Episodes
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Excerpt: /110/ Three Articles: De-democratising
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
In this latest Three Articles, we discuss American democracy and those who pretend to save it or undermine it.
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Readings:
- It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president, Julia Azari, WaPo
- Michael Bloomberg: Smirking Id Of America’s Elites, Matt Purple, The American Conservative
- Bernie Sanders Was Right to Talk About Wage Slavery. We Should Talk About It, Too., Alex Gourevitch, Jacobin
Monday Mar 18, 2019
/66/ An Economics for the Many ft. James Meadway
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
On 'Corbynomics'. We talk to James Meadway, former advisor to the UK's Shadow Chancellor, about what a Corbyn government could and should do. What is the scope for manoeuver of a Left Government in 2019? What does a British 'Green New Deal' look like? And we talk Brexit, because of course.
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Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
/43/ City Struggles ft. Ben Bradlow / David Adler
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
In which we ask why the urban question become so pointed today - in the Global North as well as in the South? We look at contestation in urban politics - in São Paulo, Johannesburg, London, New York, and beyond. What are the social movement struggles around housing, rent, transport, and the right to the city? What are the limits to housing & transport politics -- are they just consumer movements at the end of the day?
Guests:
- David Adler talks to us about rent in London and beyond.
- Ben Bradlow joins us to debate the big one: can municipal politics be sexy? And can city politics become national politics?
We conclude by returning to a recurring theme: is the Global North actually becoming more like the Global South?
Readings:
Ben Bradlow, Let Them Occupy: https://africasacountry.com/2018/02/let-them-occupy-housing-struggles-in-brazil-and-south-africa
David Adler, Generation Rent: https://jacobinmag.com/2016/04/big-short-housing-loans-renters-affordability
Review of Justin McGuirk's 'Radical Cities' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/11/radical-cities-latin-america-architecture-justin-mcguirk-review
Interview with Raquel Rolnik https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2792-the-complete-subjugation-of-urban-policy-an-interview-with-raquel-rolnik
Steve Graham on vertical cities https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2995-elite-takeovers-of-the-vertical-city
Cover image: 📷Claudio Edinger
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
/35/ (Dis)Arm the People? ft. Reid Kane
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
In which we delve into the gun control debate: are guns really essential for democracy? Plus, the 2018 UK university strike.
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
/31/ Woke Neoliberalism ft. James Heartfield
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
In which we debate the 'equal opportunities revolution': how race & gender has changed, in the workplace & beyond
Monday Jun 19, 2017
Episode 9: An Englishman's Castle: Housing and Protest
Monday Jun 19, 2017
Monday Jun 19, 2017
Episode Nine: In which we recoil at the horror of the Grenfell Tower Fire and think through its political consequences. Also housing & urban development in Brazil, plus a flashback to the Salad Revolt of June '13
Monday Jun 12, 2017
Episode 8: Worst Fuck/Marry/Kill Game Ever
Monday Jun 12, 2017
Monday Jun 12, 2017
Episode Eight: In which we talk about the generation gap, lying to pollsters, and hot centrists.