In this podcast, I reflect on recent events that took place in Charlotteville, Virginia. The discussion inevitably ranges far and wide and covers such issues as the role of violence in politics, the nature of the left-right binary, the question of the moral equivalence that President Trump et al seem to draw between neo-fascists and their anti-fascist detractors, the natures of free speech and propoganda, the significance of history and future thinking for politics, the nature of the symbolic universe inhabited by some activists, and the phenomenon of meme wars. The question of how far we can, and should, extend our sympathies is once again brought to the fore. [Free. 47 minutes.]
WHAT IS FASCISM? 3 - THE CORPORATE-GOVERNMENTAL ECONOMY
TRUMP'S REFUSAL TO CONCEDE - INTERESTING TIMES 15
US ELECTION AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE - INTERESTING TIMES 14
EHRC REPORT & CORBYN SUSPENSION - INTERESTING TIMES 13
REVOLVING DOORS & COSY CABALS - INTERESTING TIMES 12
LAO TZU 29
LAO TZU 28
JOHNSON'S POST-TRUTH SPEECH TO TORY CONFERENCE - INTERESTING TIMES 11
WHAT IS FASCISM? 2 - THE PRESENT DAY UK & USA
WHAT IS FASCISM? 1 - HISTORICAL EXAMPLES
LAO TZU 27
COVIDIOCY: WHO BENEFITS? - INTERESTING TIMES 10
AGAINST FLAG-SHAGGING - INTERESTING TIMES 9
WHY HAS SOCIALISM BECOME A DIRTY WORD?
GRASSROOTS AND ASTROTURFING
STUDENTS WIN! INTERESTING TIMES 8
WHAT CAN WE DO?
LAO TZU 26
RICHARD WOLFF ON THE ECONOMY - INTERESTING TIMES 7
BRITAIN-TRUMP, PORTLAND, YELLOW-HAMMER - INTERESTING TIMES 6
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