Tag: socialism

What Can We Learn From Rosa Luxemburg?
A century ago today, Rosa Luxemburg was murdered by the German Freikorps, her body dumped in Berlin's Landwehr canal. But while her death has entered into socialist martyrology, her life and thought - and especially her manner of thinking - still has much to teach us, argues James Butler.
Another Europe is Unlikely: Why Socialist Transformation Won’t Happen Within the EU
Although another Europe isn’t impossible, it won’t come about until the financialised project that is the EU has collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. Until then, a socialist government trying to deliver a radical agenda from within the EU will be doomed to fail, argues Grace Blakeley.
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
The Establishment, on Steroids. With Owen Jones

Owen Jones has spent his career unmasking the British Establishment. In an age of Phillip Green and trips paid by the House of Saud – Are they pushing their luck?
“We’re Not Going to Be Able to Achieve Socialism in One Government” | Aaron Meets Leo Panitch

At The World transformed 2018 Aaron Bastani sat down with Leo Panitch, editor of the Socialist Register and distinguished research professor at York University. They talked socialism, party democracy, mandatory reselections and more.
Brexit Votes and Transatlantic Socialism With Dalia Gebrial & Bhaskar Sunkara

On tonight’s #tyskysour, live from The World Transformed, Michael Walker will be talking to Dalia Gebrial and Bhaskar Sunkara about transatlantic socialism, and the latest news from the conference floor. Hosted by Michael Walker Produced by Gary McQuiggin

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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.
#StopTrump #StopTommy You Idiot

Ash Sarkar and Owen Jones debate Communism vs Socialism and talk Tommy Robinson and Trump.
The Leo Panitch Show
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin sit in starstruck awe as Professor Leo Panitch explains how the world works in a dulcet Canadian accent.
Interview With David Harvey

Last September Aaron Bastani sat down with the world’s leading expert on Karl Marx; David Harvey. They discussed the relevance of Marx today, productivity, China and so much more. Enjoy.
Socialism at Home Is Not Enough – It’s Time for a Corbynite Foreign Policy
Foreign and domestic policy were once entangled in the minds of the much of the left. It’s time Corbyn used the opportunity of his leadership to be bold with his anti-imperialist principles, argues Barnaby Raine.
The Elite Stands to Lose Everything – No Wonder ‘Defeat Socialism’ is Its New Mission
Clutching at unfounded fantasies, the Corbyn and McDonnell 'spy' smears show the desperation of an elite which is all out of credibility and ideas.
Taking It Back: Public Ownership in the 21st Century
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Grace Blakeley, Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker to discuss public ownership from nationalisation to socialisation – and what a truly democratised economy might look like.
The Fix Debates: Socialism Via Nationalism?

Tonight on a special episode of The Fix Aaron Bastani, Jonathon Shafi, Michael Chessum and Dalia Gebrial debate nationalism. Is nationalism always a force of reaction? What does internationalism actually mean?
The Manifesto, It’s Beautiful
On TyskySour, Michael and Aaron chat insurgent campaigns, polls, and Labour's blueprint for socialism.
#GE2017: Barbarism or Socialism
Aaron Bastani examines the opportunities and difficulties that face us after Theresa May's announcement of another 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.
‘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.