The punkacademic podcast

This week in the first Radical Writers' Club Mike talks to D K Renton, socialist, Marxist thinker and activist, co-founder of rs21 about his new books Revolutionary Forgiveness (Haymarket) and The Anti-Fascist Novel (Routledge).

They discuss Dave's path to becoming a radical writer, the origins and context of his books, and what's next on the horizon. Revolutionary Forgiveness is a powerful take on what forgiveness can look like in terms of a revolutionary act, and The Anti-Fascist Novel recovers an important tradition of oft-forgotten literature to explore the imaginative world of British anti-fascism.

Dave also reflects on the contemporary political moment and the importance both of forgiveness and understanding today's politics for what it is - and avoiding defeatism.

Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here. D K Renton photo by Dimi Talen.

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Mike talks about MS for #MSAwarenessWeek. He covers a little of his own journey, and an explainer for those who don't really know the answer to the question - what is MS?

Debut episode of the full show on 'Universities in the age of Trump' drops 11/05.

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