PoliticsJOE Podcast

In France, protests over education cuts have grown into a movement involving unions, farmers, environmental campaigners and pensioners. Anger over declining public services, stagnant wages, and the cost of living has mobilised people across society. But isn't Britain facing the same issues?

Seán and Ava dive deep on a generation that's grown up entirely under austerity.
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Tariq Ali is one of Britain's foremost figures on the left of politics, and following a busy recess for Andy Burnham, he came in to the studio to react to the Prime Minister's speech to Labour conference, his first few months in charge, and how Britain should position itself in a world in complete flux.

Get Tariq Ali and Rashid Khalidi's new book The Neck and The Sword here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3648-the-sword-and-the-neck
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Helena is a Green Party member and the streamer NoJusticeMTG.

As someone who was in the room during the Green Party's Zionism is Racism motion that passed at their annual conference, she came by the PolJOE dungeon to break down the motion for us, and delve deeper into what it means for Green voters and the wider British left.
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor are fighting for the living world. Their new book charts an alliance between Silicon Valley billionaires, Donald Trump, and the far right, who they suggest are working against humanity in the name of profit and power.
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Zack Polanski did not win the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. But is there a world where he could have?

Ava and Seán breakdown the result, what it means for the Greens, and why it went Labour's way.
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