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The Bunker

Protest and Survive with guest PETER TATCHELL

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6984 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

From Bermondsey to Zimbabwe to Moscow and beyond, PETER TATCHELL has been fighting for human rights for over 50 years… and the LGBT rights that got him pilloried by the tabloids in 1983 are now the stuff of the mainstream. As we enter the most dangerous moment for democracies since the end of WWII, what should we be fighting for – and how? Peter talks to Andrew Harrison about populism’s crisis moment, the failure of Corbynism, and how we can still follow the COVID crisis with a once-in-a-century renewal. Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I loved going to college.

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1:14.1

and indefatigable human rights campaigns of our lifetime. He first came to prominence in the

1:18.7

infamous 1983 bermency by-election, the most homophobic election ever in British history, he called it, when he stood

1:24.6

for labour and was subject to astonishing attacks from the press, his opponents and some of his

1:29.0

own party, as well as physical assaults.

1:31.2

Many of those verbal attacks will be considered criminal offenses under

1:33.7

today's legislation. Since then he's fought for LGBT rights in the UK and beyond, he twice attempted

1:39.0

to make it a citizen's arrest of Robert Mugabe and the issues he's campaigned upon have never conformed to straightforward

1:44.8

party lines. For instance he was against both the Iraq war and extreme politicized Islam and he's

1:49.7

defended the right to speak for people like Julie Bindel and Jermaine Greer, ironically earning himself

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