The Another Europe Podcast

Grace Blakeley and Michael Chessum ... Are the left at risk of sleep-walking into a Brexit emergency for Britain, or does the process of leaving the EU create new opportunities for radical change? A recording of a live audience debate with economist Grace Blakeley and Another Europe national organiser Michael Chessum.

Michael Chessum ... This week we’re putting our heads together to get a grip on what’s been a quite remarkable ten days in UK politics. David Davis resigned from the cabinet along with Brexit zealot Steve Baker. He was followed shortly afterwards by Boris Johnson - whose letter of resignation warned that the “Brexit dream is dying”. Somehow May managed to hold on for the long-awaited summit with Donald Trump. But just when she thought the ship might have been steadied, the Sun published an explosive interview with the American president. Trump openly backed the Tory rebels. “May has wrecked Brexit”, “the deal’s off”, he told the Murdoch paper. Meanwhile, the streets of Britain were flooded with anti-Trump protestors. We ask what this all means for the parlous state of the UK's negotiations with the EU and the prospects for defeating Brexit.

Niccolo Milanese ... This week we’re joined by Niccolo, one of two co-authors of an excellent new book, 'Citizens of Nowhere; How Europe can be saved from itself'. As the name suggests, the book challenges Theresa May’s infamous phrase – that if you are a citizen of the world, then you’re a citizen of nowhere – and offers a radical new agenda for political change. The book isn’t just a new political vision but is also in part a history of the authors' own, decade-long attempt to catalyse social change with the establishment of European Alternatives, a transeuropean NGO. We ask Niccolo for his thoughts on how the rise of the far right can be resisted, the place of Eastern Europe in the European story, and the history of 'Europe from below'.

Stephen Bush ... Host Zoe Williams and producer Jamie Coward are joined by the irrepressible Stephen Bush to discuss Labour and Brexit. He’ll give us the lowdown on Theresa May’s awful escape, and the prospects for a Labour reversal on Brexit. What he doesn’t know about the hidden wiring of the Labour Party is almost certainly bollocks. Is it mad to think Corbyn might be persuaded to oppose Brexit? Find out in our unmissable podcast.

Ann Pettifor and Sirio Canos Donnay ... Reflecting on the polarisation between the right and left which has opened up in European politics since the financial crisis this podcast discusses the neoliberal conundrum: if the EU has been dominated by free market economic thinking does that mean progressive forces across the continent should support an exit? What are the lessons we might derive from Spain and other countries? And how can progressives mobilising across borders effectively confront the insurgent far right?

Gary Younge and Kerem Nisancioglu ... The first ever Another Europe is Possible podcast, with guests Gary Younge and Kerem Nisancioglu. Hosted by Zoe Williams and Luke Cooper. Today we'll talk about imperial fantasies and British exceptionalism. Was the case for Brexit essentially animated by golf club delusions about Britain's place in the world, and did that hubris make it inevitable that our leaving negotiations would play out in this shambolic way?