#Charlottesville & the Rise of Fascism
Tonight on The Fix we’ll be discussing #Charlottesville & the rise of fascism. Join Eleanor Penny, Aaron Bastani + Ash Sarkar at 8pm
Tag: future
How Croydon Went Red
Here's how Tory Gavin Barwell, author of the book 'How to Win a Marginal Seat', saw his majority of just 165 overturned by Labour candidate Sarah Jones with the help of Momentum and some very dedicated campaigners.
Future Proof: Britain in the 2020s
Aaron Bastani and Eleanor Penny are joined by Mathew Lawrence from IPPR, author of Future Proof: Britain in the 2020s.
Exposing London’s Dirty Energy Complex: 5 Companies (and Industries) Causing Climate Change
Climate change is being driven by more than just big name oil and gas firms like BP. A whole network of industries contributes to and relies on environmental destruction. Here are five of the worst offenders based in London.
Knowledge is Power: Lessons from Dystopian Fiction
32 years since George Orwell’s predictions of the future failed to come to pass, and our world seems to be getting more dystopian every day - but of all society's dystopian elements, which should worry us most?
Three Major Reforms to Save the Media in 2016
Traditional daily print news is virtually dead, online news paid for by ads is in crisis - what future is there for a dynamic, independent media? Aaron Bastani lays out three solutions.
Tesla, iPad Socialism and the Return of the Future
Sunday Long Read: Over the last year much has been made of the role of technology in the realisation of a left future, but if 'iPad socialism' is to become more than a slogan, it will be public - not private - funding that makes it happen.
Osborne’s Cocktail of Threats – Crisis 2016?
What are the ingredients of the Cocktail of Threats? Aaron Bastani on why George Osborne is suddenly so keen to ring the alarm about the UK economy.
‘Socialism with an iPad’: Is John McDonnell a Corbo-Futurist?
As George Osborne’s total failure to meet his own deficit reduction targets was made embarrassingly clear last week, John McDonnell has laid out his vision of an economy of the future.
Inventing the Future
This week Aaron Bastani is joined by Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek, co-editors of "Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a world without work"
Redefining the Battle Lines of the Left
Are we succeeding in articulating a post-crisis politics or is the left too hung up on bygone strategies and frameworks? Is it time to redraw the battle lines to adapt to post-crisis political life?
Europe’s Refugee Crisis
On this week's show Ash Sarkar, James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss Europe and migration: how much will demographic change transform the politics of the continent in coming decades?
A 10-Point Programme for 21st Century Socialism
Much of Corbyn’s ten-point plan reads like it dates from 30 or 40 years ago. Can a programme for radical government which makes almost no mention of the massive cultural and technological changes of the past 30 years really be credible?
4 Theses on Corbo-Futurism
If Jeremy Corbyn is such a dinosaur, why are so many people turning to the left in search of a better future? Has the transformation of the left and failure of the New Labour led to a new form of engagement with electoral politics?
In or Out? Britain and the EU
On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss Europe and Brexit. Is it really worth staying in the EU?
Worker Struggle in Asia and the Future of Capitalism
On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Ashok Kumar as they discuss worker struggle in the Global South, the "organisational fix" and no next China for investment.
Communist Strategy In The 21st Century
Back from his PhD-induced hiatus Aaron Bastani joins James Butler to discuss the subject of his thesis, observing patterns in recent social movements.
#AskNovara
On this week's show Aaron and James answer a variety of questions posed under the hashtag #AskNovara