Tag: social democracy

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 […]
For a Left Populism: Chantal Mouffe
On #NovaraFM James Butler is joined by leading theorist of populism Chantal Mouffe. They discuss populism left and right, sovereignty, the nation-state – and the durability of classical socialism
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Public Capital and Transition: Robin Blackburn on the Corbyn Project
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Robin Blackburn, former editor of the New Left Review and professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, to discuss the political economy of Corbynism.
Killing Us Softly: A Short History of Biopower in the NHS
This week's long read exposes the phony narrative of an NHS for all, instead revealing an institution that has, from its conception, existed to serve the needs of capital.
There’s No Going Back to Social Democracy
Both sides of the Atlantic, the centre-left is still reeling from the global financial crisis. For many disillusioned voters the only solution is a radical one - whether to the left or right.
Larry Sanders: “We Don’t Really Know Who the Labour Party Is”
Josiah Mortimer interviewed Green party candidate Larry Sanders, brother of Bernie, about his running in the Witney by-election, Jeremy Corbyn, and the possibility of a Green-Labour alliance in the next general election.
‘We are socialists, they are social democrats’: An Interview with Austria’s Socialist Youth
Julia Herr, chair of Socialist Youth Austria, spoke to us about socialism, the rise of the far-right Freedom party and the crisis of social democracy.
Opposition to Momentum’s Festival Comes From Fear of the New Politics It Represents
Momentum's 'The World Transformed' festival is taking place on the same weekend as Labour's annual conference, in the same city. Andrew Dolan argues it's a welcome interruption to a stage-managed spectacle.
The Problems of Podemos
Unidos Podemos, the left-wing coalition party, came in a disappointing third place in the most recent Spanish elections. After polling well, why did the party fail to capture the popular vote? And what lessons can left-wing electoral projects  draw from this?
5 Things Jeremy Corbyn Could Learn from ‘Revolutionary Reformism’ in Sweden
Assassinated in 1986, the two-time Swedish prime minister Olof Palme was motivated by what he called 'revolutionary reformism'. With Labour chipping away at the Tories' polling lead, what could Corbyn learn from Palme's legacy?
Is Labour the Exception?
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler ask if, and why, Labour is the exception among Europe's faltering parties of social democracy
Curb Your Corbynthusiasm: 5 Thoughts on the Politics of Corbynism
NovaraTV sat down with Jeremy Corbyn this week, whose Labour leadership campaign has made him the frontrunner and stirred discussion and debate across the left. Cutting through the hype, what are Corbyn's politics and where do they lead us?
In Conversation with Neal Lawson
On this week's show Aaron Bastani talks to Neal Lawson, founder of centre-left campaign organisation 'Compass'.
The Crisis of European Centre-Left Parties
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the crisis of nominally left social democratic parties in Europe since 2008.