Politics Theory Other

Kicking off the second series of #RedHacks, Joana Ramiro chats with independent journalist Sarah Jaffe about the pressing need for more reportage in an era of endless commentary, being accountable as a journalist and the fallacy of journalistic impartiality.

Phil Burton-Cartledge joins me to discuss conservative party strategy in the 2019 election. We spoke about Boris Johnson's re-heated Mayism, the likely effects of a significant Brexit Party vote on Tory prospects, and the division of labour between the Conservatives and the Tory-supporting press.

Corey Robin joins me to discuss his recent article in Dissent magazine on the memoirs of Barack Obama's White House staffers, the legacy of the Obama administration, and what separates the Obama/Clinton wing of the democrats from the new insurgent democratic left. You can read Corey's article here: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-obamanauts Sound by @japinto

Eleanor Penny joins me to reflect on the coming General election campaign. We talked about whether this will be the Brexit election we were promised in 2017, why Labour is behind in the polls, and what to expect from the Liberal Democrats.

Earlier this month, and to coincide with Black History Month Jeremy Corbyn called for schoolchildren to be taught about the British Empire and the history and legacy of colonialism. To discuss the teaching of empire and migration in UK schools I spoke to Kimberley McIntosh, co-author of the report, 'Teaching Migration, Belonging, and Empire in Secondary Schools', published by the Runnymede Trust. Sound by @japinto

Jeremy Gilbert joins me to discuss the concepts of Acid Communism and Acid Corbynism and why transforming human subjectivity through practices of collective joy derived from the 1960s counterculture is so important to building a successful left project. Sound Recording: @JAPinto

Beth Stratford joins me to discuss the crisis of UK land ownership and housing and the solutions outlined in the Land for the Many report, co-written by Beth. We also discussed the tabloid media's hysterical reaction to the report. You can read the full report here: https://landforthemany.uk/ Sound: @japinto

Richard Seymour joins me to discuss Brexit and the machinations of the Johnson administration, the electoral strategy of the Labour Party, and whether the fraction of capital that supports a hard Brexit will be able to subordinate business more broadly to their project. Subscribe as a $5 patron for access to all PTO Extra! episodes and extended versions of the regular show: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother

Quinn Slobodian joins me to talk about neoliberalism as a project of institutional design, the significance of the Hapsburg Empire to the neoliberal concept of double government that came to be instantiated in such institutions as the WTO, the IMF, and the EU and we also talked about whether capital's solution to the collapse in consent for neoliberal governmentality could be something even worse.

In the first #RedHacks live event Joana Ramiro chats with Owen Jones, Kimberly McIntosh, and Simon Childs at The World Transformed festival in Brighton about the problems facing journalism and how both the general public and those working in the media can start bringing in change to a fundamentally neoliberal industry. Sound Recording: @JAPinto Live Sound: James Tranmer @ Green Door Store