Cat and David talk about the ongoing Tory crisis and whether indyref2 is actually going to happen in 2023...

INDYREF2: I want 2 believe

Cat and David discuss vaccine virtue, the big NATO love-in and why women aren't having children...

War Child

Cat and David examine the latest moral panic, and the continued mutation of establishment liberalism towards jingoism and authoritarianism.

Symbolic Violence

Cat and David talk about the new Elvis film, Class politics and the alleged referendum in 2023.

Suspicious McMinds

This week on the enemy within, Pete Ramand and James Foley debate:

- Can Liz Truss survive her own party?
- Can Starmer make us party like it's 1997 if the economy is in the toilet?
- With the £ tumbling and Westminster drama eclipsing the SNP, what message do they take in a general election?

Enemy Within: Weak Tories Make Hard Times

For the Glasgow Launch of Scotland After Britain: Two Souls of Scottish Independence, comedian Frankie Boyle hosts a discussion with co-authors (with the late Neil Davidson) Ben Wray and James Foley.

- With the economy and the Tory party in shambles, is Britian finished?
- Does Labour pose any serious opposition at a British or Scottish level?
- Have the SNP leadership squandered an opportunity for independence?

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Scotland After Britain with Frankie Boyle

We speak to Alberto Paloni, senior lecturer in Economics at the University of Glasgow about the SNP leadership's 'new' economic prospectus.

Why does Sterlingisation remain such a disaster, should EU membership be coveted, and what holds SNP leaders to such a rigid economic orthodoxy?

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Encounters: Sovereignty Against Orthodoxy, with Alberto Paloni

What was Scottish nationalism's relationship to the British empire, and what can it teach us today?

In the first half of an interview with Scottish historian Chris Bambery, we ask why SNP politicians keep returning to the Irish Free State of a hundred years ago as a model for an independent Scotland.

In the second half, we explore the pro-Empire politics of the founders of Scottish nationalism.

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Encounters: The Scottish Free State

In this week's sermon, David argues against 'Yestalgia' - the cynical attempts by SNP leaders to manipulate those who remember the hope and camaraderie of 2014.

Sunday Sermon: Against Yestalgia

On this edition of Conter International, Alice and Ben talk to Matt Huber professor of geography at Syracuse University and author of 'Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet'.

They discuss the professional and managerial basis for much 'degrowth' rhetoric, and query what a working class and socialist environmental politics might look like.

Conter International: Degrowth - A Middle Class Revolt? w/Matt Huber

We spoke to academic researcher and writer Anton Jager about the crisis of civil society and the decline of mass politics. Taking as a starting point the seminal study 'Bowling Alone', he explore the decades long unwinding of political, civic and voluntary organisation which explains so much of the volatility of contemporary politics.

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Anton's article, referenced in the podcast, can be found at: https://jacobin.com/2022/12/from-bowling-alone-to-posting-alone

Protesting Alone? The Left and the Death of Mass Politics w/Anton Jäger

Pete Ramand and James Foley are joined by David Jamieson to discuss the SNP meltdown:

- How much do we really know about what's happened at the top of the SNP and Scottish Government?

- Is SNP decline now assured? What about the continuing weakness of the opposition parties?

- Are their any prospects for the socialist left in this mess?

Conter Radio

Enemy Within: Quoth the Magpie - Nevermore

In this episode we discuss chapter two of A People's History of Scotland, “The Wars of Independence.”

Offering fresh perspectives on William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, and Mary Queen of Scotts, host Sara Bennett is joined by author Chris Bambery to explore one of the most tumultuous periods in Scottish history—the two wars of independence. Sara and Chris discuss how power was wielded in feudal Scotland, the experiences of the rural poor, and the machinations of Scotland’s ruling families as they vied for the crown. Scotland’s “game of thrones” is placed in the context of international alliances and the class dynamics of feudal society.

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A People's History of Scotland: Episode 2. The Wars of Independence

From the US to Scotland, leading politicians are joining picket lines to protest the consequences of their own rule. Are they having their arms twisted by working class organisation, or are they using picket lines as their own platform?

Sunday Sermon: When the Boss Joins the Picket Line

On this episode of a People's History of Scotland, Chris Bambery and Sara Bennett are joined by renowned Scottish historian Chris Whatley, to discuss the Act of Union, resistance to it, and the social forces that made up the Jacobite cause.

- Why did the act of Union happen? Who supported and who opposed it?
- What did it mean for the mass of ordinary people in Scotland - their rights and living standards?
- What were the Jacobites trying to achieve? From where did they draw support?

A People's History of Scotland: The Act of Union and the Jacobite Rebellion

After the suppression of the 1745 Rebellion, a new Scotland is born. Edinburgh becomes a seat of the Enlightenment, and the countryside is transformed by new capitalist relations.

- How did economic changes bring new social classes to Scotland?
- How did workers begin to fight for their interests?
- Why did Scottish intellectuals become world famous in this period?

People's History of Scotland - 5: The Rise of Capitalism and the Scottish Enlightenment

Jonathon Shafi speaks to Matt Kennard of UK Declassified

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Interview: UK Declassified's Matt Kennard

First for subscribers!

On this edition of the People's History, Sara and Chris discuss capitalism, clearances and resistance in the Scottish Highlands.

- Why did the emergence of capitalism promote the depopulation of the Scottish Highlands?

- What form did resistance to the clearances take? Why was it not successful?

- Did racism fuel the clearances?

A People's History of Scotland

A People's History of Scotland: Capitalism and the Clearances

From Ukraine to Gaza, Britain is once again following the US into a series of disasters. Is the UK hopelessly shackled to a zombie empire, facing its own long decline?

Someone Else's Empire is a new book by Tom Stevenson, which buries the myth of 'global Britain', and exposes the extent of British subservience to US power. On this episode he discusses the past, present and future of British vassalage, and where it's leading us - from Eastern Europe and the Middle East to the South China Sea.

Encounters: Is Britain Going Down with Biden's Ship?

Chris and Sara speak to Kenny MacAskill about the birth of the Scottish working class and its movements for justice.

- What was the impact of the French Revolution in Scotland?
- Why were weavers so important among labouring classes in 19th century Scotland.
- Who were the Scottish radicals, and how serious was their Insurrection of 1820?

A People's History of Scotland 6:The Making of the Scottish Working Class

Co-editors David Jamieson and Jonathon Shafi review the year, thank subscribers for all their support in 2023, and look forward to big changes in the new year.

Conter's Plans for 2024

As bombs from Fife pound Yemen and Gaza, David Jamieson asks where Scots wish to stand in our changing world.

Sunday Sermon: Scotland's Bombs Over Yemen

From Scotland and London to Washington, liberal defenders of good governance and equality are finally admitting what we all knew - they just want to defend US global power, no matter the cost in blood and destruction.

Sunday Sermon: In 2024, Liberal War Hawks Are Getting Honest

In a new podcast series, James Foley and Ewan Kerr will interview key players and experts in Scotland's Covid saga. Cutting through mythology and posturing, they will ask the big questions about democracy, governance, class and power so often obscured in recent years.

In this first episode, James and Ewan speak to Neil Findlay, former Labour MP and arch critic of the Scottish Government's handling of the Covid pandemic. They discuss the insults levelled at Findlay in uncovered government Whatsapp chats, what light the Covid inquiry casts on Sturgeonism in general, and the scandal of Covid era deaths in Scottish care homes.

Scotland's Covid Reckoning: 1 - Neil Findlay

Nicola Sturgeon was hailed as a hero during lockdown, despite there being no evidence of her supposedly benign regime. The cabin fever has now broken - but what did it all mean?

Do You Remember Sturgeon's Golden Lockdown?

The political systems of the west are visibly decomposing. Who could represent this more than Joe Biden - the exhausted avatar of a dying world?

Dark Biden and the Leaderless World Order

The state's response to George Galloway's by-election victory has exposed an anti-democratic, anti-Muslim backlash. Those on the left most concerned to distance themselves from Rochdale's new MP are an unprincipled liability, argues David Jamieson.

Galloway, Gaza and the Backlash

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Jonathon Shafi and David Jamieson discuss Lee Anderson's defection to the Reform party, and the wider phenomenon of the revival of Islamophobia.

How dangerous is the new backlash, and does it improve the prospects for Britain's flagging far right?

Islamophobia and the British Right: Revival or Derangement?

Cat Boyd and David Jamieson on the Evil Clintons, the Ghost of Thatcher, Zombie Labourers and Marxist Vampires

Ep3 The Horror of Capitalism

Cat and David talk about the ideology of clapping and Ben Wray's latest article on Conter

Clapping and Kalecki's Revenge

Social Reproduction Theory has been championed by marxist feminists as a way of deepening our understanding of everyday life under capitalism. By analyzing issues such as child care, health care, education, family life and the roles of gender, race and sexuality, it disects the relationship between economic exploitation and social oppression. In this lecture, professor Thithi Bhattacharya will discuss this in the light of the corona virus pandemic, offering a way for feminists and the left to understand the impacts of the virus, and how we can organize to confront them.

Bio: Tithi Bhattacharya is a Marxist historian and activist, writing extensively on gender and the politics of Islamophobia. She has been active in movements for social justice throughout her life, spearheading campaigns across three continents. She is the Professor of South Asian History at Purdue University and the author of numerous books, including Social Reproduction Theory (2017) and Feminism for the 99% (2019). Her writing has been published in the The Guardian, Journal of Asian Studies, Electronic Intifada, International Socialist Review, Monthly Review, Jacobin, Salon and the New Left Review.

Conter vs Corona Lecture 4 - Tithi Bhattacharya on Feminism & the Pandemic

Cat and David talk about Russiagate, poor Jeremy corbyn and cancel culture

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Cat and David talk to journalist Kevin McKenna about Scotland's media scene, the SNP, class politics and god, of course.

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