The European Elections Are a Complete Joke
Has Brexit broken the Tories? Will Change UK – The Independent Group get a graphic designer? Can Labour beat Farage? Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Butler chat Euro-Elections tonight on #TyskySour.
‘They should be chased out of town’: How a South Coast Council Is Failing Homeless People
by Natalie Leal
The number of people sleeping rough in Bognor Regis is rising. But instead of working to protect vulnerable people, local councillors seem to view homeless people as detrimental to the look of the town. In addition to moving rough sleepers off the high street and confiscating their belongings, the local authority is now about to cut £4m of funding to homelessness services.
Spanish General Election: Another Turning Point in the Country’s Constitutional Crisis
by Javier Moreno Zacarés
Vox have now entered parliament, but a potential right coalition have failed to come anywhere close to government following disaster for the conservative Popular party. Meanwhile, Podemos suffered significant losses and the winners, PSOE, may be forced into an agreement with Catalan nationalists.
Generation Left?
James Butler is joined by Keir Milburn to discuss his new book ‘Generation Left’.
Strippers Take Aim at Women’s Equality Party Over ‘Sting’ Operation
by Sophie Hemery
Anti-strip club campaigners linked to the Women’s Equality party allegedly paid private investigators, including two former police officers, to pose as customers in strip clubs and film dancers without their consent.
A Century After Turkey’s Genocide of Our People, Armenians Are Still Under Threat
by Hagop Artim Kashejian
104 years after the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 1.5 million people, an Armenian soldier opposing Isis in Syria reflects on the imperative to keep resisting terror and oppression.
RIP EuroShanly…
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin mourn the demise of the EuroShanly movement and discuss Sky News morphing into Fox News, SATs and Labour's education policy.
Spanish General Election: Another Step Forward for the Far Right?
by Pablo Castaño
In the 2016 Spanish general election, the big question was whether Unidos Podemos would overcome the Socialist party (PSOE). It didn’t. Just three years later, a snap election on 28 April could see a far-right party enter government for the first time since the end of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.
The Rebel Alliance: Extinction Rebellion and a Green New Deal
Extinction Rebellion and AOC’s Green New Deal have made global headlines. Can their aims be aligned to prevent climate catastrophe? Guest host Aaron Bastani will be joined by journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot and economist Ann Pettifor.
State Neglect and Police Violence: The Forgotten Refugee Crisis in Calais and Dunkirk
by Abby Meadows, northern France
In northern France hundreds of refugees are being neglected by the state, abused by the police and exploited by smugglers. With large charities refusing to get involved and journalists staying away, grassroots groups are still trying to plug the aid gap. But volunteers say there is only so much they can do without adequate resources – and when the only real solutions are political.
Movin’ On Up: It’s Time to Break Neoliberalism’s Share-Owning Oligarchy
by James Meadway
There were record dividends paid to UK company shareholders this week, not that the vast majority of people working for those companies would know it given that wages are flatlining or declining. James Meadway explains how Labour would go about transferring wealth and control from owners to workers.
Mass Extinction Mass Rebellion
This week climate change protestors occupied key parts of London’s infrastructure in an effort to force the government to declare a climate emergency. Aaron argues that with the severity of the climate crisis we face these actions are increasingly urgent.
If Notre Dame is a Tragedy, Then What is the Future We Are Creating?
by Aaron Bastani
This week the news has been dominated by two stories: the Notre Dame fire, and Extinction Rebellion’s ongoing protest at government inaction on climate change. Aaron Bastani argues the media response to these events prompts important questions around what it is that constitutes a tragedy.
Cultural Marxism Isn’t a Thing
With Tory MP Suella Braverman repeating the alt-right conspiracy theory of ‘cultural marxism’, Aaron thought he’d take a closer look at the idea.
A Bolt From the Blue: What Scrapping Section 21 Would Mean for Renters
by Marxist Barrister
With the government's announcement that it will consult on the abolition of section 21 - a much maligned housing law introduced by Thatcher - an anonymous lawyer looks at what getting rid of it would mean for renters.
Long Snake Moan: How Capitalism’s Productivity Failure Is Driving Debt and Speculation
by James Meadway
New research suggests the digital economy isn't providing many solutions to capitalism's productivity crisis. Increasingly, large companies are turning to subscriptions and data for profit, hoarding what they can along the way.
Julian Assange and the Problem of ‘Solidarity’
by Ash Sarkar
Opinions on Julian Assange tend to be sharply polarised: he is either an abuser undeserving of public support against extradition to the US or a champion for transparency unjustly persecuted by the American empire. Ash Sarkar makes the case for a more nuanced response.
You’ll Never Walk Alone: Remembering Hillsborough 30 Years On
by Jess Thorne
Today marks the 30-year anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster - a crush during a football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium that killed 96 Liverpool fans. Jess Thorne reflects on the police management, media cover-up and political context of what remains the worst disaster in British sporting history.