The Neoliberal Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper
Melinda Cooper describes the combination of austerity and extravagance that characterizes neoliberal monetary policy and how these ideas emerged from the crises of the 1970s. Melinda Cooper is Profess...
23 Jul 20241h 21min
Feminism and the Police w/ Leah Cowan
Leah Cowan explains the long and complex relationship between British feminism and British policing. From women's suffrage, through the Women's Liberation movement of the 1970s, to recent conflicts ov...
1 Jul 20241h 20min
Reviewing the Cass Review w/ Ruth Pearce
Ruth Pearce explains the many problems surrounding the recently published Cass Review into trans healthcare for young people. Ruth Pearce is a Lecturer in Community Development at the University of Gl...
19 Jun 20241h 19min
The Revolutionary Movements of the 1970s w/ Michael Hardt
Michael Hardt analyses the revolutionary political movements of the 1970s and what they might teach us about political struggle, social transformation, and liberation. Michael Hardt teaches political ...
4 Jun 20241h 24min
Feeling Bad, Politically w/ Hannah Proctor
Hannah Proctor explains why it’s important to understand the messy, emotional, and interpersonal aspects of political struggle.Hannah Proctor is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the University of S...
21 Mai 20241h 21min
Is Your Landlord Trying to Kill You? w/ Nick Bano
Nick Bano explains how landlords and the state collaborate to produce the housing crisis, generating harm and violence in the process of wealth accumulation. Nick Bano is an author and Barrister who s...
23 Apr 202458min
Black Resistance to British Policing w/ Adam Elliott-Cooper
In today’s episode I’m speaking to Adam Elliott-Cooper about histories of Black resistance to British policing, specifically how figures such as Claudia Jones, Darcus Howe, and Stuart Hall have theori...
9 Apr 20241h 6min
Class Struggle in the Care Economy w/ Taj Ali and Gabriel Winant
Gabriel Winant and Taj Ali discuss the surge of labor organising that has taken place in British and American healthcare over the last few years.Gabriel Winant is an assistant professor of history at ...
26 Mar 20241h 29min
