The Dig: Richard Seymour: Under Corbyn, Labour's Got Momentum

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🗓️ 13 June 2017

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Bernie would have won. And in the UK, he sort of did last week. The Labour Party, under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn (full name: Jeremy Bernard Corbyn) came far from behind and stripped Prime Minister Theresa May of her majority in parliament — after the punditocracy had confidently predicted that radicals had doomed Labour to electoral oblivion. Dan speaks to Richard Seymour, the author most recently of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical politics, and a founding editor of Salvage.

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0:00.0	This episode is supported by the listeners who support us on Patreon.com and by Novara Media.
0:06.0	If you want to keep up to date on the Corbin Project and the latest on UK politics,
0:11.0	you should check out Novara Media.com.
0:15.0	With regular podcast articles and video, Novara Media cover everything from struggles
0:22.0	within the Labor Party to queer theory and wrestling.
0:26.0	Of course, with a leftist leader inches from power, there has never been a better time to keep
0:31.0	up to date with British politics.
0:34.0	And unlike any of the UK's corporate or state-run press,
0:37.2	Novara media has consistently covered Corbin's leadership honestly and objectively.
0:42.2	Taking seriously the prospect of a leftist-led party achieving
0:46.3	state power.
0:48.0	Recent guessing contributors span the best of the left, including Paul Mason, Sarah Ahmed, China Meeville, Owen Jones, and Richard Seymour.
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1:08.4	They're doing really great stuff.
1:09.6	It's my go-to podcast for left-wing British politics and I highly recommend you check them out. Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and
1:29.4	I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. Bernie would have won.
1:34.0	It's an impossible to prove, but no doubt quite plausible, counterfactual.
1:38.0	More than that, it's a rallying cry, and also an inspired bit of trolling.
1:43.0	But in the UK, Bernie did sort of win last week.
1:47.0	The Labour Party, under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn,
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