https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zqn25-f03404 Internationalism used to be a defining characteristic of the Left. Globalism is a defining characteristic of neoliberal capitalism. Both seem to be characteristic of Islamist jihadism. How did Islamist reaction become globalised? How far does Islamist globalism connect to…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-85qqb-ef253d On the country of the future. Italy has stagnated for 30 years, becoming a neoliberal gerontocracy with crumbling infrastructure (sound familiar?). Worse, it's a country without a Left. How did the populist right come to triumph? What is the…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-89rg4-ee5393 Full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast On why anti-fascism is a problem. The Trump presidency and the current protests in the US have led many to argue this is just like the 1930s. The implication is that…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gzxea-ec85e5 Full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast On Brexit negotiations and state aid; on pandemic policies and confirmation bias; and on Beethoven and access to high culture. Readings: Of moonshots and bus subsidies: How…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mp9zw-e57fc7 The full episode is for patrons only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacastIn this latest Three Articles, we discuss the durability or otherwise of right-populism in the UK, US and Brazil. Reading: Conservatives’ grip on ‘red wall’ holding firm, Sebastian Payne,…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g7byi-e0b8c5 Full episode is for patrons only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast On this latest Three Articles, we discuss the global Black Lives Matter protests. Reading: The Triumph of Black Lives Matter and Neoliberal Redemption, Cedric Johnson, NonSite ‘As soon…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-y5shs-dbd184 On the end of Left Populism. Friend of the podcast Anton Jäger joins us to discuss the fate of Left Populism, investigate the response of the Left to the ongoing Coronacrisis, and question whether we're really witnessing the end…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9eraj-da98c3 On the end of Left Populism. This is a sample. For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/BungaCast Friend of the podcast Anton Jäger joins us to discuss the fate of Left Populism, investigate the response of the Left…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zf4ti-d2a84d On Ireland's elections. With Sinn Fein riding high in the polls, are we looking at an upset? Is this a populist upsurge in Ireland, finally, more than a decade after the start of the crisis? We discuss what Ireland's 'end…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4g52r-cb8a14 On how Labour lost. Was it Brexit that did for Labour? In what sense? What now for the British Left - and for democracy? Running order: 02:40 Opening chat 05:15 The electoral map, the generational divide 21:46 Class 33:52…
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