This week we had the privilege of being joined by Jeanne Morefield to talk about liberalism, its global discontents and whether we are seeing the collapse of the liberal world order.

Jeanne is a senior lecture in political theory at the University of Birmingham and her class is the reason this pod exists. She has previously written for the Boston Review and Jacobin Magazine and is currently writing a book which examines the political thought of Edward Said.

References

Phil Ochs - Love me I’m a Liberal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nFvhhCulaw

Morals of the Market https://www.versobooks.com/books/3087-the-morals-of-the-market

Michael Goodhart - Injustice: Political Theory for the Real World https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190692421.001.0001/oso-9780190692421

Chomsky vs Buckley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DvmLMUfGss

In the wake of Trump declaring Antifa a terrorist organisation and the UK far-right mobilising to defend Churchill’s statue, we thought we would talk about the importance of anti-fascist organising. 

We spoke to Craig who is an anti-fascist organiser in the Midlands about what being an anti-fascist means, what the far-right looks like in the U.K and what can the left do to oppose the growth of fascism. 

References

Militant Anti-Fascism: A Hundred Years of Resistance https://www.calton-books.co.uk/books/militant-anti-fascism-a-hundred-years-of-resistance/

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781612197036

Neo-Nazi Recruitment (Fortnite) https://nypost.com/2018/07/02/former-neo-nazi-says-white-supremacists-use-fortnite-to-recruit-kids/

Georgi Dimitrov https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/works/1935/08_02.htm

This week’s episode we had the pleasure of being joined by Hamza Rehman. We spoke about his own personal experiences being a Palestinian justice activist before trying to detail and contextualise the Palestinian struggle over the last century. 

You can catch the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Youtube. Please keep sharing and spreading the word about the pod ❤

References

Info on BDS https://bdsmovement.net

The Minyan Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-minyan/id1469758206

Israeli Annexation

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/palestinians-fear-displacement-annexed-jordan-valley-200619074130453.html

Ilan Pappe - The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

https://oneworld-publications.com/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestine-pb.html

Frantz Fanon - The Wretched of the Earth

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/573/57385/the-wretched-of-the-earth/9780141186542.html

Working Class History Podcast - Anti-Zionism in Israel

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/16/e17-anti-zionism-in-israel-part-1/amp/

Apartheid off Campus

https://www.palestinecampaign.org/campaigns/apartheid-off-campus-2/

We had the absolute pleasure of being joined on this week's episode by Leah Martindale, a master’s student at the University of Bristol, soon to be the SU’s postgraduate education officer, and one of the most prolific voices for justice and socialism on social media. A little longer pod this week to ensure we comprehensively covered the horrific murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police and the uprisings we have seen around the world as a result. We hope this gives listeners a view into institutional racism around the world, the role of the police in capitalist society and how you play a role in the civil rights struggle of our time.

Don't forget to check the Practical Ways you can support BLM in the UK Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x65xLdIUDWMUl4_nkuD-EeP98UuJ2nuknUDsqUm7R9s/htmlview?usp=drivesdk&pru=AAABcqQ128g%2AUalGKqSju5TK8YMsCcKYcg&fbclid=IwAR1XXeMcKovI2yJ9Y9QcQC0TGSf7nXaeD5y2pe4gJL7LHDa0wqu1SODABcQ#

References

Racism in Healthcare - https://raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/health-brief3.pdf

Killer Mike Speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSWasOhArfM

13th by Ava Duvernay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8

The Russian Revolution by Walter Rodney - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2724-the-russian-revolution

The Racist Roots of American Policing - https://theconversation.com/the-racist-roots-of-american-policing-from-slave-patrols-to-traffic-stops-112816

How Capitalism Needed Racism to Operate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmyWvjszBOw

Akala Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gen5feHI7Os

As a follow up to our second episode, we talk about how states with high levels of state planning have dealt with the crisis, what organising has happened on the ground in the UK to help those in need and whether there is the potential to build a radical political alternative in the UK as a result of the pandemic. 

References:

The Chinese Response: https://www.thetricontinental.org/studies-2-coronavirus/ 

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/house-was-fire-top-chinese-virologist-how-china-and-us-have-met-pandemic

The Crisis in the UK: https://redfightback.org/read/unity_in_diversity

The Cuban Response: https://www.physiciansweekly.com/cuban-doctors-head-to/

The Vietnamese Response:

https://www.liberationnews.org/why-has-no-one-in-vietnam-died-from-coronavirus/

General: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/498087-french-doctors-believe-they-may-have-treated-coronavirus-patients-last-fall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42OrsA045M

In the hellscape that is 21st Century life Jeff Bezos is set to become the world's first trillionaire. The guys discuss how it's possible one individual can lay claim to so much, the reasons why our society allows someone to hoard such wealth and try to give some practical answers to the question: Should Billionaires Exist? 

References:

https://novaramedia.com/2019/11/01/why-on-earth-shouldnt-people-be-able-to-be-billionaires/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/30/apple-chinese-workers-treated-inhumanely

https://observer.com/2018/04/amazon-britain-harsh-working-conditions/

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo29143391.html

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305/305469/the-entrepreneurial-state/9780141986104.html

https://www.vox.com/2016/5/18/11691818/barone-mocetti-florence

In the third instalment of Red in the Face we talk about what next after Bernie, who the hell do you vote for out of Biden and Trump and try to work out whoever Cornpop is.

You can find links to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Youtube and Band Camp via our Podbean page. Please listen, like, subscribe and spread the word https://redintheface.podbean.com

PS: If your politics are informed by reading Harry Potter this is neither the episode or podcast for you.

References

Manufacturing Consent - Naom Chomsky https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/78912/manufacturing-consent-by-edward-s-herman-and-noam-chomsky/

The Democrats Seem Just Fine With Joe Biden’s Sexual Assault Allegations - Branko Marcetic https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/04/donald-trump-joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegations

Bernie Won (Iowa Caucus) - Chapo Trap House https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/unlocked-391-bernie-won-2520

Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Jo Biden - Brnaki Marcetic https://jacobinmag.com/store/product/67

The United States Has Essentially a One-Party System - Naom Chomsky https://chomsky.info/20081010/

Corrections

We also referenced Eugene Debs and that he was part of the American Party of Labor. In fact he was in the Socialist Party of USA and Verso have published a Graphic Biography of his life: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2916-eugene-v-debs

It was Julius Nyerere who said: 'The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.' https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/nyerere/biography.htm

As the Government makes an extremely confusing and dangerous announcement regarding their Coronavirus strategy, the Red in the Face team discuss the inadequate UK response so far and how the media have allowed Boris to get away with murder.

We are now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Band Camp, YouTube and Podbean. Please listen, share, subscribe and review!!

References:

Times Article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-38-days-when-britain-sleepwalked-into-disaster-hq3b9tlgh

Boris Grenwitch Speech: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-in-greenwich-3-february-2020 

Gender Recognition Act: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/23/liz-truss-trans-rights-gender-recognition-act-reform-healthcare-puberty-blockers-backlash/

Fire Brigade Cuts: https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2020/04/27/brutal-cuts-fire-and-rescue-services-being-rushed-through-during-pandemic-union-says

Venezuela Coup: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ex-US-Green-Beret-Behind-Failed-Terrorist-Plots-in-Venezuela-20200504-0015.html