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Politics Theory Other #69: Where now for Labour and the left?

Richard Seymour on the reasons for Labour's electoral defeat, why the left overestimated Labour's chances, and what we can expect from the 'disaster nationalism' of Boris Johnson's government, with Alex Doherty on the Politics Theory Other podcast. 

Alex Doherty 6 January 2020

Politics Theory Other #69: Where now for Labour and the left?

Politics Theory Other is a weekly political podcast. The show aims to  bring the work of writers on the radical left to a broader public and to encourage popular engagement with work that is sometimes considered  "academic" or "difficult". The show also aims to encourage engagement between the Marxist left and those working in the traditions of cultural  studies and post-structuralist theory. 

Recent shows have included episodes on Brexit (with Richard Seymour), populism (with Thea Riofrancos), the financial crisis (with Adam Tooze), Islamophobia and the War on Terror (with Nisha Kapoor), and Jeremy Gilbert on Maurizio Lazzarato and the reception of French theory in the anglophone world. 

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