Red in the Face Podcast

With the Euro's and the lifting of restrictions we've had a bit of a delay in pod content but we hope to continue to steady get episodes out as the months roll by.   This episode we were joined by Ant Lehane to chat about drug policy in the U.K and what reform/legalisation would practically look like. Ant is Head of Comms for Volte Face and the Secretariat for the Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform. Checkout their work on the links below

With socialist candidate Pedro Castillo winning the Peruvian Presidential election, we re-invited Katerina and her friend and comrade Betty Rhaza from Movimiento Micaela Bastidas UK to discuss the importance of the victory.   Links:   https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/06/peru-pedro-castillo-human-rights-constitution-state-corruption   https://jacobinmag.com/2021/04/pedro-castillo-peru-presidential-elections-fujimori   https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/e/socialism-or-barbarism-whats-stake-peru  

Another monthly round-up of goings on in the world over the last month from Morgan, Dan and Jarrad:  

We're bringing State of the Union back after a short break. The spin-off series looks to discuss with trade union activist and organisers about ongoing disputes and talk about the UK trade union movement generally.   Dan and Jarrad were joined by Henry Fowler from Strike Map this week to talk about their incredible work since setting up the site in December last year. Below are all the links to Strike Maps social media pages and some of the resources Henry mentioned in the episode.   Links:   Strike Map: Web - https://strikemap.wordpress.com/ Tw - @StrikeMapUK Facebook - Strike Map UK   Strike Map Book Club: https://twitter.com/StrikeMapUK/status/1392173000057835524?s=20   https://www.facebook.com/strikemapuk/photos/a.101418148548718/173798557977343   https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340869/workers-inquiry-and-global-class-struggle/  (use discount code STRIKE30 at checkout)     Working the Phones - Control and Resistance in Call Centres https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745399065/working-the-phones/     China Labour Bulletin: https://clb.org.hk/ Payday report: https://paydayreport.com/ Cornel Strike Map: https://striketracker.ilr.cornell.edu/   Notes from Below: https://notesfrombelow.org

We were joined by Luke from Worcester City FC and SD Europe to again discuss the future of football. We thought we would do a little update after the dust has settled on the short lived European Super League.   If you haven’t listened to the previous episode please find it on the link below. This episode builds on some of the themes we talked about previously and we discuss how fans can continue to push for reform.   Links:   The Future of Football (Part 1)   https://redintheface.podbean.com/e/the-future-of-football-1611649408/     SD Europe   https://sdeurope.eu     Football Supporters’ Association    https://thefsa.org.uk

Dan and Jarrad sat down with Joe Ryle from the 4 Day Week Campaign to discuss the four day week, its benefits for workers and why employers around the globe are adopting it. You can follow the campaign on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram   Links:   - Four Day Week FAQs   - Advice for Workers   - Advice for Employers

A really important chat with Matt Zarb-Cousin on this week’s episode. Matt’s campaign work within the gambling industry has been incredible and serves as a blueprint for all activists looking to force change in society.   Matt is the director of Clean Up Gambling & the Coalition Against Gambling Ads who both do incredible work.   As Jeremy Corbyn’s former spokesman we also had a short chat at the end of the episode about the current situation in the Labour Party.   Links:   Where to get support   https://twitter.com/gambanapp/status/1384122903822704648?s=20   https://www.gamcare.org.uk/talk/   https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/gambling-addiction/     Clean Up Gambling   https://cleanupgambling.com     Coalition Against Gambling Ads   https://caga.uk     How to Campaign for Social Change — and Win: By Matt Zarb-Cousin   https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/01/fixed-odds-betting-terminals-fobts     The Gambling Act Review Is a Chance to Stand up to the Bookies: By Matt Zarb-Cousin   https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/the-gambling-act-review-is-a-chance-to-stand-up-to-the-bookies

Thought we’d have a quick chat about the last 24 hours for Labour, their long-term decline and the future of the progressive politics. Lot to fit in for an off the cuff 50 minute episode but as always we give it a good go.    

We’ve had a break but we’re gonna be back chatting regular shite for a few weeks again. We wanted to start back with a last orders and we go through Kill the Bill, the Derek Chauvin trial, Labour (again) and finish on a lovely bit of conspiracy theory chat.   Enjoy ❤️   https://dianamystery.com    

Morgan and Dan dive into international issues again this week as they are joined by Rob Miller to discuss Cuba.   Rob is the Director of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign which is a British organisation that campaigns against the illegal blockade of Cuba among a whole host of other things.   We chatted with Rob about Cuba pre and post revolution, the crippling effects of the blockade and discussed the incredible work Cuba continues to do under incredible external pressure.   Solidarity with the Cuban people in their struggle to be freed from foreign intervention

We sat down with Hasan Dodwell, Director of Justice for Colombia, to discuss the recent history of Colombia and contextualise the years of conflict and the 2016 Peace Agreement.   This episode provides a good introduction to the topic if you have not engaged with it previously. If you want to learn more about Colombia and JFC’s work please go to the below links.    Links:   About JFC - https://justiceforcolombia.org/about-jfc/     Colombia in Detail - https://justiceforcolombia.org/about-colombia/colombia-in-detail/     Join JFS - https://justiceforcolombia.org/get-involved/support-jfc/join-jfc/     JFC News & Resources - https://justiceforcolombia.org/news-and-resources/     JFC Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JFColombia/     JFS Twitter - https://twitter.com/JFColombia?s=20

This week we were joined by Sarah Doyle and Rachael O’Byrne to discuss gendered violence in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder and the recent actions of the Met Police.   There is a content warning with this episode as we discuss rape and sexual harassment. We felt it was important to record this episode and add to the discussions currently going on around the U.K about how we make our communities and spaces safe places for women to be in.    Links:   National Domestic Abuse Helpline   https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/11/whether-or-not-a-cop-killed-sarah-everard-the-police-are-complicit-in-what-happened-to-her/     Reclaim the Night (Liverpool)    https://www.facebook.com/RTNLiverpool/   https://twitter.com/RTNLiverpool?s=20     Sister’s Uncut    https://www.sistersuncut.org     Rachael Baylis Brighton Uni SU President Campaign:    https://twitter.com/baylis_rachael/status/1371416510682570754?s=20     Whether or Not a Cop Killed Sarah Everard, the Police Are Complicit in What Happened to Her - Rivkah Brown   https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/11/whether-or-not-a-cop-killed-sarah-everard-the-police-are-complicit-in-what-happened-to-her/     ‘The Police Crackdown Bill Is Dystopian’ - Zarah Sultana    https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/03/zarah-sultana-the-police-crackdown-bill-is-dystopian     Outro: "Un violador en tu camino" by feminist collective Lastesis during the protests in Santiago de Chile   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZWHua6PHa8   Picture by Paul McGowan

Morgan leads the discussion this week about the state of U.K mainstream media, their conduct during the Corbyn’s leadership and how the left can combat a hostile media.   Links:   Myth of a Public Service by Tom Mills   https://www.versobooks.com/books/3630-the-bbc   VICIOUS, HORRIBLE PEOPLE by Oliver Eagleton    https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii127/articles/oliver-eagleton-vicious-horrible-people   Jeremy Corbyn: The Outsider - Vice   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ptAcbfKP0   Press Hostility to Labour reaches new levels in 2019 election campaign - Loughborough University   https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2019/december/press-hostility-to-labour-reaches-new-levels/

We were joined by Primary School Teacher, Labour Councillor and NEU officer James McAsh for this most recent episode of State of the Union.   We talked about the last 10 years of cuts, academisation and curriculum changes in education before discussing the incredible work the NEU have done during the pandemic.   Don’t forget to follow us on social media and spread the word about the podcast:    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redinthefacepod   Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedintheFacepod   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redinthefacepod/

We chat all things America on State of the Union this week. We spoke to U.S union activist Nicholas Wurst about the structure of the U.S Trade Union movement, their engagement with the political system and the significance of Amazon workers fighting for unionisation.    Links:    Independent Socialist Group - https://independentsocialistgroup.org     Amazon Unionisation -  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/03/amazon-intensifies-severe-effort-discourage-first-warehouse-union   https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/amazon-union-racial-justice-bessner-alabama     American Unions -  https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/american-unions-democracy-labor-movement

Another round up of all goings on in politics over the last month in this most recent Last Orders. We chat about the lifting of COVID restrictions, where the hell the Labour Party is heading and Ted Cruz leaving Snowflake the poodle out of his Cancún adventure.    As always keep sharing the podcast amongst your friends and comrades and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/RedintheFacepod   https://www.facebook.com/redinthefacepod/   https://www.instagram.com/redinthefacepod/  

We had the pleasure of talking to Anthony O'Hanlon and Matt Roylance from the UCU to talk about the effect of the pandemic on higher and further education as well as the marketisation of education generally. LINKS: Redundancies during a pandemic:  https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jan/22/despicable-in-a-pandemic-fury-as-10-uk-universities-plan-job-cuts  Novara Media: Is Coronavirus Incubating a New Student Movement? https://novaramedia.com/2020/11/26/is-coronavirus-incubating-a-new-student-movement/  Morning Star: Marketisation of universities has led to an education crisis https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/marketisation-universities-has-led-education-crisis  Morning Star: Government urged to end pandemic punishment for students https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/government-urged-to-end-pandemic-punishment-for-students

We tackle all things identity politics in our most recent episode. We talk about the importance of combining identity politics with a strong class consciousness and briefly touch on issues such as performative politics and ‘cancel culture.’  Please follow us on all of social media platforms and keep spreading the word: Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedintheFacepod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redinthefacepod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redinthefacepod/

Amazing to be joined by Dean Spade to discuss his book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next). This is a chat for all those that are worried about the direction of politics in this country and around the world. If you want to make a difference in your community and build that into a wider social movement for change, then this episode is a must listen. Links: Dean Spade - Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) https://www.versobooks.com/books/3713-mutual-aid  Vicky Osterweil - In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vicky-osterweil/in-defense-of-looting/9781549161193/  Rebel Steps Podcast https://rebelsteps.com/about/

Dan and Jarrad sat down with Steve Wright this week from the FBU for our second State of the Union episode. Despite being asked to take dead bodies to morgues, help out the ambulance service and support care homes, firefighters are now being attacked by Fire Chief’s for demanding COVID-19 testing before returning to their station. We also chat about the importance of being politically active as a Trade Unionist, coordinating our action as a Trade Union movement and the effects on the fire service of the climate crisis.  Links:  Fire Service Bosses pulling out of COVID-19 Agreement: https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2021/01/15/fire-service-bosses-pull-out-covid-19-agreement  FBU response to HMICFRS report:  https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2021/01/22/fbu-responds-“political-and-biasedâ€-hmicfrs-report  Thousands lobby MPs to fund the frontline: https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2020/11/13/thousands-lobby-mps-fund-frontline  ‘Not our mission’: private fire crews protect the insured, not the public:  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/03/not-our-mission-private-fire-crews-protect-the-insured-not-the-public  Labour Representation Committee: https://labourrep.com  Outro Music - FBU Bella Ciao:  https://youtu.be/80l4juoORPs

Something a little bit different from the normal political chat this week as we talk about the Future of Football. It was great to be joined by Worcester City FC board member Luke Cox for this one as we covered the impact of COVID on the UK footballing pyramid, how far the game has moved away from its working class roots and why many are turning to supporting fan owned clubs. Links:  The Real Reason China Bought Wolves, West Brom & Southampton? (Video) https://youtu.be/eZmzi4VxV98  Who are ya? (Video)  https://youtu.be/lRDYBRlhJ0c  Working Class Heroes - The Story of Rayo Vallecano (Book)   https://www.wsc.co.uk/reviews/59-Clubs/14087-working-class-heroes-the-story-of-rayo-vallecano-madrid-s-forgotten-team  St Pauli - Another Football is Possible (Book) https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340906/st-pauli/ Clapton CFC https://www.claptoncfc.co.uk/store/  Worcestershire Transformed Articles: https://worcstransformed.co.uk/2020/11/12/worcester-city-fc-launch-foodbank-appeal/  https://worcstransformed.co.uk/2020/06/01/worcester-city-fc-fan-owned-and-heading-back-home/  https://worcstransformed.co.uk/2020/12/02/the-future-of-non-league-football/ 

We decided for our first Last Orders of 2021 to review the shit-show of a year that was 2020.  Honourable mentions include David Guetta ending racism, the woeful return of Spitting Image and the celebrity lockdown Imagine video.  Hopefully we’re in for a better year ❤️ 

For 2021 Dan and Jarrad have launched a new series of podcasts called State of the Union. The episodes will be a fortnightly look at the U.K Trade Union Movement and we hope to bring you interviews with organisers about ongoing disputes, the political landscape within specific unions and hopefully bring you some practical ways to organise your workplaces and tackle issues facing workers up and down the country. Our first episode is with GMB organiser Jake O’Malley and looks at #StopTheBritishGasFire, the complexities of organising in the midst of a pandemic and how the Trade Union movement must respond to a Tory Brexit.

It was an honour to have been joined by Jorge and Katerina from Hands Off Venezuela for our most recent episode.  We try and give a chronological account of the Bolivarian revolution, debate Venezuela’s future and discuss the importance of the global left opposing imperialist involvement in the country’s affairs

A lot has happened in the world since the summer of 2019 when we witnessed the beginnings of a new worldwide climate justice movement. In this episode the guys chat about where that movement is today, where it has gone wrong and why you can’t solve climate change without dismantling capitalism. 

Little bit of a delay with this one but here is our U.S Election episode. We chat about the plans for Trump America when he leaves the White House, what a Biden Presidency means for the left and what happens to American politics from here. Don't forget to follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedintheFacepod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redinthefacepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redinthefacepod/

For our third episode of our new series we had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jose and Katerina from the Bolivia Solidarity Campaign. A little longer than normal but we cover a lot of ground regarding Bolivia’s recent history from Evo Morales’ 2005 election victory, his time in office, the 2019 coup and then the recent landslide win for the MAS Party. If you want to find out more about the work of the Bolivia Solidarity Campaign then go to http://www.boliviasolidarity.org.uk Socialist’s around the world must stand in solidarity with the Bolivian people and their fight for peace and socialism.

We are back to our scheduled programming for series 2 of the pod with ‘The Limits of Social Democracy.’We try and define modern social democracy, what its core problems are and what distinguishes us as socialists. We also, ironically given our emergency pod earlier this week, discuss whether it is beneficial for socialists to engage with and be active within social democratic parties.Like, follow, share and review. 

WE ARE BACK (slightly earlier than first expected).We have two podcasts recorded this week to launch series 2 of the pod. The first of which is called The Limits of Social Democracy and the other is our new series of Last Orders episodes which will be a less formal monthly chat.We are also hoping to do a livestream for Tuesdays US election so follow us on all social media platforms.With todays announcement that Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the Labour Party we had to to get a reaction episode out as quick as possible.So here it is, enjoy, thanks to Jarrad for guesting and stay safe out there.

 This week we had the privilege of being joined by Jeanne Morefield to talk about liberalism, its global discontents and whether we are seeing the collapse of the liberal world order.Jeanne is a senior lecture in political theory at the University of Birmingham and her class is the reason this pod exists. She has previously written for the Boston Review and Jacobin Magazine and is currently writing a book which examines the political thought of Edward Said.References Phil Ochs - Love me I’m a Liberal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nFvhhCulaw  Morals of the Market https://www.versobooks.com/books/3087-the-morals-of-the-market  Michael Goodhart - Injustice: Political Theory for the Real World https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190692421.001.0001/oso-9780190692421  Chomsky vs Buckley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DvmLMUfGss

In the wake of Trump declaring Antifa a terrorist organisation and the UK far-right mobilising to defend Churchill’s statue, we thought we would talk about the importance of anti-fascist organising. We spoke to Craig who is an anti-fascist organiser in the Midlands about what being an anti-fascist means, what the far-right looks like in the U.K and what can the left do to oppose the growth of fascism.  References Militant Anti-Fascism: A Hundred Years of Resistance https://www.calton-books.co.uk/books/militant-anti-fascism-a-hundred-years-of-resistance/ Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781612197036 Neo-Nazi Recruitment (Fortnite) https://nypost.com/2018/07/02/former-neo-nazi-says-white-supremacists-use-fortnite-to-recruit-kids/ Georgi Dimitrov https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/works/1935/08_02.htm 

This week’s episode we had the pleasure of being joined by Hamza Rehman. We spoke about his own personal experiences being a Palestinian justice activist before trying to detail and contextualise the Palestinian struggle over the last century. You can catch the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Youtube. Please keep sharing and spreading the word about the pod ❤ ReferencesInfo on BDS https://bdsmovement.net The Minyan Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-minyan/id1469758206 Israeli Annexationhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/palestinians-fear-displacement-annexed-jordan-valley-200619074130453.html Ilan Pappe - The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinehttps://oneworld-publications.com/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestine-pb.html Frantz Fanon - The Wretched of the Earthhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/573/57385/the-wretched-of-the-earth/9780141186542.html Working Class History Podcast - Anti-Zionism in Israelhttps://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/16/e17-anti-zionism-in-israel-part-1/amp/ Apartheid off Campushttps://www.palestinecampaign.org/campaigns/apartheid-off-campus-2/

 We had the absolute pleasure of being joined on this week's episode by Leah Martindale, a master’s student at the University of Bristol, soon to be the SU’s postgraduate education officer, and one of the most prolific voices for justice and socialism on social media. A little longer pod this week to ensure we comprehensively covered the horrific murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police and the uprisings we have seen around the world as a result. We hope this gives listeners a view into institutional racism around the world, the role of the police in capitalist society and how you play a role in the civil rights struggle of our time. Don't forget to check the Practical Ways you can support BLM in the UK Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x65xLdIUDWMUl4_nkuD-EeP98UuJ2nuknUDsqUm7R9s/htmlview?usp=drivesdk&pru=AAABcqQ128g%2AUalGKqSju5TK8YMsCcKYcg&fbclid=IwAR1XXeMcKovI2yJ9Y9QcQC0TGSf7nXaeD5y2pe4gJL7LHDa0wqu1SODABcQ#ReferencesRacism in Healthcare - https://raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/health-brief3.pdfKiller Mike Speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSWasOhArfM13th by Ava Duvernay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8The Russian Revolution by Walter Rodney - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2724-the-russian-revolutionThe Racist Roots of American Policing - https://theconversation.com/the-racist-roots-of-american-policing-from-slave-patrols-to-traffic-stops-112816How Capitalism Needed Racism to Operate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmyWvjszBOwAkala Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gen5feHI7Os

As a follow up to our second episode, we talk about how states with high levels of state planning have dealt with the crisis, what organising has happened on the ground in the UK to help those in need and whether there is the potential to build a radical political alternative in the UK as a result of the pandemic. References:The Chinese Response: https://www.thetricontinental.org/studies-2-coronavirus/  https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/house-was-fire-top-chinese-virologist-how-china-and-us-have-met-pandemic The Crisis in the UK: https://redfightback.org/read/unity_in_diversity The Cuban Response: https://www.physiciansweekly.com/cuban-doctors-head-to/ The Vietnamese Response:https://www.liberationnews.org/why-has-no-one-in-vietnam-died-from-coronavirus/  General: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/498087-french-doctors-believe-they-may-have-treated-coronavirus-patients-last-fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42OrsA045M

 In the hellscape that is 21st Century life Jeff Bezos is set to become the world's first trillionaire. The guys discuss how it's possible one individual can lay claim to so much, the reasons why our society allows someone to hoard such wealth and try to give some practical answers to the question: Should Billionaires Exist? References:https://novaramedia.com/2019/11/01/why-on-earth-shouldnt-people-be-able-to-be-billionaires/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/30/apple-chinese-workers-treated-inhumanelyhttps://observer.com/2018/04/amazon-britain-harsh-working-conditions/https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo29143391.htmlhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305/305469/the-entrepreneurial-state/9780141986104.htmlhttps://www.vox.com/2016/5/18/11691818/barone-mocetti-florence

 In the third instalment of Red in the Face we talk about what next after Bernie, who the hell do you vote for out of Biden and Trump and try to work out whoever Cornpop is.You can find links to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Youtube and Band Camp via our Podbean page. Please listen, like, subscribe and spread the word https://redintheface.podbean.comPS: If your politics are informed by reading Harry Potter this is neither the episode or podcast for you.ReferencesManufacturing Consent - Naom Chomsky https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/78912/manufacturing-consent-by-edward-s-herman-and-noam-chomsky/The Democrats Seem Just Fine With Joe Biden’s Sexual Assault Allegations - Branko Marcetic https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/04/donald-trump-joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegationsBernie Won (Iowa Caucus) - Chapo Trap House https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/unlocked-391-bernie-won-2520Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Jo Biden - Brnaki Marcetic https://jacobinmag.com/store/product/67The United States Has Essentially a One-Party System - Naom Chomsky https://chomsky.info/20081010/CorrectionsWe also referenced Eugene Debs and that he was part of the American Party of Labor. In fact he was in the Socialist Party of USA and Verso have published a Graphic Biography of his life: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2916-eugene-v-debsIt was Julius Nyerere who said: 'The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.' https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/nyerere/biography.htm 

 As the Government makes an extremely confusing and dangerous announcement regarding their Coronavirus strategy, the Red in the Face team discuss the inadequate UK response so far and how the media have allowed Boris to get away with murder.We are now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Band Camp, YouTube and Podbean. Please listen, share, subscribe and review!!References:Times Article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-38-days-when-britain-sleepwalked-into-disaster-hq3b9tlghBoris Grenwitch Speech: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-in-greenwich-3-february-2020 Gender Recognition Act: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/23/liz-truss-trans-rights-gender-recognition-act-reform-healthcare-puberty-blockers-backlash/Fire Brigade Cuts: https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2020/04/27/brutal-cuts-fire-and-rescue-services-being-rushed-through-during-pandemic-union-saysVenezuela Coup: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ex-US-Green-Beret-Behind-Failed-Terrorist-Plots-in-Venezuela-20200504-0015.html

 This is the first in a series of podcasts where Morgan, Dan, Harley and James talk about politics, society and everything in between. In this episode we talk about the leaked Labour report, the election of Keir Starmer to Labour leader and discuss where we go now as a political left in the UK.Follow us on TwitterLike us on FacebookSubscribe on YouTube References:It's going to be a long night - Aaron Bastani (Novara Media)The Candidate - Alex NunnsParliamentary Socialism - Ralph Miliband Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class - Owen JonesWhat is to be Done - Vladimir LeninLeft Wing Communism - Vladimir Lenin