A World to Win with Grace Blakeley

This week, Grace speaks to Ruth Wilson Gilmore, prison abolitionist, scholar, and professor of geography at the City University of New York. She is the author of several books, including Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California and, most recently, Abolition Geography: Essays Toward Liberation. They discuss who is profiting from the criminal justice system, how existing institutions within the system serve to support and reinforce capitalist social relations, and what a socialist conception of justice looks like.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This week, Grace talks to Natasha Josette (https://twitter.com/NatashaJosette) and Olly Armstrong (https://twitter.com/Olly4Everyone) about their community organising project, Breathe (https://twitter.com/BreatheBuilds). They discuss challenges and opportunities associated with community organising, how it can be linked up with other elements of political strategy like the labour movement and electoral politics, and how you can potentially begin this sort of grassroots work in your own area.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This week, Grace is joined by Mareile Pfannebecker (https://twitter.com/mareilep) and James A. Smith (https://twitter.com/thepopularpod) to discuss their book Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism. They discuss why we are working so hard, what kind of work is valued, and what a post-work future might look like.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This week, Grace talks to Andrew Murray, former chair of the Stop the War Coalition, former chief of staff at the Unite trade union, and former advisor to Jeremy Corbyn. We discuss his forthcoming book, Is Socialism Possible in Britain? Reflections on the Corbyn Years, which examines the Corbyn moment within the long history of the Labour Party.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This week, Grace is joined by James Schneider, former Head of Strategic Communications for Jeremy Corbyn and the co-founder of Momentum, to talk about his book Our Bloc: How We Win. They discuss the challenges facing the left in the UK and around the world—and how we can bring together disparate parts of our movement into a coherent bloc to build power.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This week, Grace speaks to Adrienne Buller, author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. They discuss what "green capitalism" actually is, how it is being embedded in international law, whether or not it is an inherently anti-democratic movement, and how it is linked to issues today like the cost-of-living crisis.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This week, Grace speaks to Phil Burton-Cartledge, author of Falling Down: The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain, about the current leadership contest within the Conservative Party. They discuss why there's a dearth of Tory talent, why both candidates, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, are trying to model themselves on Margaret Thatcher, and whether they have any answers to long-term issues facing both the country and the Conservative Party itself.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This week, Grace speaks to Eddie Dempsey, Senior Assistant General Secretary of the RMT, about the strike action being taken by the rail union up and down the UK. They discuss the background to the strikes, how the government constructed a railway network that funnels money away from workers towards executives, and the union's "militant, rank-and-file culture of democracy."You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This Week, Grace talks to Ali Milani, author of The Unlikely Candidate: What Losing an Election Taught Me About How to Change Politics. They discuss what it was like running an election in Boris Johnson's seat in 2019, some issues facing the Labour Party, and advice for young activists.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

This week, Grace speaks to Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass about their book Half-Earth Socialism. They discuss the problems with proposed solutions to climate breakdown like geoengineering, how neoliberals are coping with the recognition that state planning will be necessary to tackle climate breakdown, and how we can build coalitions to make sure that planning is democratic.Thanks to producer Sarah Hurd for filling in this week and to Left Book Club for making this episode possible.