Episodes
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
/228/ Three Articles: Popular Backlash in Chile, India, Europe
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
On people power on three continents.
We discuss Chile's landmark elections, the first after the uprising of 2019-20, which see a face-off between left and far-right; Modi's repeal of controversial laws that provoked a huge mobilisation of farmers in India last year; and protests and riots against new lockdowns and vaccine mandates across Europe.
Articles:
- Has the Backlash to Progressivism Come to Chile?, Lili Loofbourow, Slate
- In Rare Show of Weakness, Modi Bows to India’s Farmers, Various, NYT
- Violence in Belgium and Netherlands as Covid protests erupt across Europe, Jon Henley, The Guardian
Other relevant episodes
- /93/ Hot Chile and Other Neoliberal Failures ft. Pablo Pryluka
- /198/ Universal India ft. Achin Vanaik
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Excerpt: /227/ Reading Club: All That Is Solid
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Excerpt: /226/ Science Says: No Woke
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
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Full report (pdf)
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
/225/ Wokeistan & Lebanonworld ft. Karl Sharro
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
On sectarianism & identitarianism.
Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) is back on Bunga to talk to us about his essay "The Retreat from Universalism in the Middle East and the World".
Lebanon has been used as a model for other Middle Eastern countries, even though its confessional system is a disaster. But Lebanese-style sectarianism isn't a form of 'feudal' backwardness – in fact it represents a precursor of the multicultural and identitarian politics in the West.
Who are the enemies of universalism today, East and West? And what sort of political projects are capable of rejuvenating secular universalism?
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Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Excerpt: /224/ Three Articles: Labour Revolts?
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
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Wages are surging across the rich world, The Economist
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The Revolt of the American Worker, Paul Krugman, NYT
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US Workers Are in a Militant Mood, Alex N. Press, Jacobin
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Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
/222/ Nukes 4 Kids ft. Emmet Penney, pt. 1
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
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Nuclear Barbarian - pro-nuclear podcast & newsletter
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ex.haust - Emmet's other, co-hosted pod
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Undeveloping America, Emmet Penney, The American Conservative
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Political Life in the Lottery of Babylon, Emmet Penney, The American Conservative
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How we happened to sell off our electricity, James Meek, LRB
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A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations, Robert Bryce, Public Affairs (book)