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the Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other, a podcast from Tribune magazine.

My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today are Owen Hathalie and Kojo-Karam.

We talked about Owen's essay, a study in the politics and aesthetics of English misery.

In the essay, Owen reflects on the generational divides that have emerged over the course of the last two UK general elections

by charting the musical evolution of the Smiths.

Comparing Morrissey's political trajectory to those of many voters throughout the north of

England, Owen investigates the roots of the north's departure from anti-Thatcherite

collectivism to nationalist reaction.

You can find the essay in Futures of Socialism, the Pandemic and the Post-Corbyn era,

edited by Grace Blakely.

Today's show is brought to you by PTO's supporters on Patreon and also by Verso Books,

who have lots of titles that may be of interest to PTO listeners.

One that you might like to check out is a kick in the belly by Stella Dadzi.

In the book, Dadzi tells the story of how enslaved women struggled for freedom in the West Indies.

Bernardine Evaristo calls the book, shocking, enlightening, fascinating and challenging.

A kick in the belly reframed the overwhelmingly male perspective on the transatlantic slave trade

through female experiences and acts of resistance.

It is an essential corrective to the presentation of

black women who lived through this history as passive victims. This hugely important new work is out

now from Verso Books and part of their October Book Club reading, a carefully curated selection

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