Will Harry and Meghan bring down the monarchy? Ash Sarkar is joined by gal-dem political editor Moya Lothian-Mclean and Novara Media's very own James Butler to discuss how we ended up with a family of dysfunctional aristocrats at the very top of British society, why republicanism is still so marginal, and the collision course between celebrity culture and 1200 years of feudalism.

Novara Audio: Radio for a Different Politics

Downstream: Abolish The Monarchy

Eric Blanc joins us to talk about a recent essay he wrote assessing the break that founded the UK Labour Party, of which there are tremendous resonances with the socialist movement in the U.S., today. 

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Tune in for this wide-ranging and informative discussion.

You can find the essay here: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/labour-party-uk-lessons-socialists

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Taking Lessons from the Break That Founded the Labour Party w/ Eric Blanc

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

Kate Clark on her report "War in Afghanistan in 2020: Just as much violence, but no one wants to talk about it" for Afghanistan Analysts Network

https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/war-and-peace/war-in-afghanistan-in-2020-just-as-much-violence-but-no-one-wants-to-talk-about-it/

1231: Peace and death in Afghanistan / Kate Clark

In a special episode - recorded for The World Transformed festival 2020 - Tobita Chow and David Brophy discuss how the socialist left should think about China, how to characterise China's economy and mode of governance, and what to make of the emerging Cold War between China and the United States and US allies.

Between Washington and Beijing w/ Tobita Chow & David Brophy

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

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

Thomas Frank joins us to dig into the history of populism in the U.S. and tell us why it matters in today's political moment. 

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What is Populism and Why Does it Matter? w/ Thomas Frank

In the final episode of the second season of #RedHacks Joana Ramiro speaks to Laurie Macfarlane about the necessity of an economic journalism that challenges the status quo.

#RedHacks - Economic journalism and the end of neoliberalism w/ Laurie Macfarlane

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

William Callison and Quinn Slobodian on their article "Coronapolitics from the Reichstag to the Capitol" for Boston Review.

https://bostonreview.net/politics/william-callison-quinn-slobodian-coronapolitics-reichstag-capitol

1285: Crisis diagonalism / William Callison + Quinn Slobodian

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#106 The trouble with mainstream feminism w/ Alison Phipps

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