Tag: oil
The Bodies on the Gears: How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas Malm argues in How to Blow Up a Pipeline that the climate movement must act against the infrastructure of death. He joins James Butler to discuss.
The Death of the Fossil Fuel Industry Could Be Disastrous for Workers. Now’s the Time to Nationalise It
Kate Aronoff
Can Big Oil Be Trusted Now?
Joe Sandler Clarke
If Trump Wins the US Election, It’s Countdown to War With Iran
David Wearing
Greenwashing the Establishment: How the Irish Greens Sold Out Environmentalists and the Working Class
Patrick O'Donoghue
This Week’s Oil Price Slump Signals Economic Dangers Ahead
James Meadway
Petro-Geddon (w/ James Meadway)
As the price of oil plummets what do ‘negative prices’ really mean? And what do they tell us about what next for the global economy? Also, how high is Britain’s real coronavirus death toll? Economist James Meadway joins Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker.
Tackling the Climate Crisis Means Transforming British Foreign Relations
David Wearing
Revolution and Its Discontents: Politics in Iran
James Butler is joined by Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, to discuss Iranian politics and history: from imperialist coups to theocracy, and the fate of the Iranian left.
The Fire This Time in the Americas
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera
Anglo-Arabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain | Aaron Meets David Wearing
Aaron is joined by David Wearing author of ‘Anglo-Arabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain’ to discuss the Gulf oil monarchies and the UK’s key supporting role in the disastrous Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.
The Coup in Venezuela, Explained
As crisis engulfs Venezuela, Aaron Bastani looks at the political and economic history of the country since Hugo Chavez won power in 1998. His conclusion? That sanctions and oil prices are to blame for the country’s economic plight, while it boasts a far greater tradition of democracy than critics often realise let alone dare to […]
Anglo-Arabia: Khashoggi, Gulf Wealth & the War in Yemen
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by David Wearing, author of ‘Anglo-Arabia: Why Gulf Weath Matters to Britain’ to discuss the Khashoggi affair and the rise of the Gulf monarchies.
67 Years Ago Today, a Democratic Revolution Began – and Britain Helped Stop It
Aaron Bastani
Russia: Democracy, Oligarchy, Repression
James Butler is joined by Simon Pirani, author of ‘Change in Putin’s Russia’, and Tom Rowley, editor of openDemocracy Russia, to discuss the nature of the Russian state, its politics, and the forthcoming elections.
Climate Change Is Class War – and Fighting It Is a Workers’ Struggle
Mika Minio-Paluello
