In an explosive Oprah interview, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle levelled allegations at the royal family which could fatally undermine their legitimacy. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Novara Audio: Radio For A Different Politics

TyskySour: Harry & Meghan's Oprah Interview

Melissa Gira Grant and Chardine Taylor Stone join PTO to discuss police and male violence and the murder of Sarah Everard. We talked about the importance of not seeing Wayne Couzen's role as a police officer as merely incidental to the murder of Everard and we also talked about why carceral feminist approaches that seek to combat male violence through the police and the courts are doomed to fail.  We also talked about the social media reaction to the initial vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham common and how the struggle against police violence and violence against women in general requires the building of a mass movement of collective struggle that cuts across different identities.

The entwinement of police and male violence w/ Melissa Gira Grant & Chardine Taylor Stone

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Ten: Dinosaur Jr.! We’re joined by Time Crisis and Mountain Brews’ Jake Longstreth to take a look at Dinosaur Jr., the band that pushes volume, epic guitarmanship, and toxic interpersonal relationships to the absolute limit.

GET TIX TO THE FRQNCY1 FEST HERE: https://frqncy.live/frqncy1
Check out Jake’s band Moutain Brews here: https://mountainbrews.bandcamp.com/

SONGS IN ORDER:
Deep Wound - I Saw It
Dinosaur Jr. - The Leper
Dinosaur Jr. - Poledo
Dinosaur Jr. - Sludgefest
Dinosaur Jr. - The Lung
Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
Dinosaur Jr. - I Ran Away
Dinosaur Jr. - Crumble
Dinosaur Jr. - Show Me The Way

And Introducing

#95 DINOSAUR JR. (feat. Jake Longstreth)

In late March PTO spoke to Adam Tooze whilst he was in New York as the Covid19 crisis was escalating. In today's episode we return to some of the issues we discussed back then, including the pandemic's role in the rise of China, the increasing entwinement of government and private corporations in the United States and Europe and the return of austerity politics.

Teaser - PTO Extra! Adam Tooze on China and the US Democrats and the return of austerity politics

Extinction Rebellion are back on the streets protesting government inaction on the climate. But it’s leadership have angered left wingers by renouncing a banner members made in support of socialism. Is their anti-political stance a dead end? Plus, as schools open the government blackmail workers back into offices and Fox News comes to the UK.

TyskySour: Socialism Or Extinction

David Graeber’s life and work leaves an indelible mark on thinkers and activists from London through New York, from Rojava to Quebec. To celebrate his life and work Novara Media are hosting a live stream with academics, activists, and politicians who have been influenced by, and who were an influence on, his intellectual endeavours and activist pursuits.



With:

Molly Crabapple
John McDonnell
David Wengrow
Dani Ellis 
Debbie Bookchin
Aaron Bastani
Grace Blakeley
Alpa Shah
Jeremy Corbyn 

Hosted by Ash Sarkar

Novara Audio: Radio for a Different Politics

David Graeber: A Celebration Of His Life

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

Novara Media Podcast

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.

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

Micah Uetricht joins us to talk about Mike Davis's project and, accordingly, how his writings map on to some interesting rifts inside the socialist movement today. 

Find Micah's essay here: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/mike-davis-old-gods-set-night/

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Mike Davis and the Socialist Project w/ Micah Uetricht

From Lubbock Texas, after the black-out cold storm, scientist Katherine Hayhoe talks record billion dollar climate disasters.  Her PBS YouTube series is “Global Weirding”.  From Bergen Norway, lead scientist Christoph Heinze warns about three OTHER crisis developing unseen below the seas.  His new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy is ominously titled: “The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points”.