Nov 2024

Episode Two (Season 3): Michael Chanan and Esther Leslie

In the second episode of our third season, committee member Esther Leslie is joined by Michael Chanan to discuss his, 'From Printing to Screening'. To learn more about the Deutscher Prize, please visit our website: www.deutscherprize.org.uk/wp/

32m 58s

Nov 2024

Episode One (Season 3): Nancy Fraser and Alex Callinicos

In our first episode of this third season, Alex Callinicos is joined by Nancy Fraser to discuss her 2023 book, Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and What We Can Do About It. To learn more about the Deutscher Prize, please visit our ... Show More

44m 11s

Oct 2023

Episode Three (Season 2): Alex Colas and Kolja Lindner

In the last episode of this second season, committee member Alex Colas is joined by Kolja Lindner to discuss Lindner's 2022 book, 'Marx, Marxism, and the Problem of Eurocentrism'. To learn more about the Deutscher Prize, please visit our website: www.deutscherprize.org.uk/wp/

52m 34s

Aug 2021

Weekends: How Socialists Can Win w/ Cornel West

Legendary socialist activist and professor Dr. Cornel West is talking to us about how the US left can still build power after the Bernie campaigns and the moral force of our movement for justice.Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacob ... Show More

2h 31m

Feb 2022

Lea Ypi talks capitalism and freedom

This weekend, FT Weekend editor Alec Russell brings us to Albania for Lunch with the FT. He sits down with writer Lea Ypi, whose memoir ‘Free’ documents her childhood there, both under communism and after its fall. Ypi, a political theorist at the London School of Economics asks: ... Show More

32m 23s

Feb 2022

FT Weekend: Lea Ypi talks capitalism and freedom

This weekend, FT Weekend editor Alec Russell brings us to Albania for Lunch with the FT. He sits down with writer Lea Ypi, whose memoir ‘Free’ documents her childhood there, both under communism and after its fall. Ypi, a political theorist at the London School of Economics asks: ... Show More

33m 20s

Nov 2023

Writing the History of Money and Monetary Policy

What do the histories of currency and monetary policy tell us about societies at large, political structures, and cultures? Ekaterina Pravilova and Rebecca Spang tackle these questions, respectively, in two important books that examine the history of the Russian ruble from the ti ... Show More

59m 24s

Dec 2020

Part One: Nestor Makhno: Anarchist Warlord and Book Club Aficionado

Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Nestor Makhno, our 2020 holiday non-bastard episodeFOOTNOTES:1. https://www.theyliewedie.org/ressources/biblio/en/Collective_-_The_Personal_Side_of_Nestor_Makhno.html2. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3194162-one-gratifying-aspect-of-o ... Show More

1h 25m

Nov 2021

Living through the fall of communism

Professor Lea Ypi reflects on her childhood years, which witnessed the final years of communism in Albania and the fraught transition to capitalist democracy. In conversation with Rob Attar, she also considers what these experiences have taught her about the true nature of freedo ... Show More

51m 36s

Dec 2023

The Palestinian struggle: Intifada 'til victory!

With a deafening chorus from the imperialist establishment in support of Israel's genocidal war, it's vital that communists have a clear understanding of the current conflict, and the role of our own ruling class. In this episode, Khaled Malachi discusses the history of Israel an ... Show More

48m 53s

Feb 2020

EPISODE 118: Political Reform & Citizenship with Thanassis Cambanis

We're joined by Thanassis Cambanis for Episode 118 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss the dilemma of weapons beyond state control and the challenges to political and economic reform. Thanassis shares his views on the political calculations that brought Lebanon to its current ec ... Show More

1h 2m

Episode One: Ntina Tzouvala and Lea Ypi:...