A World to Win with Grace Blakeley

This week, Grace talks to Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin magazine and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The case for radical politics in an era of extreme inequality. They discuss the events currently taking place in the US, as white supremacists and far right extremists storm the Capitol after the Democrats took control of the Senate in the wake of the victory of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia on Wednesday 6th January - as well as how the US left can work to build a class coalition that can resist the mounting threat of right-wing violence.

  This week, Grace talks to Ana Kasparian, host and executive producer for The Young Turks and now host of Jacobin’s Weekends series. We discuss the media landscape in the US and the importance of alternative media to the socialist movement, the progress towards a stimululs package in the US and how progressives should relate to a Biden presidency. For the full hour-long episode, support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod  

This week, Grace talks to Owen Hatherley, Tribune’s culture editor and author of many books, including his most recent Red Metropolis: Socialism and the government of London. We discuss municipal socialism, regional and class inequality in the UK, and the future of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. Remember to support us on Patreon for the full hour-long episode at https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  This week Grace is joined by Sa’eed Husaini, socialist activist and contributor to Africa is a Country and Jacobin Magazine, who recently completed a PhD at the University of Oxford and is now living and working in Lagos, Nigeria. We discuss the recent #EndSARS protests, the economic and health impact of COVID 19 in Nigeria, and the history and future of the Nigerian left.  For the full hour-long episode, support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod  

This week, Grace is joined by Pablo Bustinduy, former Podemos representative for Madrid in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, to discuss the impact of the pandemic on Spain’s fragile economy, the challenges posed by the evolution of Podemos from movement-party into coalition government, and the economic, political and social shifts taking place as a result of the pandemic. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  This week I am joined by Andy Burnham, former Labour MP and current Labour mayor of Greater Manchester. We talk about the impact that COVID-19 has had on the North of England, what cities like Manchester are doing to tackle climate breakdown and the housing crisis, and why the left needs to embrace a socialist devolution agenda. For the full episode, support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod  

This week, Grace speaks to Rutger Bregman, historian, author of Utopia for Realists and Humankind, and scourge of the tax avoiding corporate elite at Davos, about human nature, capitalism and the 24 hour news cycle. For the full hour long-episode, support us on Patreon: https://Patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

This week, Grace talks to Briahna Joy Gray, Bernie Sanders' former Press Secretary and host of the Bad Faith podcast, and Matt Karp, Jacobin contributing editor and associate professor of history at Princeton University. As the results continued to roll in throughout the day on Wednesday, Grace discussed with her guests the roots of the Biden landslide that never was, and where the left should go next. The full episode is free for all listeners this week, but if you want access to the full hour-long interviews with amazing guests like Naomi Klein and Dr Cornel West, sign up to become a Patron: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

This week, Grace talks to newly elected Labour MP for Coventry South and member of the Socialist Campaign Group Zarah Sultana about the the Tories’ attempts to impose the costs of the pandemic on those least able to bear it, the lessons the left can learn from Corbynism, and why we need to fight for a transformative global Green New Deal in the wake of this crisis. Support us on Patreon to access the full hour-long episode! https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

This week, Grace is joined by Raquel Rolnik, former Minister under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, author of the brilliant book Urban Warfare, and currently Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Sao Paolo. They discuss the rise of Bolsanaro, the looming evictions crisis in Brazil, the UK and around the world, and the struggle to build a global tenants' movement. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod