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#58 (Pro)rogue nation w/ James Meadway

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4.8551 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

James Meadway, former economics advisor to John McDonnell joins me to discuss whether the Johnson government's move to prorogue parliament is really part of a strategy to achieve no deal, why the opposition to the government needs to move from parliamentary tactics and judicial reviews to mass protest and direct action, and we also discussed the likely consequences of a No Deal Brexit, and why it is that capital has been unable to exert authority over the Conservative Party.

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The men beat on their drums. I'm going to be. I'm going to

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I'm going to

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I'm going to Hello and welcome to Politics Theory Other, a podcast from Tribune magazine.

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My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is James Medway.

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We spoke about whether the Johnson

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government's move to pro-rogue Parliament is really part of a strategy to achieve no deal, why the

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opposition to the government needs to move from parliamentary tactics and judicial reviews to mass

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protest and direct action. And we also discussed the likely consequences of a no-deal Brexit and why it is that capital

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has been unable to exert authority over the Conservative Party. Today's show is brought to you by

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PTO supporters on Patreon and also by Haymarket Books, which has a great many left-wing

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Into the Tempest by William Robinson. In this critical new work, sociologist William Robinson

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offers an engaging and accessible introduction to his theory of global capitalism. He applies

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that theory to a wide range of contemporary topics, among them globalisation, the transnational capitalist class,

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immigrant justice, educational reform, labour and anti-racist struggles, policing, Trumpism,

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the resurgence of a neo-fascist right, and the rise of a global police state.

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Shortest spark debate, this is a timely contribution to a renewal of critical social science and Marxist theory for the new century.

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In the UK and Europe, the book is available through all the usual online outlets.

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As always, you can list a PTO on iTunes, ACAS, SoundCloud, Blueberry and Spotify, and you can also follow the show on Facebook and Twitter.

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The handle is at Poll Theory Other.

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