A World to Win with Grace Blakeley

Oct 27 2022 100 ep. 43 mins 2.8k

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A podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune Magazine bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the world.

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Markets Versus Democracy w/ Aeron Davis

Oct 27 2022 48 mins

This week, Grace speaks to Aeron Davis, professor of political communication at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand and author of the new book Bankruptcy, Bubbles, and Bailouts: An Inside History of the Treasury Since 1976. They discuss the treasury and its role in promoting the financialisation of the UK economy, how it has contributed to various crises over the last 40

Prison Struggle in Palestine w/ Milena Ansari

Oct 20 2022 49 mins

This week, Grace speaks to Milena Ansari, international advocacy officer at Addameer (https://www.addameer.org/), the Palestinian prisoner support and human rights organization. They discuss the horrendous practice of administrative detention undertaken against Palestinians by the Israeli state. Palestinians who are suspected of posing a potential threat are detained through a mili

Mussolini's Shadow w/ David Broder

Oct 07 2022 38 mins

This week Grace speaks to historian David Broder about Italian fascism. They analyse about the recent elections in which the Italian far-right party led by Giorgia Meloni, the Brothers of Italy, came to power. And they discuss the longer-term background of the rise of fascism, which David will be covering in his forthcoming book, Mussolini's Grandchildren.You can support our work o

Internet Enclosure w/ Ben Tarnoff

Sep 27 2022 42 mins

This week, Grace speaks to Ben Tarnoff, author of Internet for the People. They talk about the web's origins, how it was enclosed and privatised, and ways we might work together to build a different model for the internet.You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (patreon.com/aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for

Seizing the State w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Sep 13 2022 49 mins

This week, Grace speaks to Ruth Wilson Gilmore, prison abolitionist, scholar, and professor of geography at the City University of New York. She is the author of several books, including Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California and, most recently, Abolition Geography: Essays Toward Liberation. They discuss who is profiting from the criminal j

Grassroots Organising 101 w/ Sasha Josette and Olly Armstrong

Sep 07 2022 34 mins

This week, Grace talks to Natasha Josette (https://twitter.com/NatashaJosette) and Olly Armstrong (https://twitter.com/Olly4Everyone) about their community organising project, Breathe (https://twitter.com/BreatheBuilds). They discuss challenges and opportunities associated with community organising, how it can be linked up with other elements of political strategy like the labour m

All Work, No Play w/ Mareile Pfannebecker and J. A. Smith

Aug 30 2022 48 mins

This week, Grace is joined by Mareile Pfannebecker (https://twitter.com/mareilep) and James A. Smith (https://twitter.com/thepopularpod) to discuss their book Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism. They discuss why we are working so hard, what kind of work is valued, and what a post-work future might look like.You can support our work on the show by becoming a

Parliamentary Socialism w/ Andrew Murray

Aug 23 2022 53 mins

This week, Grace talks to Andrew Murray, former chair of the Stop the War Coalition, former chief of staff at the Unite trade union, and former advisor to Jeremy Corbyn. We discuss his forthcoming book, Is Socialism Possible in Britain? Reflections on the Corbyn Years, which examines the Corbyn moment within the long history of the Labour Party.You can support our work on the show

Left Bloc w/ James Schneider

Aug 17 2022 47 mins

This week, Grace is joined by James Schneider, former Head of Strategic Communications for Jeremy Corbyn and the co-founder of Momentum, to talk about his book Our Bloc: How We Win. They discuss the challenges facing the left in the UK and around the world—and how we can bring together disparate parts of our movement into a coherent bloc to build power.You can support our work on

Is Green Capitalism Possible? w/ Adrienne Buller

Aug 09 2022 48 mins

This week, Grace speaks to Adrienne Buller, author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. They discuss what "green capitalism" actually is, how it is being embedded in international law, whether or not it is an inherently anti-democratic movement, and how it is linked to issues today like the cost-of-living crisis.You can support our work on the show by beco