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Revolutionary Left Radio

Reflecting on the UK Election: Corbyn, Brexit, and Neoliberal Centrism

Revolutionary Left Radio

Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Jon Greenaway, co-host of the Horror Vanguard, joins Breht to discuss the recent UK election, the role of the British media, class conflict, the ostensible implications for American elections, Boris Johnson, the depraved and outdated Monarchy, and much more.

Find more of Jon's work here: https://thelitcritguy.com/

Follow Jon on twitter @TheLitCritGuy

Check out Jon and Ash's podcast, Horror Vanguard here: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

on twitter @HorrorVanguard

Outro music: 'The Daily Mail' by Radiohead.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome back to Revolutionary Left Radio.

0:09.6

So today we have on John the Lit Crit Guide, John Greenway from the horror van guard.

0:13.4

He's been a guest multiple times on RevLeft.

0:16.0

And I reached out to him earlier this week because of the UK election and I wanted to sort

0:20.4

of tackle that, think about it, talk about the media, talk about the comparisons being

0:25.0

made between the US and the UK and just sort of offer a principle of left wing understanding,

0:30.6

especially for audiences outside of the UK who might not have as much understanding of

0:35.1

the UK situation as people within it.

0:37.7

So that is what John is here to educate us on today.

0:41.0

For those who still don't know who you are, John, would you give a quick introduction

0:44.4

of who you are, your podcast, etc.

0:46.8

Yeah, of course.

0:47.8

Hey everybody, my name is John, I go by the Lit Crit Guide on Twitter and the internet.

0:52.6

This Brad said he's been kind enough to invite me on the show a few times.

0:55.5

We've talked about things like postmodernism.

0:58.3

We've talked about things like capitalist realism.

1:01.1

I am also the co-host of a little show called Horror Van Guard, but this is where me and

1:07.3

friend and comrade called Ash sit down and we talk about horror film explicitly from

1:12.8

a left wing perspective interested in a radical cultural critique of capitalism.

1:19.4

If you like spooky shit, you should definitely check out our show.

1:22.2

You think you'd like it, but I'm really happy to be here.

1:25.3

Yeah, absolutely.

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