Politics Theory Other

Richard Seymour on the widening war in West Asia. We talked about the current military situation, the confusion around what US and Israeli objectives are, and the divergent responses of European states to the attack. We also talked about how to situate Operation Epic Fury in the context of gradual US decline, and what the prospects are for a revival of the US anti-war movement.

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On the ongoing crisis within the Labour Party following the resignation of Morgan McSweeney, over the appointment of Jeffrey Epstein associate Peter Mandelson to the position of US ambassador. We talked about why the parliamentary Labour party has stepped back from trying to oust Keir Starmer, and whether or not a left turn from the government is now conceivable. We went on to discuss just how devastating the ongoing revelations about Peter Mandelson might prove to be for the government, and about the broader crisis of legitimacy facing the British state and its key institutions.

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Richard responds to some more excellent listener questions.

Topics included:

- What a left foreign policy might look like in the context of collapsing US hegemony.

-Why Mark Carney called time on the so-called 'rules based order' before any major European state.

- Marxist theorisations of war and whether conflict lays the basis for future economic growth

- Violence and resistance in Minnesota.