Tag: utopia
Prisons: Abolition or Reform?
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann interview Dr David Scott, who explains what prison abolition is and what the alternatives are. They discuss the failings of the current penal system, the naive utopianism of reform and the practicalities of penal abolition.
Radical Happiness: Lynne Segal
James Butler is joined by Lynne Segal, Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck, and longstanding left feminist, to discuss radical happiness, utopia and political joy.
Why The Left Needs Utopia
Paul Walker-Emig
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”
7 Thoughts on Basic Income and Utopia
David Bell
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
Aaron Bastani explains ‘Fully Automated Luxury Communism’, a post-capitalist utopia.
9 Visions of Utopia from Broadmarsh Shopping Centre
Judy Thorne
Utopia and Ideology: Bacon’s ‘New Atlantis’ to Bitcoin
On this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss the relationship between utopia, politics and technology asking ‘what is the utopia of capital‘?