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Will Davies joins me to discuss conservative's response to Labour's policy on free full-fibre broadband, whether Boris Johnson really is the great campaigner his admirers claim he is, and we also discussed Labour's messaging around taking on billionaires.

Paulo Gerbaudo joins me to discuss online campaigning, the recent cyber attack on Labour's campaigning platforms, the contrasting effectiveness of the Labour and Tory digital campaigns in 2017, and we also chatted about whether social media platforms have an inherent right-wing bias.

Jake Werner joins me to discuss the ideological makeup of the Hong Kong protest movement, the material and cultural grievances that gave rise to the movement, the increasing nationalism of the Chinese ruling elite, how Chinese economic development can be characterised as "cheating at a rigged game" and, finally we discussed the increasing likelihood of armed conflict between China, the US and US regional allies. Articles by Jake that we discussed included: A Global Path through the Hong Kong Dilemma: Towards a New Internationalism: https://madeinchinajournal.com/author/jake-werner/ Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda: https://www.thenation.com/article/china-schumer-kanna/ China Is Cheating at a Rigged Game: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/08/china-is-cheating-at-a-rigged-game/

Momentum co-founder Emma Rees joins me to discuss Momentum's Plan to Win the General election and the inspiration for Momentum's 'distributed Organising' model. You can read the plan here: plantowin.peoplesmomentum.com/

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