (pdf)
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Excerpt: /182/ Three Articles: Sporno-Vaxxo-Techno-Populism
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
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The rise of the technopopulists, Chris Bickerton, New Statesman (pdf attached)
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Accelerating Decay, Wolfgang Streeck, Sidecar - NRL blog
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Everyone is beautiful and no one is horny, RS Benedict, BloodKnife
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
/181/ Juche in North Britain? ft. Cat Boyd & David Jamieson
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
On the socialist case for Scottish independence.
David Jamieson and Cat Boyd, writers and hosts of Conter, the Scottish anti-capitalist website and podcast, join us to to talk about the prospects for Scottish independence in advance of the Scottish parliamentary elections in May. Would an independent Scotland within the EU be a contradiction in term? How would an independent Scotland fare - and what would it mean for the "national question" across Europe? And what's up with the factional strife among Scottish nationalists?
Readings:
- Contercast, podcast hosted by Cat & David
- Independence Beyond Salmond and Sturgeon, David Jamieson, Conter
- The Origins of Scottish Nationhood, Neil Davidson, Pluto Press
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
/180/ Bunga Bunga (but Gay) ft. Mark Simpson & River Page
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
On gay liberation and sexual politics.
After big advances over the past decades, we can now ask, did the gays win? And if so, so what? Mark Simpson in the UK and River Page in Florida join us to discuss whether something was lost in that victory.
We ponder whether gay politics was the original identity politics and what happens when a narrow focus on equality triumphs over liberation. Do sexual liberation politics have any future? Plus: how Blairism was the biggest drag act of all.
Readings:
- Anti-Gay, Mark Simpson (Bloomsbury, 1996)
- Being Gay in the Thirties (Gay Life), documentary mentioned by Mark
- Trading in the Past: Queer London, Mark Simpson
- The Standpoint Bureaucracy, River Page, TwinkRev
- The Woke Resurrection of a Gay Sex Panic, River Page, TwinkRev
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Excerpt: /179/ The Hobbyist Left ft. David Swift
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Readings:
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A Left For Itself, David Swift, Zer0 Books
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How the Left lost all purpose, James Bloodworth, Unherd
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How not to be a white anti-racist, David Swift, Unherd
Monday Mar 01, 2021
/173/ Reading Club: Left Case for Brexit (UNLOCKED)
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
We've exceptionally unlocked one of our recent Reading Clubs. For access to all the monthly Reading Clubs - as well as our ~2 patreon episodes a month - subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast for $10.
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On Richard Tuck's The Left Case for Brexit, a book composed of essays written throughout the Brexit process, providing a diary of Brexit of sorts, as well as political and historical arguments around sovereignty.
We also take the opportunity to debate its global implications - what are the possibilities for popular sovereignty in a globalised world?
On the final deal and its implications, see: The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Minimum Brexit