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Comradio is a fast paced, humour-sprinkled, pop culture-smattered but thoughtful politics podcast from a socialist and anarchist-friendly perspective. From geopolitics to the Labour Party, LGBTQ+ content to supporting union and community causes worldwide, sex work to left theory and history.
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Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Listen to Podcasting is Praxis's Independence Day episode before checking out this one, and subscribe to their pod while you're at it. In Part 2 of our ALE pod crossover, we break down Roland Emmerich's deep understanding of gravity, Burt Hemsworth's very real appeal, and ask "how gay you can be in a blockbuster movie?" as we peel back the layers of unanswerable questions (most of them just "why?!") in Independence Day: Resurgence.
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Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Yes it's late, yes it's completely out of date, no I can't be bothered to write a proper description, you'll download it and you'll enjoy it!
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Thread following the recent arrests of anti-monarchists
Shamrock Rovers fans sing a jaunty tune
"The Fight for a New Chile Goes On" by Melany Cruz
"Bellicose and Underinformed" by James Butler
Prime Minister Liz Truss’s statement: 6 September 2022
Civil liberties groups criticise police over arrests of anti-monarchy protesters
"For Anyone That has Ever Worked Retail, These Rants are For You"
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
A much delayed episode which is now very much out of date. Oh well! On this episode of Comradio we're covering the theatre of the absurd that is Labour and Tory politics. Join us for a three act production featuring Tarry's troubles, Starmer's shenanigans, and Truss's threats.
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Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Remember the Forde Report? We know no one talks about it now but it definitely happened, we spend our time becoming increasingly angry at it and what it should mean for Labour, we then discuss the bin fire that is the Tory Leadership contest, before finishing off with the Hot Strike Summer (XXX). Join us after our sabbatical as we continue to realise things can only get worse.
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The Forde Report Has Exposed the Rotten Foundations of Keir Starmer’s Leadership
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Long ago, in the heights of May, James aka @anarchonbury, albeit only one candle in the wind, was tasked with the reclaiming of mythology. Hear how obstacles will be overcome, the dragon slain, and the fascists defeated. (The left must triumph eventually, after all.) With maybe some practical thoughts about living on the left in the 2020s.
From the Council of Nicea to fast food empires, we sharpen our swords and talk stories. Right now on Comradio.
Plus, an update on some of the newer socialist electoral parties.
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27 - Mythology, Part I: I'd Still Myth You, Babe
29 - Mythology, Part II: And I Don't Want to Myth a Thing feat. Sarah Stein Lubrano
See also 85 - Political Orgone-ising
Max Weber on Modernity at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Later Wittgenstein at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Lacan on Otherness at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Podcasting is Praxis | Episode 49 - A Very Special Mockumentary, by Curtis Adams
'The Red Book': A Window Into Jung's Dreams - Karen Michel for NPR (2009)
Take a look at pages from The Red Book by Carl Jung - The Guardian (2009)
Mythologies by Roland Barthes at Hive
Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl at Hive
Vulgaria: The Re-Enchantment of Suburbia, Paul Knox (2005)
McDonaldization: Definition and Overview of the Concept by Ashley Crossman at ThoughtCo
The Re-Enchantment of the World by Joshua Landy (ed) at World of Books
The Northern Independence Party
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
These days you can get arrested just for being Hitler.
We put recent media "gaffes" promoting the far right into historical context. Newspaper coverage of Mussolini and Hitler in the 1930s on both sides of the Atlantic - including a spotlight on the Daily Mirror's pro-Fascist and pro-Hitler content, Nazi collaboration by Associated Press, the American press and the KKK in the 1920s, reporting of the milkshaking of Andy Ngo, and more.
Plus, how being hit as a child didn't do Wes Streeting any harm.
NATO shares image of Ukrainian soldier wearing Nazi insignia; deletes it later - Opindia (2022)
Donald Trump retweets far-right group's anti-Muslim videos - BBC News (2017)
Where the New York Times article on an American Nazi went wrong - Ezra Klein for Vox (2017)
How media ‘fluff’ helped Hitler rise to power - Charlotte Hsu, University of Buffalo News (2015)
Podcast: Face the Racist Nation - WNYC Studios (2018)
Gary Younge interviews Richard Spencer - Guardian channel (YouTube)
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
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Our April film club episode is a discussion of the beautiful and nuanced film that was the catalyst for the launch of Studio Ghibli.
We talk about the film's influence and the influences upon it, including a real life environmental disaster arising from Japanese post-War policy; how three major religions (and their political history in Japan) feed into the specifics of the environmental message; the atom bomb; the individual vs the collective; why there are no telephones in Nausicaä's world; and more.
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
There are two Boris Johnsons at the entrance to Downing Street. One always lies and the other always lies. How does Dawn Butler get an apology? Tory fines, the object permanence of journalists, Michael Fabricant as a first responder (fuelling fires and insulting public sector workers), Ian Dunt's deportation date to Rwanda, P&O failing safety checks, increasing fat cat profits, student loan repayment rises, the possible return of Balls, and Labour Against Climate Action.
Plus, Chris Smalls and Amazon.
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Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
This week on Comradio, we discuss the history of a controversial concept, Base and Superstructure. From Marx to Gramsci to Political Marxism to the anti-colonial perspectives of Fanon and others, with several other stops between.
Plus, Palestine Action.
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The German Ideology - Karl Marx (1845)
The Wretched of The Earth - Frantz Fanon (1963)
Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory - Raymond Williams (1973)
Preface to A Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy - Karl Marx (1859)
Engels letter to J.Bloch in Konigsberg (1890)
Marxism and Problems of Linguistics - J.V. Stalin (1950)
Louis Althusser and Base & Superstructure
Democracy against capitalism - E.M.Wood (1995)
Base and Superstructure: A Reply to Hugh Collins - G. A. Cohen (1989)
If You Want to Understand Marxism, Read G. A. Cohen - Ben Burgis in Jacobin (2022)
Whiteness as Property - Cheryl I. Harris (1993)
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
A short preview of our Patreon exclusive episode
The Coen Brothers are very much consciously postmodern filmmakers who try to avoid making films with an obvious message, that address social issues directly. How does this play out in a film which sets the Odyssey in the American Deep South of the 1930s? We examine the allegorical, the moral, and the political in O Brother Where Art Thou?