Join us for the COMRADIO election review, as we pick apart the various May 2021 election results, what they mean for Labour, and where Kieth goes from here.  

 

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Luke Nukem diagnoses the election results 

 

Andrew Adonis can't hold it back any more 

 

Or, as Matt calls him, Adrian Adonis  

 

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This week we invite you to the grand opening of the Comradio Film Club.  We're talking about David Fincher's Mank, and on our way we cover why left film critics love Citizen Kane, the politics of the controversy over its screenplay, the truth about some leading figures of Golden Age Hollywood, the music of Wagner, the relationship between Hollywood and the Nazis, the birth of modern dirty tricks political campaigning, the Beach Boys, and Vincent D'Onofrio.  

 

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Indiewire's guide to Mank 

 

Raising Kane - I by Pauline Kael 

 

Harlan Lebo Delves Into Differences Between ‘Citizen Kane’ Script, Finished Film 

 

Fact-checking 'Mank'  

 

The truth about the Upton Sinclair gubernatorial campaign 

 

The Story of Muckraker Upton Sinclair’s Dramatic Campaign for Governor of California 

 

Citations Needed | Episode 134: The 80-Year PR Campaign that Killed Universal Healthcare 

 

Hollywood’s Confrontations with Nazism 

 

Hollywood, Nazism, and the Jews, 1933-41 by FELICIA HERMAN 

 

A page from the LA Times in 1941: 'Nazi Consul Here Disclaims Knowledge About Saboteurs' 

 

Music Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano discusses the 'Tristan' chord.  

 

The best of the worst Beach Boys film  

 

Orson Welles - The Murder Mystery years

Polls, polls, polls! This week we are joined by our friends James and David from Podcasting is Praxis for a pre election special.  

 

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Liam Byrne Facing Calls For An Inquiry Over Alleged Misuse Of Parliamentary Expenses(edited)

What happened to The People's Game? Did it ever exist? In the wake of the European Super League debacle, we take a journey through the history of money and football, before discussing "tradition" and what, from a left perspective, is valuable about football. Plus, a five minute focus on the Amazon ballot. 

 

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'Future fans' and 'legacy fans'  

 

Sports and Prayers - Episode 19  

 

First and Second Division Tables 1915  

 

Arsenal's East Stand  

 

How every Prem club’s wage bill compares to their 18-19 league position

 

Early Day Motion on Clubcall 

 

Article on Adam Crozier and Royal Mail 

 

Highbury Square development, formerly Arsenal Stadium ("Highbury") 

 

The 50+1 Rule in Germany 

 

Bakhtin and Carnival

From the occult side of Victorian racism to electric Nazis with dinosaur fetishes to cat sex for Hitler. With the help of Adam and Huw from the We Don't Talk About The Weather podcast, we bring you the bizarre idiocy of esoteric fascism and - when we're done laughing - get into the whys and hows of far-right weirdness and why it dangerously appeals to far too many.  

 

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We Don't Talk About the Weather's links  

 

Snoopy - It was a dark and stormy night... 

 

Umberto Eco makes a list of 'the 14 features of fascism' 

 

Savitri Devi: The mystical fascist being resurrected by the alt-right 

 

What was Volksgemeinschaft? 

 

David Welch, Nazi Propaganda and the Volksgemeinschaft 

 

Greece, The Golden Dawn, and modern Paganism 

 

Our guests' podcast episode on Neonazis 

 

Hive: Independent bookshops online 

 

Peter Staudenmaier, Between Occultism and Fascism: Anthroposophy and the Politics of Race and Nation in Germany and Italy, 1900-1945 

 

Racial Ideology between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany: Julius Evola and the Aryan Myth, 1933–43

We are joined once again by journalist Mic Wright to talk news, looking at the coverage of Prince Philip's death, reporting on vaccine risks, return of ASBO rhetoric and more. Finishing with our five minute focus on an open letter calling on MPs to oppose the nordic model for sex work.  

 

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"Dangerously misleading" GCSE textbook suspended over concerns about anti - Palestinian bias 

 

Kitzmiller Vs Dover 

 

Keir Starmer on "antisocial behaviour" 

 

Grace Blakeley tweets 

 

Radio One Dance Anthems upon the death of Philip 

 

Mic's Twitch episode on Prince Philip 

 

Sign the Decrim Now Open Letter 

 

Email your MP 

 

Listen to our Decrim episode with Sarah Dorman (Episode 7)

Let's get stuck into some recent news stories. The Sewell report, Kieth and the homophobic church, Charlotte and the anti-traveller leaflets, Alex Sobel's thoughtcrime (and Matt and Jordan's awful Valley Girl accents), the Arcuri corruption scandal, and more. Plus, The Easter Rising 1916.  

 

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Charlotte Nichols story  

 

Apology attempt #1  

 

Charlotte's eventual real apology   

 

Labour LGBT+ Tweet 

 

Alex Sobel Apology 

 

Labour Polling 

 

Rumours of Dodds getting sacked (1)  

Rumours of Dodds getting sacked (2) 

 

Jennifer Arcuri Episode 

 

The Sewell Report  

 

The release of the report  

 

Nadine White, the UK's only Race Correspondent, on being excluded from the release 

 

Selected Journalists Were Deliberately Left Out Of Controversial Race Briefing (1)  

Selected Journalists Were Deliberately Left Out Of Controversial Race Briefing (2) 

Selected Journalists Were Deliberately Left Out Of Controversial Race Briefing (3) 

 

Black Friday and the Suffragettes

We're joined by Generation Left author Keir Milburn to discuss the generational divide. How has it been produced? And what are the implications it has for our politics?  

 

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Polling on 2017 voting UK 

 

Polling on 2019 voting UK 

 

Polling on responses to Meghan and Harry being interviewed 

 

Sanders popular with young people 

 

More young people left wing in Poland 

 

Fossil fuel emissions 

 

Ever Given blocks the Suez Canal 

 

Rugby Player Heather Fisher on facing discrimination 

 

Montero (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X 

 

The religious symbolism in Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

Comedian Sam Whyte joins us to talk about her adopted hometown, Manchester. A wide ranging conversation touches on stand up, The LGBT Foundation, Manchester music, the environment, Andy Burnham, mental health, and talking to seagulls, with a particular focus on housing, gentrification, and the notorious Hulme Crescents. 

 

Plus a Five Minute Focus on the shocking 70s play that introduced Jonathan Pryce to the world...  

 

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Not The 9 O'Clock News Monty Python Sketch 

 

Working Class History Podcast on Peterloo 

 

Greater Manchester Tenants Union 

 

Manchester Green New Deal Podcast 

 

Sister Supporter 

 

Gethin Price routine from Comedians

We're talking about a cold, grey, loveless thing this week. That's right, join us as we discuss charity and explore some of the issues with the system before finishing with a shout out to one of the unions representing workers in the charitable sector.  

 

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Difference between Charitable Organisations  

 

Emma Barnett on billionaires  

 

The Case against the Sacklers  

 

Microsoft fined over Web browser promotion  

 

Microsoft Antitrust Case  

 

Washington Post factory check failings  

 

The Washington Post Deserves 324 Billion Pinocchios for Its Attacks on Bernie Sanders  

 

Review into the NI Charity Commission  

 

Billionaire wealth increases during the pandemic  

 

IRS loophole where white supremacist groups claim to be educational and so get full tax exemption (1)  

IRS loophole where white supremacist groups claim to be educational and so get full tax exemption (2)  

 

The Steadfast Trust  

 

White supremacy in churches  

 

Churches as charities: some basics  

 

Muslim charities are investigated at a higher rate  

 

Muslim charities recieve much less money than "mainstream" charities  

 

Racism in charities  

 

#CharitySoWhite  

 

LGB Alliance have applied for charitable status  

 

Charities and Reputation Management (1)  

Charities and Reputation Management (2)

Charities and Reputation Management (3)  

 

Mutual Aid  

 

Streets Kitchen  

 

IWGB charity workers branch