Red in the Face Podcast

We sat down with Hasan Dodwell, Director of Justice for Colombia, to discuss the recent history of Colombia and contextualise the years of conflict and the 2016 Peace Agreement.

This episode provides a good introduction to the topic if you have not engaged with it previously. If you want to learn more about Colombia and JFC’s work please go to the below links. 

Links:

About JFC - https://justiceforcolombia.org/about-jfc/

Colombia in Detail - https://justiceforcolombia.org/about-colombia/colombia-in-detail/

Join JFS - https://justiceforcolombia.org/get-involved/support-jfc/join-jfc/

JFC News & Resources - https://justiceforcolombia.org/news-and-resources/

JFC Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JFColombia/

JFS Twitter - https://twitter.com/JFColombia?s=20

This week we were joined by Sarah Doyle and Rachael O’Byrne to discuss gendered violence in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder and the recent actions of the Met Police.

There is a content warning with this episode as we discuss rape and sexual harassment. We felt it was important to record this episode and add to the discussions currently going on around the U.K about how we make our communities and spaces safe places for women to be in. 

Links:

National Domestic Abuse Helpline

https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/11/whether-or-not-a-cop-killed-sarah-everard-the-police-are-complicit-in-what-happened-to-her/

Reclaim the Night (Liverpool) 

https://www.facebook.com/RTNLiverpool/

https://twitter.com/RTNLiverpool?s=20

Sister’s Uncut 

https://www.sistersuncut.org

Rachael Baylis Brighton Uni SU President Campaign: 

https://twitter.com/baylis_rachael/status/1371416510682570754?s=20

Whether or Not a Cop Killed Sarah Everard, the Police Are Complicit in What Happened to Her - Rivkah Brown

https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/11/whether-or-not-a-cop-killed-sarah-everard-the-police-are-complicit-in-what-happened-to-her/

‘The Police Crackdown Bill Is Dystopian’ - Zarah Sultana 

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/03/zarah-sultana-the-police-crackdown-bill-is-dystopian

Outro: "Un violador en tu camino" by feminist collective Lastesis during the protests in Santiago de Chile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZWHua6PHa8

Picture by Paul McGowan

Morgan leads the discussion this week about the state of U.K mainstream media, their conduct during the Corbyn’s leadership and how the left can combat a hostile media.

Links:

Myth of a Public Service by Tom Mills

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3630-the-bbc

VICIOUS, HORRIBLE PEOPLE by Oliver Eagleton 

https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii127/articles/oliver-eagleton-vicious-horrible-people

Jeremy Corbyn: The Outsider - Vice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ptAcbfKP0

Press Hostility to Labour reaches new levels in 2019 election campaign - Loughborough University

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2019/december/press-hostility-to-labour-reaches-new-levels/

We were joined by Primary School Teacher, Labour Councillor and NEU officer James McAsh for this most recent episode of State of the Union.

We talked about the last 10 years of cuts, academisation and curriculum changes in education before discussing the incredible work the NEU have done during the pandemic.

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We chat all things America on State of the Union this week. We spoke to U.S union activist Nicholas Wurst about the structure of the U.S Trade Union movement, their engagement with the political system and the significance of Amazon workers fighting for unionisation. 

Links: 

Independent Socialist Group -

https://independentsocialistgroup.org

Amazon Unionisation - 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/03/amazon-intensifies-severe-effort-discourage-first-warehouse-union

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/amazon-union-racial-justice-bessner-alabama

American Unions - 

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/american-unions-democracy-labor-movement

Another round up of all goings on in politics over the last month in this most recent Last Orders. We chat about the lifting of COVID restrictions, where the hell the Labour Party is heading and Ted Cruz leaving Snowflake the poodle out of his Cancún adventure. 

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We had the pleasure of talking to Anthony O'Hanlon and Matt Roylance from the UCU to talk about the effect of the pandemic on higher and further education as well as the marketisation of education generally.

LINKS:

Redundancies during a pandemic: 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jan/22/despicable-in-a-pandemic-fury-as-10-uk-universities-plan-job-cuts

Novara Media: Is Coronavirus Incubating a New Student Movement?

https://novaramedia.com/2020/11/26/is-coronavirus-incubating-a-new-student-movement/

Morning Star: Marketisation of universities has led to an education crisis

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/marketisation-universities-has-led-education-crisis

Morning Star: Government urged to end pandemic punishment for students

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/government-urged-to-end-pandemic-punishment-for-students

We tackle all things identity politics in our most recent episode. We talk about the importance of combining identity politics with a strong class consciousness and briefly touch on issues such as performative politics and ‘cancel culture.’ 

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Amazing to be joined by Dean Spade to discuss his book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next).

This is a chat for all those that are worried about the direction of politics in this country and around the world. If you want to make a difference in your community and build that into a wider social movement for change, then this episode is a must listen.

Links:

Dean Spade - Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3713-mutual-aid

Vicky Osterweil - In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vicky-osterweil/in-defense-of-looting/9781549161193/

Rebel Steps Podcast

https://rebelsteps.com/about/

Dan and Jarrad sat down with Steve Wright this week from the FBU for our second State of the Union episode.

Despite being asked to take dead bodies to morgues, help out the ambulance service and support care homes, firefighters are now being attacked by Fire Chief’s for demanding COVID-19 testing before returning to their station.

We also chat about the importance of being politically active as a Trade Unionist, coordinating our action as a Trade Union movement and the effects on the fire service of the climate crisis. 

Links: 

Fire Service Bosses pulling out of COVID-19 Agreement:

https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2021/01/15/fire-service-bosses-pull-out-covid-19-agreement

FBU response to HMICFRS report: 

https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2021/01/22/fbu-responds-“political-and-biasedâ€-hmicfrs-report

Thousands lobby MPs to fund the frontline:

https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2020/11/13/thousands-lobby-mps-fund-frontline

‘Not our mission’: private fire crews protect the insured, not the public: 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/03/not-our-mission-private-fire-crews-protect-the-insured-not-the-public

Labour Representation Committee:

https://labourrep.com

Outro Music - FBU Bella Ciao: 

https://youtu.be/80l4juoORPs