In this week's episode, Joe raises doubts about the Green Party's choice of candidate in the Manchester mayoralty - spurring wider questions about leadership on the left. After discussing the Green Party's proposals for internal democratic reform, your hosts zoom out to discuss politics' most significant wedge issue: immigration. Shanice opens by critiquing the left's go to arguments, proposing an alternative lens for viewing the critical yet divisive immigration debate.

READINGS

Joshua Virasami - A World Without Racism: Building Antiracist FuturesThe Productive State - A Framework for Manchesterism Margaret Kennedy - The Feast
Resonance FM - English Stitch

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Jonas runs through Burnham’s big win in Makerfield and what it might mean for the Labour Party and the country, while Joe gives a deep cut on progressive alliances, assessing their history, viability and whether the Greens should sign up.

Live show

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Readings

All in: A Revolutionary Theory to Stop Climate Collapse

Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal

The Secret History Donna Tartt

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Shanice opens up the episode probing why the left’s response to the killing of Henry Nowak has been so lukewarm, whilst Joe gives us a deep dive into six months of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, assessing what’s gone well and what challenges might arise for the young democratic socialist politician.

Live show:

London 3rd July - Get your tickets!

Readings

Patrick Radden Keefe - London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth

H. V. Morton - In Search of England

Asad Haider - Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump

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Hosted by Shanice McBean, Jonas Marvin and Joe Todd.

Edited by Marcus Berdaut for Ampersounds Productions.

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