Politics Theory Other

Owen Hatherley joins me to discuss the music and life of the late Scott Walker. We spoke about his journey from teen heartthrob with the Walker Brothers, to the creator of some of the most challenging music in the history of pop. We discuss the big band, crooner tradition that Walker emerged from, the radical break in his work with 1978's Nite Flights and the political pessimism of his later records. To accompany the episode here is a playlist of Walker's work: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xEf8KGVxK6IRpKSLc6FOS

Hilary Aked on Islamophobia and the European counter-jihad movement, its entwinement with state run counter extremism programmes, and its relationship with the traditional far right. Hilary is the co-author of a recent report on the topic from Spinwatch.org: http://powerbase.info/images/6/6c/Aked-Jones-Miller-Counterjihad_report-2019.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3AeljMjU0o8Vxv1qOtGks2YFTmjzkQ0srJAJgfAC7KeQs7YwOQ8Sm6tyA Support Politics Theory Other via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother // Follow the show on Twitter and Facebook: @poltheoryother

Dawn Foster joins PTO to discuss her Tribune article on religion and socialism. We spoke about the relationship between Marxism and religion, how secular and religious leftists can work together in the fight against poverty, and the legacy of so-called 'new atheism.' Read Dawn's article here: https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/01/love-thy-neighbour?fbclid=IwAR3ON8P4afFNwwH7E2eikqfk9Cx7Cs2k1jmoT4I0s363MfD-AIpEUa5ZzF4

Ash Sarkar joins me to discuss the causes of the Brexit vote, the case for Lexit, the strategy of the People's Vote campaign and the prospects for Change UK. If you would like to hear the extended version of this episode, please consider becoming a PTO supporter: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother

On the epochal, world-historic occasion that is PTO's first birthday...

Corey Robin joins me to discuss the history of conservative thought, the significance of Donald Trump's presidency, and Ayn Rand's contribution to conservatism and the reasons for her immense popularity in the United States.

Bridget Anderson joins me to talk about how the idea of the migrant is mediated through race and class, the case for No Borders, and the way in which the mobility of populations within nation states was viewed as a threat in the pre-capitalist era. We also touch on Brexit and the case of Shamima Begum.

In the third episode of #RedHacks, Joana Ramiro talks to New Statesman deputy editor George Eaton. Sound by @japinto Listen to other episodes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/poltheoryother/sets/redhacks

David Edgerton joins me to discuss his new book, 'The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History'. We spoke about British declinism, the way declinist narratives structure understandings of modern British history and the political uses to which declinism has been put, both on the left and the right and by the architects of the Brexit project.

Kojo Koram joins me to discuss the politics of the Tory Brexiteers. We spoke about why it is that the prospect of trading on WTO terms is so attractive to the European Research Group, and the strange parallels between Tory Brexiteers and bourgeois nationalists in the global south during the colonial era. We also discussed the idea of a progressive English nationalism. Our conversation was prompted by Kojo's articles in Dissent Magazine, the Guardian, and the Nation: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/britains-brexit-blindness https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/19/wto-brexit-trade-uk-economy https://www.thenation.com/article/brexit-sovereignty-imperial-violence/