How to Get Brexit Done ✅
Boris Johnson says that if you give him and his Conservative party a majority at the general election he’ll be able to ‘get Brexit done’. But is that actually true?
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Are the Tories Actually Strong on the Economy? 🤔
The Tories like to present themselves as the party of economic credibility. But after nine years in power is that really true?
Billionaires Control the Media
Billionaires control the media, and it’s undermining our democracy. The broadcast media amplify the right-wing print media meaning the political agenda is always set by, you guessed it, billionaires.
A New Financial Order | Aaron Meets Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist, academic and politician. A former member of Syriza, he served as Minister of Finance from January to July 2015 under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. He has been Secretary-General of MeRA25, a left-wing political party, since he founded it in 2018, he regained a parliamentary seat in July 2019. At […]
Faith, Politics and Socialism | Aaron Meets Salma Yaqoob
Almost two decades ago Salma Yaqoob was politicised by the ‘War on Terror’ – both at home and abroad. Now she is looking to be Labour’s candidate in next year’s West Midlands Mayoral election. Aaron Bastani caught up with her at this year’s ‘The World Transformed’ to discuss how she became politicised, why she joined […]
The Uninhabitable Earth | Aaron Bastani Meets David Wallace-Wells
‘It’s worse, much worse than you think’. Aaron Bastani speaks to David Wallace-Wells, author of the bestselling ‘The Uninhabitable Earth’, on the scale of climate change and how humanity has done far more to destroy the planet – fully aware of the consequences – than it ever did in ignorance.
Do We Really Need to Quit Beef to Save the Planet?
Goldsmiths College has banned the sale of beef on campus starting this September as part of broader efforts to be carbon neutral by 2025. But do we really need to stop eating meat to combat climate change?
How Do You Beat Boris Johnson?
Last week Boris Johnson became Britain’s latest Prime Minister. Having previously been a Tory mayor in a Labour city, and fronted a Leave campaign which prevailed against the odds, how can he be beaten?
Why Are ‘Moderates’ So…Weird?
This week saw both the Tories and the Liberal Democrats elect a new leader. For self-identified ‘moderates’ this provided yet more evidence of why Jeremy Corbyn is bad. But why are ‘moderates’ so…weird? Aaron thinks he has the answer.
Why Are Labour’s Lords Attacking Jeremy Corbyn?
Over the last two weeks attacks on Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour left have intensified. But what is the reality of the more than 60 Labour Lords who ‘called out’ his anti-racism? Who are they and what do their own records look like?
The People’s Republic of Walmart | Interview With Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski
Since the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been taken up by the likes of Walmart, Amazon and other multinational corporations. Aaron sits down with Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski to discuss their new book The People’s Republic of Walmart, out now from Verso.
What Exactly Are the Lib Dems For?
The Liberal Democrats are making something of a recovery in the polls saying they’ll ‘stop Brexit’. Aaron Bastani says it’s their brand of opportunistic politics, and enabling austerity, which made it happen in the first place.
Decarbonise by 2050? – Not Good Enough
A new Committee on Climate Change (CCC) stating that we can decarbonise by 2050 is welcome news, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough argues Aaron Bastani.
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.
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 Crisis of the Imagination | Aaron Meets Rutger Bregman
“Taxes” was the word on everyone’s lips after the annual Davos conference this year. The man who had dared utter it amongst the financial elite was Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian whose no nonsense savaging of the establishment brought him viral fame. His latest book ‘Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There’ argues […]
I’m Sorry, the BBC Has Now Lost It
From ‘public’ audiences filled with Tory activists to not even attempting to have political balance on panels – and even getting the most basic of facts wrong, Aaron Bastani thinks the jury is clearly out. The BBC has totally lost it when it comes to news and current affairs.
This Isn’t New Politics
What we are seeing isn’t the launch of a new politics, it’s the old one sailing off in a lifeboat. Floating towards an empty horizon, the Independent Group has no idea where it is going or what forces are pushing it. They will fail.