Revolutionary Despatches

Eighteenth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian, featuring Jamie Hanna.

In this episode, we discuss:

00:20:54 – Elections in London

00:28:59 – Elections in Scotland

00:43:51 – Elections in Wales

00:54:08 – DUP Leadership Election

01:18:51 – Labour Reshuffle

01:37:03 – Anti-Home Office Direct Action in Glasgow

1:46:08 – Israeli State Violence against Palestinians in East Jerusalem and Gaza

The most recent two episodes are available on SoundCloud. All our episodes are available on Anchor.fm or through most podcast providers. Check out our YouTube channel too for our back catalogue.

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Special thanks to our guest and Official Revolutionary Despatches Northern Ireland Correspondent, Jamie Hanna.

Shownotes:

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: https://pcrf.net

Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://map.org.uk

Anera: https://anera.org

Seventeenth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

In this episode, we discuss:

Apologies for the lateness of this episode relative to its recording, I hope to maintain a quicker turnaround in future.

The most recent two episodes are available on SoundCloud. All our episodes are available on Anchor.fm or through most podcast providers. Check out our YouTube channel too for our back catalogue.

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

The Northern Independence Party manifesto:

'Democracy for Young People' by David Runciman:

Sixteenth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

Recorded 12th January 2021. Released 19th January 2021.

In this episode, we discuss:

- The January 6th Insurrection in Washington DC, and a wide-ranging discussion of American fascism and class [00:11:16]

- The prospects for Scottish and Welsh Independence in the aftermath of Brexit [01:21:53]

The most recent two episodes are available on SoundCloud. All our episodes are available on Anchor.fm or through most podcast providers. Check out our YouTube channel too for our back catalogue.

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

Umberto Eco's essay 'Ur-Fascism':

https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Eco-urfascism.pdf

Ian Danskin's video essay 'White Fascism':

https://vimeo.com/303618483

Robert Paxton's article 'The Five Stages of Fascism':

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/235001

2021 Scottish Parliament Election Polling:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election#Opinion_polling

2014 Scottish Independence Referendum results map:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum#/media/File:Scottish_independence_referendum_results.svg

Owen Jones interviews Michael Sheen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxs64FRSkDY

Fifteenth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

Recorded 3rd January 2021. Released 6th January 2021.

In this episode, we discuss:

- Keir Starmer's non-resignation

- The Georgia runoff elections

- 2020, what it meant, what it means, and what it might mean. Also, we talk about post-modernism and a load of other stuff

The most recent two episodes are available on SoundCloud. All our episodes are available on Anchor.fm or through most podcast providers. Check out our YouTube channel too for our back catalogue.

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

John McDonnell interview: 

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

Judith Butler interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXJb2eLNJZE

Fourteenth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

In this episode, we discuss:

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

Information on the Indian strikes & protests:

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Indian_general_strike)

Thirteenth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

In this episode, we discuss:

- The promise of Covid vaccinations

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

Long Covid damage:

NHS Long Covid clinics:

Lee Cain quits:

Carrie Symonds' opposition to Cummings:

Labour NEC results:

Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh War:

Ethnic cleansing in Artsakh:

System of a Down charity single:

Twelfth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

In this episode, we discuss:

- [00:00:38] The results and fallout of the US General Election

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

US Presidential Election results:

Composition of the 2016 US electorate (political compass):

Biden taps Wall Street adviser Gary Gensler:

Justice Democrats/Sunrise Movement analysis of swing districts:

(https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1325202177145544710)California ballot propositions:

(https://ballotpedia.org/California_2020_ballot_propositions)

Florida ballot measures:

(https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_2020_ballot_measures)

My Sixth-Form era petition against TTIP!:

(https://www.change.org/p/to-the-eu-and-uk-governments-do-not-sign-up-to-ttip)

Eleventh episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

In this episode, we discuss:

- [00:00:29] The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Tenth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

Recorded 31st October 2020. Released 2nd November 2020.

In this episode, we discuss:

- [00:00:46] The UK government's response to Coronavirus

- [00:34:15] Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party and the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn

- [01:18:13] The UK government's guidance on schools' use of left-wing materials and the BBC's guidance on 'controversial topics'

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

The Northern Research Group's Letter to Boris Johnson:

(www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/…out-of-lockdown)

The Northern Research Group's views on Rishi Sunak:

(www.newstatesman.com/politics/econo…up-rishi-sunak)

Keir Starmer & Labour take hit over Jeremy Corbyn suspension:

(twitter.com/YouGov/status/1322213828600438785)

The EHRC Report into Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party:

(www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defau…r-party.pdf)

Phil Burton-Cartledge on the EHRC report & Jeremy Corbyn:

(averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2020/10…rt.html)

Barnaby Raine in Salvage on Anti-Semitism on the left:

(www.evernote.com/shard/s457/clien…B%257C%2BSalvage)

Government guidance to schools on left-wing materials:

(www.theguardian.com/education/2020/…ial-in-teaching)

Tim Davies' clarification on BBC guidance to staff:

(www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54749024)

Ninth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Chris Wright and David Brian.  

Recorded 2nd August 2018. Released 6th August 2018.  

In this episode, we discuss:

 - [00:00:29] Introduction, housekeeping and accidental art criticism

 - [00:06:14] Brexit, again

 - [00:24:38] The Trump-Russia scandal

 - [00:42:47] Israel-Palestine and the new 'Nation State' law

 - [00:59:42] Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party

 - [01:15:51] Violence in Northern Ireland, and a tangent on the US electoral college

 - [01:30:22] A musical recommendation 

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. 

Shownotes: 

That scene from RENT (sorry for poor quality): (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMqxFfuSvW8&t=2s) 

Patrick Maguire in the NS on DexEU [Soft Paywall]: (https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/07/dominic-raab-theresa-may-brexit-take-over-dexeu-negotiations) 

Steve Richards on BBC R4 on the Cameron Years: (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09m4wyx/episodes/player) 

The FiveThirtyEight Podcast on the Trump-Russia Scandal: (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/politics-podcast-four-theories-about-the-trump-russia-connection/) 

Blake Hounsell in Politico on the Trump-Russia Scandal: (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/20/confession-of-a-no-longer-russiagate-skeptic-219022) 

Benjamin Studebaker on US-Russian relations: (https://benjaminstudebaker.com/2018/07/20/why-every-president-tries-to-make-nice-with-russia-and-why-it-never-works/) 

Benjamin Studebaker on the left of the Democratic Party: (https://benjaminstudebaker.com/2018/07/24/the-left-should-commandeer-red-state-democratic-parties/) Guardian Editorial on the Israeli 'Nation State' law: (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/22/the-guardian-view-on-israels-new-law-popular-will-is-being-weaponised) 

Peter Beaumont in the Guardian on the EU's response to the Israeli 'Nation State' law: (https://tinyurl.com/y7ax89kt) 

Ben Lynfield in the NS on the Israeli 'Nation State' law [Soft Paywall]: (https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2018/07/it-s-disgrace-israel-s-nation-state-law-leaves-liberal-democracy-behind) 

Phil BC on Margaret Hodge: (http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2018/07/besmirching-labours-name.html) 

BBC News on the Peter Willsman remarks: (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45014771) 

YouGov polling on Anti-Semitism (apologies for partisan link, but it was the only place I could find the graphs): (https://tinyurl.com/y9hfgs6s) 

Phil BC on Labour Anti-Semitism: (http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2018/07/labours-incompetent-handling-of-anti.html) 

Owen Jones on Labour Anti-Semitism: (https://medium.com/@OwenJones84/labour-and-the-anti-semitism-saga-or-walking-and-chewing-gum-d0c6388aa661) 

The New Statesman Podcast, for a different angle on Labour Anti-Semitism: (https://www.acast.com/newstatesman/laboursanti-semitismrow-part94-) 

The Week on violence in Northern Ireland: (https://tinyurl.com/y6sg6er7) 

Amanda Ferguson in the NS on violence in Northern Ireland [Soft Paywall]: (https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/northern-ireland/2018/07/brexit-changing-northern-ireland-s-direction-it-isn-t-heading-back) 

Fedora-Smashing Militant Black Metal from Neckbeard Deathcamp: (https://neckbearddeathcamp.bandcamp.com/releases) 

Our back catalogue can be found here: www.youtube.com/channel/UCGp9VTSvkrw0KzJqtmjClRw 

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