Climate change is better understood as climate systems breakdown, and it's only through the lens of the latter that we can grasp the scale of the crisis ahead. Aaron Bastani is joined by Mat Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss their new book, Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown.

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Downstream: Why It's Eco-Socialism or Collapse

an all-star panel - including inseparable friend of the show & repeat RP guest Jude Wanga (@judeinlondon2), plus both hosts of the legendary ALL THE BEST podcast (hosted @novaramedia); fellow serial RP offender, gambling reform activist and former Jeremy Corbyn aide Matt Zarb-Cousin (@mattzarb), and veritable guru of Bennite thought Max Shanly (@maxshanly) - discuss the aftermath of Sir Keir Starmer's disastrous first electoral test, culminating in the binding of Matt's good friend Shippers.

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Episode 204 - ...And Love To The Family (ft. Jude Wanga, Max Shanly & Matt Zarb-Cousin)

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 Soper joins me to talk about her new book, 'Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism'.  We chatted about why a transition to a sustainable, post-growth economy need not mean privation and a reduction of pleasure but instead an increase in human flourishing. We also talked about why consumerism should be seen neither as an expression of sovereign public choice, nor as mere surrender to the manipulations of the advertising industry.

#97 For an alternative hedonism w/ Kate Soper

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

David Graeber: A Celebration Of His Life

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

Richard Seymour joins PTO to discuss the recent anti-lockdown protests in London, the broader phenomenon of covid denialism, and whether the emergence of anti-political currents - combined with the left's decline with the defeat of the Corbyn project - is laying the basis for the emergence of fascism. We also talked about how Donald Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis might effect his electoral chances.

Teaser - PTO Extra! Anti-politics & Covid denialism w/ Richard Seymour

Lola Olufemi joins PTO to talk about her new book, Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power.  We chatted about the history of black feminist organising, the problem with mainstream liberal feminism, and the generational divide in feminist circles over trans rights.

#98 Feminism, Interrupted w/ Lola Olufemi

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

Imperial expansion is as much about conquering nature as it is about subjugating people. The Russian state’s expansion to the edges of the Eurasian continent exemplifies the challenge of turning frozen and inhospitable land into livable space or converting lush landscapes into profit and prosperity. To get a better understanding of this process in some of the far reaches of Russia, I turned to two people Sharyl Corrado and Paul Josephson to talk about Sakhalin and the Arctic respectively and relationship between Russian imperial expansion and nature, and how environment was imagined and shaped in the process.



Guests:



Paul Josephson, the author of 13 books, is professor of history at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and visiting, part-time professor at Tomsk State University.  A historian of big science and technology, he conducted archival research in Arctic regions while working on his monograph, The Conquest of the Russian Arctic.  His most recent book, with Polity Press, is called Chicken: A History from Farmyard to Factory.  He is working now on a global nuclear environmental history.



Sharyl Corrado is Associate Professor of History and History Program Director at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.  She has published articles on the environmental history and historical geography of the imperial Russian Far East in a variety of academic journals in English and Russian. She is also known within Russian Baptist circles for her research on Russian Baptist and Evangelical history, including a monograph published in Russian and an edited volume on East European Baptist History.  She is currently working on an annotated collection of letters written by a Red Cross sister serving in the Sakhalin Penal colony.

Conquering Nature in Sakhalin and the Arctic

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

A podcast on radical politics, critical theory, and history. Hosted by Alex Doherty.

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

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