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Bercow’s bombshell puts Brexit on hold and May’s government in meltdown. On tonight’s #TyskySour Paul Mason surveys a country in consititutional chaos.

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin have a natter about the Independent Group wanting to bring back national service, zombie Blairites still kicking around Parliament, Brexit and how working class caricatures have influenced political movements. http://novaramedia.com/?p=12745

Richard Seymour joins Michael Walker to discuss Tom Watson’s ploy to kick out Corbyn; plus crunch votes in the Commons, and Corbynism after Brexit. A Failed Coup? With Richard Seymour

“Does the left have an antisemitism problem? Do the Tories get a free pass on Islamophobia? And what does it mean to be “institutionally racist”? Michael Walker is joined by Eleanor Penny and David Wearing to discuss these questions. Antisemitism, Islamophobia and Institutional Racism

James Butler is joined by James Meadway, former advisor to John McDonnell, to discuss the economics of Corbynism: the roots and aftermath of the 2008 crash, the new policy horizons of the Labour left, and a socialist economics for the 21st century. http://novaramedia.com/?p=12543

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin return to consider the vapidity of Centrism 2.0, and the ideology of Chris Leslie, Gordon Brown’s former photocopier. http://novaramedia.com/?p=12538

Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann are joined by Marion, a campaigner from Smash IPP. The group campaigns to free prisoners still serving the indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection. They discuss how the courts ending up passing sentences with no release date, what it’s like for the people serving them and how to get […]

On #NovaraFM James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss his new book ‘The Digital Party’: from hyperleaders to superbases, the end of the cadre and the effect of the internet on how people think about politics. http://novaramedia.com/2019/02/15/log-on-the-rise-of-the-digital-party/On #NovaraFM James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss his new book ‘The Digital Party’: […]

Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin talk dangerous heroes, dangers and weirdos, the UK edition of Turning Point, AOC, and party democracy. http://novaramedia.com/?p=12383

The British public know all about the DUP’s Brexit position, but what about Sinn Fein? On #TyskySour Michael Walker is joined by Sinn Fein’s Chris Hazzard MP and the New Left Review’s Dan Finn to lay out the politics of Ireland and Brexit. No (Irish) Borders?!