Latest episode of the Living The Dream podcast from The Word From Struggle Street - an anticapitalist blog from Brisbane.
In this episode of Living The Dream Dave (@withsobersenses) talks with Craig Gent from Novara Media. We talk about the recent UK General Election and the surprisingly good result Labour under Jeremy Corbyn received. Craig tells us about how Novara have chosen to relate to Corybn and elections, the contradictions of social democracy and what the election may or may not mean for larger anticapitalist practice.
These contradictions are represented artistically by starting the show with a sample of Corbyn reading Shelley and finishing with a classic 80s anti-parliamentary anarchist banger by Chumbawamba – representing the wide gamut of UK radicalism in verse and song ( a bit).
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Articles we mention include:
4 Reasons Working-Class Radicals Should Vote Labour on 7 May
Where We Go From Here – Richard Seymour
12 Reasons to Vote Green in this General Election
5 Reasons Why I Won’t Vote in #GE2015
Global Economic Prospects: A Fragile Recovery – World Bank
Comments
Never expect much useful from
Never expect much useful from Novara Media on the UK Labour Party and elections!
It was a bit lame.
It was a bit lame.
Anti-dreaming;
Anti-dreaming; https://anticapital0.wordpress.com/great-white-hopes-springs-eternal/
A nice short text S.
A nice short text S. Artesian. I like it.
Thank you very much. I was
Thank you very much. I was going, and still might, go through the manifesto, and take it apart point by point-- but I came across this line in it-- "Labour is the party of small business"-- and figured nothing I could write could match that.
Craig Gent was once a member
Craig Gent was once a member of the AF.
Interesting how some anarchists have embraced the farce of Corbynism.