150 years ago this week, workers and the poor of Paris seized control of the city and established a popular, elected municipal government: they took over great buildings, wiped out debts, instituted free education – and inspired countless radicals worldwide. The Commune lasted only 72 days before being drowned in blood. But each of those days was a political earthquake. James Butler is joined by Laura Forster, a historian of the Commune, to trace its aftershocks: from the lives of exiled radicals in Soho and Fitzrovia, to the British socialists who took up the story of the Commune – both as an inspiration and a warning – through to Lenin dancing in the snow and the red thread linking the Paris Commune with the London County Council. Delve deeper into the Paris Commune in our archives: James and Aaron discuss the political imaginary of the Commune with Kristin Ross.   https://novaramedia.com/?p=31920

Novara Media Podcast

#NovaraFM: After Storming Heaven

Writer and filmmaker Juliet Jacques (@zinovievletter) returns to the podcast after a year to pick up where we left off last time; is Sir Keith Rodney "Kier" Starmer QC the worst political leader of all time, or simply the worst human being? Produced by Sarah Sahim @hikikonormie.

Reel Politik

Episode 195 - All Keefed Out (ft. Juliet Jacques)

Historian David Broder on the right's multi-decade rise to power in Italian politics and his book "First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy" from Verso.

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2974-first-they-took-rome

1217: How the right took Italy / David Broder

Since 1843, The Economist has been the single most devoted and influential champion of liberalism anywhere in the world. But what exactly is liberalism, and what does the output of the Economist tell us about it? 

To discuss this, Aaron Bastani spoke to Alexander Zevin, author of Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist.

Novara Media

The World According to the Economist w/ Alexander Zevin

Labour members aren't the problem.

https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/labour-members-arent-problem/

BONUS RP - Solidarity with New Socialist

There is no more fundamental form of work than work that provides us with food. Yet most of us have only a vague sense of the round-the-clock work done to put food on our plates – which some workers say is like 'sacrificing your life' to feed the rest of society. Can that last? 

As part of Novara Media's Future of Work focus, Sophie Hemery and Craig Gent have been out talking to workers throughout the food supply chain, from dairy farmers to wholesale traders and grocers. They join James Butler in the studio. This work is supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (London Office). 

Our special thanks to Matt Huxley for his production work, and to 65daysofstatic for their music. 
https://novaramedia.com/?p=25885

Work All Day, Work All Night: 'Sacrificing Your Life' for the Food Supply Chain

In 2017 Labour, under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, achieved 40% of the vote in a general election – increasing their share of the vote by 10%. Two years later, in December 2019, that fell to 32% – as the party slumped to its lowest number of seats since 1935.

What explains the difference between those two results? What went right, and wrong, for Jeremy Corbyn? And can Keir Starmer be trusted to retain socialist policies through to 2024? All that, and more, is covered as Aaron Bastani talks to James Schneider, former head of strategic communications for Jeremy Corbyn.

Novara Audio: Radio For A Different Politics

Why Labour Lost - Interview With James Schneider

Adom Getachew and Branko Marcetic join PTO to talk about the US election results, why the 'blue wave' failed to materialise and how Joe Biden will govern with a Republican senate and a republican majority on the supreme court.

#101 What happened to the 'blue wave'? w/ Adom Getachew and Branko Marcetic

While COVID-19 has killed Arcadia, it has cemented Amazon as the world's dominant retail firm. David Adler joins the show to discuss what does the rise of Bezos's empire, and the fall of Green's, mean for both the planet and for workers?

Plus, with local CLPs banned from discussing Jeremy Corbyn we speak to CLP chair Corrie Drew and Momentum chair Andrew Scattergood about how the left can fight for democracy despite the authoritarian moves of Keir Starmer.

With Michael Walker, Dalia Gebrial.

TyskySour: An Empire Rises, An Empire Falls

Alison Phipps joins PTO to talk about her new book, 'Me, Not You: The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism'. We chatted about the MeToo movement and what it reveals about the mainstream of feminist politics, how violence against women is necessary to the project of capitalist globalisation and how the image of the imperilled white woman has been central to the project of empire both formal and informal.

#106 The trouble with mainstream feminism w/ Alison Phipps

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A man named Jonathan Sullivan appeared on The Katie Halper Show last week after appearing on Anderson Cooper to talk about the storming of the Capitol and the fatal shooting of one of the rioters, which he not only witnessed but filmed. Sullivan presented himself to Cooper, The Washington Post, Chris Hayes, Katie and more as a "Civil Rights Activist," Black Lives Matter supporter, who was documenting the riot and trying to diffuse the situation. In fact, Katie was introduced to Sullivan by another guest on the show, filmmaker Dan Cohen, who arrived at the Capitol right after the shooting. During the show, Katie realized Sullivan wasn't exactly what he presented himself as to Cohen and others. One of the people she shared her concerns with was journalist and frequent guest Max Blumenthal (https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal), who was also covering the Capitol breach. Katie and Max reviewed the footage that Sullivan released later and discovered it contradicted what he said to Katie on the show. Max then took a deep dive into the bizarre story of John Sullivan, aka JaydenX, aka Activist John, interviewing not only John, but his brother, the woman making a documentary about them and actual Black Lives Matters activists who have tried to warn people that Sullivan is an instigator who puts the movement and people's lives at risk. Read Max's piece at The Grayzone (https://twitter.com/TheGrayzoneNews) here (https://thegrayzone.com/2021/01/12/ch...)

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