On April 16th, I interviewed Chris Williamson, former Labour MP for Derby North and City Council Leader, about the report "The work of the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism, 2014-2019," its significance in general and for the Labour Party.

I also asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and anti-war voices.

Phil Miller. Declassified UK. Labour Party officials secretly blacklisted Britain’s anti-war activists. April 15, 2020.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-…ar-activists/

Photo: Chris Williamson
Used with Mr. Williamson's Permission

Chris Williamson. Interview with The Canary. Slava Zilber

I have interviewed Alex Vitale. He is professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College as well as a visiting professor at London South Bank University. Moreover, he is the author of City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics and The End of Policing.   
http://www.alex-vitale.info/
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2817-the-end-of-policing

Image:  NYPD cruiser in New York City
August 1, 2010
By Giacomo Barbaro  
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/giabar/4941914624
Public Domain

Prof. Alex Vitale. The End of Policing

I interview William Perry, former Secretary of Defense, Stanford professor of international relations, co-host of the podcast At The Brink, and Tom Collina, Director of Policy at the Ploughshares Fund, previously Research Director of the Arms Control Association, about their book "The Button. The new nuclear arms race and presidential power from Truman to Trump."  

Recorded on June 5th, 2020

https://www.benbellabooks.com/shop/the-button/

https://www.wjperryproject.org/perry 
https://atthebrink.net/

https://ploughshares.org/about-us/staff/tom-z-collina
https://ploughshares.org/

Image: Cover of The Button
Used with Permission

"The Button." William Perry and Tom Collina on Their New Book

On June 2, I interviewed the independent journalist Sam Husseini.

husseini.posthaven.com/

Sam Husseini. Salon. Did this virus come from a lab? Maybe not — but it exposes the threat of a biowarfare arms race. April 24, 2020.
www.salon.com/2020/04/24/did-thi…warfare-arms-race/

Sam Husseini's Blog. Contrary to claims, the pandemic may have come from a lab — and regardless, it exposes the threat of biowarfare arms race
husseini.posthaven.com/

Richard Ebright. Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Rutgers University.
chem.rutgers.edu/people/faculty-b…-ebright-richard

Graeme MacQueen. The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy. 2014.
www.amazon.de/2001-Anthrax-Decep…racy/dp/0986073121

Jason Ryan. ABC News. Leahy: Others Involved in Anthrax Attacks. September 18, 2008.
abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5827600&page=1

The Lancet. Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19. February 19, 2020.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/…30418-9/fulltext

Along the Malecón. American scientist accused of spreading dengue fever in Cuba defends himself. December 20, 2009.
alongthemalecon.blogspot.com/2009/12/am…ading.html

Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG)
www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0004361/

GeneWatch UK
www.genewatch.org/

Image: ANSI Z535 - Warning Biohazard
Author: The Navigators
Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ANSI…_Biohazard.svg

Biowarfare. An Interview with Sam Husseini

On August 26th, I spoke to Ricardo Vaz of Venezuelanalysis about the restriction of Venezuelanalysis' account on Twitter and online censorship. 

https://venezuelanalysis.com/about

teleSUR English. Twitter Erupts After 2,000 Pro-Venezuelan Accounts Are Deleted. February 4, 2019.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/14294

Ben Norton. The Grayzone. Under US pressure, social media companies censor critical content and suspend Venezuelan, Iranian, and Syrian accounts. January 12th, 2020.
https://thegrayzone.com/2020/01/12/us-pressure-social-media-censoring-suspending-venezuela-iran-syria/

Vanessa Neumann's post
https://twitter.com/Asymmetrica_/status/1279734142167592960

Gustavo Tarre's letter is attached. 
https://www.patreon.com/posts/41020916

So far, Twitter has not responded.
https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1299407154626125825

Photo: Ricardo Vaz
Used with Permission

Venezuelanalysis. An Interview with Ricardo Vaz

Bhaskar Sunkara. The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality. 2019.
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2939-the-socialist-manifesto

Max Blumenthal, Ben Norton. The Grayzone. DSA/Jacobin/Haymarket-sponsored ‘Socialism’ conference features US gov-funded regime-change activists. July 6, 2019. 
https://thegrayzone.com/2019/07/06/dsa-jacobin-iso-socialism-conference-us-funded-regime-change/

Recorded on August 6th, 2020

Structure

0.27: What is the case for radical politics? What measures do you have in mind? 

2.00: I ask about the common association of socialism with the Soviet Union. 

Don't people take better care of their own property than of public property? 

5.47: Lessons from the outcome of Sen. Sanders' campaign 

7.12: Is building "a long-term opposition movement in the name of egalitarian democratic socialist politics" realistic? Bhaskar's reaction to the victories of Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush

9.16: Massive income redistribution to the wealthy during the pandemic. How to respond?

12.35: Possibility of a new party in the US (example of Evo Morales' Movement Towards Socialism)

14.58: Why has Bhaskar used Sweden, but not Venezuela under Chavez or Bolivia under Morales as examples of socialism in the first chapter of his book?

22.20: Jacobin's approach to criticizing left-wing governments, for example, in Bolivia and Venezuela

29.45: Jacobin co-organizing a conference that included speakers funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (based on an article by Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton)
https://thegrayzone.com/2019/07/06/dsa-jacobin-iso-socialism-conference-us-funded-regime-change/

36.50-41.00: The danger of being co-opted. The example of the CIA-asset Gloria Steinem.    

43.03: How does one make sure the protests in the US also address foreign policy? Attempts to co-opt the protests

47.00-51.55: Jacobin's relationship with the mainstream media  


Photo:  A debate during the Popvenstre festival in Oslo 27.08.16.  
Author:  Christopher Neumann Ruud 
Date: September 6, 2016   
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132060046@N04/32952176285/

My Interview with Bhaskar Sunkara

Alan MacLeod discusses the new guidance for UK schools.

Mattha Busby. The Guardian. Schools in England told not to use material from anti-capitalist groups. September 27, 2020.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/sep/27/uk-schools-told-not-to-use-anti-capitalist-material-in-teaching

Image: Boris Johnson’s Cabinet Meeting
Author: Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street 
Date: Februar 14, 2020 
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/49537118523/

Tory Education? Interview with Alan MacLeod

Dr. Tom Mills is lecturer in sociology at Aston University and the author of The BBC: Myth of a Public Service.
https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tom-mills
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3630-the-bbc

Image: Cover of the book "The BBC. Myth of a Public Service"
Used with the author's permission

The BBC. Interview with Tom Mills

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