The Owen Jones Podcast

The sickening murder of Tory MP David Amess should have been a moment where we united in horror, and focused on how we keep Members of Parliament safe. Instead the conversation has been derailed: politicians and media outlets who whip up hatred against voiceless minorities on a daily basis attack left-wing critics, even though there is no relevance to this heinous crime. MPs who routinely speak to journalists on the condition of anonymity demand that such a privilege is scrapped for social media users. This derailment must end - and instead we should focus on what really matters.Please subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stonewall is Britain’s main LGBTQ civil rights organisation, and as the country’s anti-trans moral panic spirals out of control, it has become obsessively targeted by the British media. What’s the truth about Stonewall - and how dangerous a moment is this for trans people specifically, and LGBTQ people more broadly? Joining me is bestselling author Juno Dawson and the i paper's equalities reporter Jasmine Andersson.Please subscribe - and help us take on the anti-LGBTQ media here: https://www.Patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Britain's economic indicators flash red - how bad is the country's current plight, and how bad things are going to get this winter - and what lessons can we learn from the Biden experience across the Atlantic?We're joined by a stellar panel of guests: Laurie Macfarlane, economics editor of openDemocracy and Carys Roberts, Director of IPPR; plus Professor Adam Tooze, Columbia University, explains the lessons and limitations of Joe Biden's administration.Please subscribe and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Omid Djalili is a comedy star, and we have a lot to talk about - comedy in the time of COVID, is COVID something you can joke about, the loss of the icon Sean Lock, and his first ever gig which is so unbelievably cringeworthy you've got to hear it to believe it.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The horror of the murder of Sarah Everard by a police officer has been compounded by the reaction of the Metropolitan Police and other police forces: ranging from telling women to flag down a bus if they're frightened during an arrest to outright victim blaming - and a total failure to take any meaningful action.With police failures to tackle violence against girls and women - not least within its own ranks - how is the institutionalised misogyny of the police fought?We're really honoured to be joined by two brilliant experts, activists and thinkers - Aviah Sarah Day and Shanice Octavia.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nina Turner is one of the great emblematic figures of the US left. We talk about how she came to politics, about the Bernie Sanders phenomenon and the rise of the US left, whether Joe Biden really has been pushed in a more progressive direction, whether the criticism of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is well founded - and what hope there is for the left.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tory Party conference takes place in a parallel universe: while ministers and delegates live the high life, low paid and poor households are being hammered by Universal Credit cuts in a country devastated by the disastrously mishandled pandemic. How will they respond when this brutality reality is put to them? My advice is, brace yourself...Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keir Starmer won a whopping majority to become Labour leader on a platform of party unity, radical policies, integrity and electability. Has he stuck to his word? How divided is Labour - and how angry are its members at his perceived betrayals? Does Starmer have the confidence of his own members - and does he have an inspiring vision for the country?Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rather than take the fight to the Tories - from the energy crisis to Universal Credit to food shortages - Keir Starmer has plunged Labour conference into civil war over his plans to shut down democracy. Will his proposal to scrap One Member One Vote for future leadership elections - giving MPs far more say than grassroots union and party members - get through? Is there any hope for a vision from Labour? And what the hell should the left do?We're joined by Labour MPs Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Lloyd Russell-Moyle, and NEC member Lara McNeill.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the US, UK and Australia sign a new pact, is a new dangerous Cold War with China inevitable? We're joined by Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies, King's College, London; Martin Jacques, author of "When China Rules the World"; and China historian David Brophy.Please press 'like', subscribe - and help us offer an alternative here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Second Thought is an extremely popular leftist US YouTuber who brings radical politics to younger Americans and beyonds. We talk about US imperialism in the aftermath of the catastrophe in Afghanistan, the nature of US capitalism, Joe Biden's administration, what's driven disillusionment with capitalism - and why the young will win.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shon Faye is the author of one of the most important books of our time - THE TRANSGENDER ISSUE. Coming at a time of vicious anti-trans backlash, we explore why the liberation of trans people will free everyone, how the current moral panic against trans people is similar and different from that gay people have faced, the situation facing young trans people, why liberation is bound up with the struggle against capitalism - and much else.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a TAX THE RICH dress to the absurdly exclusive Met Gala - where people with obscene wealth live the high life - after a free invite. It didn't just predictably drive the AOC-obsessed right into howls of outrage and contempt, but some leftists, too.But it was good, actually! Here's what it tells us about how the left communicates to a mass audience - not least in a nation historically immune to successful left-wing politics - about cultural hegemony, and about winning.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Andrew Neil quits GB News, we ask: how did it go so wrong?Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From National Insurance to the Universal Credit cut, the Tories are hammering low paid workers - and today we expose the truth.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The two decades since 9/11 have been a relentless story of death, terror and ruin on a mass scale. The so-called 'War on Terror' succeeded in doubling terrorist deaths while consuming Iraq and Afghanistan in blood and chaos, followed by catastrophic US defeat; while the drone war, the onslaught against Yemen and the fall of Libya unleashed even more carnage. Here is that story: of how the true horror has been airbrushed out of existence because the lives of the victims are deemed unimportant, while those responsible for the greatest crimes of our time remain venerated as statesmen.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As shortages and price hikes hit supermarket, is Boris Johnson's Brexit deal finally hitting home? We're joined by experts Sam Lowe (Centre for European Reform) and Dmitry Grozoubinski (ExplainTrade).Please like, subscribe - and help us offer an alternative here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lord Adonis is a passionate Remainer and centrist, and there's a lot of things we disagree on, to say the least - so we talk over why Keir Starmer's leadership is failing, whether everyone should have settled on a soft Brexit deal, the popularity of left-wing ideas, and how the country can escape the current catastrophe.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clive Lewis is a Labour backbencher who served in Afghanistan - and yet scandalously wasn't called to speak in the emergency Parliamentary debate about the US withdrawal. Here he tells us about his experiences, about how it all went wrong - and whether the calamity of Western foreign policy will ever change.Help us take on the pro-war media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan - what next for the future of this war-torn nation, and what are the implications for US power?We're joined live from Kabul by the lecturer Obaidullah Baheer, and Prof. Paul Rogers, professor of peace studies.Help us take on the pro-war media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Burgon is one of the Labour's left most prominent parliamentarians, and a candidate for deputy leader in the 2020 contest. There's a lot to talk about: is the Labour left dead, essentially routed by the leadership and blocked from ever reviving again; did Keir Starmer lie his way into the leadership; what is the left's strategy and vision and future; are we doomed to indefinite Tory rule - and is there any hope?Help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there a right to sex, who are the incels, was Me Too a straightforward act of liberation for all women, what does "believe women" mean, and is misogyny an inherent part of porn? 'The Right to Sex' is a brilliant new book written by Amia Srinivasan - Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford - and here she explores all of these themes with nuance, insight and knowledge.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the aftermath of the mass murder in Plymouth, attention is focusing on the gunman Jake Davison's history of misogyny and involvement in "incel" culture. But what is this culture, what's driving it, how dangerous is it - and how can it be fought?We're joined by brilliant experts Dr. Maria Norris and Sian Norris to discuss this phenomenon.We're also joined by climate activist Mikaela Loach to discuss the Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change report - and what we can do to confront the existential threat facing our species.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Afghanistan fall to the Taliban, we interview author and expert Anand Gopal to tell you everything you need to know - taking apart the idea the US forces were "the good guys", exposing the atrocities and human rights abuses they were responsible for, looking at the role played by US-backed militias, explaining the disaster of the so-called 'war on drugs' - and looking at what next for a country which has already suffered so much.Help us take on the right wing media: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dawn Butler MP was ordered to leave the House of Commons after calling Boris Johnson what he objectively is - a liar. What does it tell us about our country that the only people held to account for Tory lies are those who call them out? Dawn talks to me about the normalisation of lying, how she called out Tory racism, how the huge response she's generated shows a thirst for opposition currently lacking in Labour - and whether she has any ambitions to one day be Labour leader herself?Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has just been published - and it's been described as "code red" for humanity. What does it say, what does it mean, how bad a mess are we in - and is there any hope?Climate expert Ketan Joshi joins us to break it all down - and explain what comes next.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Financial Times splash has revealed how an elite Tory donors club - known as the 'Advisory Board' - has secret meetings with Boris Johnson and senior government figures. With investigative journalist Solomon Hughes, we look at the wider issues of how the wealthy manipulate the political system to their advantage - and what it says about our democracy.Plus: this week, Labour MP Apsana Begum was completely exonerated by a court after Tower Hamlets tried to prosecute her for making fraudulent housing claims - accusations Begum said were "driven by malicious intent." We are exclusively joined by her lawyer, Raj Chada, who tells us the truth about the case.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some of your favourite films have been rewritten by the Pentagon, the US Defence Department and the CIA. This isn't a conspiracy theory: as research by Bath University's Matthew Alford underlines, thousands of films and TV shows have received support from the US national security state over the last century in exchange for rewrites to eliminate criticisms of- or give glowing support to - the US military and US foreign policy goals. From Zero Dark Thirty to Hulk, from Terminator films to Contact to Homeland, this influence is everywhere - and part of a concerted propaganda effort to whitewash the true horrors committed in the name of US power.Check out Matthew's work here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matthew-Alford/e/B0045YIR2K and here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmFfPcW_KMArhjNb0zmO1PAHelp us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unfortunately, it finally got me - and the same goes for 1 in 75 people in the UK. In my case, I was infected before my second Moderna shot. So anyway, here's a hook for where we're at with COVID-19 and specifically Delta now - how serious is the situation, are there signs of hope in the data, will the government's strategy of blaming the public work, will the mass vaccination programme save us, or does a bleak winter beckon? I'm joined by expert Prof. Robert West to talk us all through it.Also - Dawn Butler joins us after being kicked out of Parliament for daring to tell the truth about Boris Johnson's lies.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Monbiot is one of the most important progressive writers of our time. We talk about what it's like being a progressive journalist in the establishment media, about whether the climate emergency can possibly be solved under capitalism, about how public understanding of the crisis has changed, how our lakes are being destroyed and our ecosystems butchered, the legacy of colonialism, long COVID, the pandemic and much else.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GB News is suffering a full scale implosion: technical disasters were followed by a near total collapse in its audience, the sudden absence of founder Andrew Neil, the resignation of senior figures, and then a public repudiation of a presenter who took the knee and his removal from air at the behest of angry viewers - on a TV station which claimed to be founded to oppose 'cancel culture' and the censorious mob.What does this tell us about the right? Well, that they are massive hypocrites, obviously, but joining me are Hussein Kesvani and Zoe Williams to dissect that in detail.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vaush is one of the big left-wing US YouTubers and we have a lot to discuss: what strategy the US left should adopt towards the Biden administration, US foreign policy from Cuba to the Middle East, and the rights of minorities. These are the conversations the left needs to be having.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are the England team the new official opposition? Journalists Gary Younge and Kemi Alemoru talk to me about the significance of the England team that took the knee, the government that legitimised the racist abuse they were subjected to, the vicious racism Black footballers were subjected to - and does this moment provide hope in the struggle against racism?Check out Kemi's brilliant article here: https://gal-dem.com/culture-war-faili...Help us take on the right wing media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the hopes of millions across England - and beyond - invested in the Euro 2020 final, we are joined by Billy Bragg and Ash Sarkar for a very special programme on the cultural significance - and what this tells us about our identity.Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Labour narrowly held Batley & Spen in the recent by-election, former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell talks to me about how the party is losing voters who stuck with it in 2019, let alone failing to win over new supporters; how Muslim Labour voters feel utterly betrayed and disillusioned; how the Tories have been allowed to get away with their catastrophic handling of COVID-19, and Labour aren't setting out a clear vision; whether the left is about to be crushed by the leadership, whether Peter Mandelson is running the party - and what next for the left.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Labour narrowly kept its seat in the Batley & Spen by election, Keir Starmer’s leadership has been spared any challenges. Can he now defy his critics and return to his promises of offering the political vision that is currently lacking, uniting the party and reversing the slide to electoral calamity? We're joined by John McDonnell to discuss the future of the Labour party, Ali Milani and Hamza Ali Shah to discuss Muslim disillusionment with Labour, and Young Labour Chair Jess Barnard to discuss whether young people are permanently going to be turned away.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geoff Norcott is that rare thing - a Tory comedian - who has written a book called WHERE DID I GO RIGHT: HOW THE LEFT LOST ME. We have a ding dong about right wing ideas, does 'individual responsibility' explain social problems, minority rights, 'woke', his problems with the left - and the most left-wing opinion he has.Support the channel here! https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Labour got clobbered in May's elections, Andy Burnham defined the trend by winning a landslide in Greater Manchester's mayoral elections. He tells me what Labour can learn from his success, about whether he has ambitions to replace Keir Starmer, about how devolution is Labour's routemap back, and why the people of Batley and Spen should vote for Labour's Kim Leadbeater.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim Leadbeater is standing to be Labour's next MP for Batley & Spen. The sister of Jo Cox - who was murdered by a far right terrorist four years ago - she is an energetic campaigner who is fiercely proud of her local roots. We discuss the far right, why she is standing, Labour's vision, why Muslim voters are disillusioned, Palestine and Kashmir, and Keir Starmer's leadership.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Labour MP George Galloway is one of Britain's most controversial individuals, and is standing in Batley & Spen with the slogan 'STARMER OUT'. We talk about his pitch for the seat, including Palestine - but why he's focusing his fire on the opposition, rather than the Tory government which presided over 150,000 deaths; why he campaigned alongside Nigel Farage after denouncing him; why he campaigned for Brexit after declaring that he'd campaign for Remain like "anyone with any brain cells will be doing"; why he voted Tory after declaring he'd rather remove his eyeballs; and much else.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Launched to throw petrol on the raging fires of Britain's culture war and take on the BBC and Sky News, GB News has been an embarrassing flop. Technical failures have been followed by ratings in freefall, and Andrew Neil - founder and the flagship presenter - has taken himself off the air indefinitely after just two weeks. Why was it such a failure, what does it tell us about the media landscape - and is it too soon to write it off completely? We're joined by Director of CLASS think tank Ellie Mae O'Hagan and media expert Leo Watkins.Also, we talk about Matt Hancock's resignation and, with days to go until the Batley & Spen by election, things are getting tense on the ground. We talk to Oli Dugmore, head of politics at JOE, who was there this week, about the latest developments.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Weeks after losing Hartlepool to the Tories, Labour has another major test in the Batley and Spen by-election. This is the constituency once represented by Jo Cox - murdered by a far right terrorist in 2016 - and it's a diverse community. But many voters feel disillusioned with the current main opposition, not least British Muslims, 86% of whom voted Labour nationally in 2019 but who feel that loyalty is not reciprocated. With the controversial George Galloway standing, some are determined to vote for him to give Labour a bloody nose. How much further does Labour's electoral coalition have to fragment as its naturally most loyal voters feel taken for granted?I visit the constituency to speak to everyone from George Galloway to Andy Burnham - presumed to be a likely successor as Labour leader - to Kim Leadbeater, Labour's candidate, to local voters to work out what's happening to the opposition - and where that leaves our crisis-stricken country.Videographer: Jack Barraclough.Help make these documentaries happen here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Young became a music sensation after winning Pop Idol in 2002 - and became one of the earlier pop stars to come out. We discuss his brilliant book To Be a Gay Man, about what it was like growing up gay in a profoundly homophobic society, about what he was up against when he came out, the lived experience of gay people that straight people might not know, and the uncanny parallels with the onslaught against trans people. We have loads of fun so there's no excuse not to watch it.Help support the channel here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the Lib Dems smashed the Tories in Chesham and Amersham, the idea of a "progressive alliance" - of anti-Tory parties working together to get the government out - has revived. But are the Lib Dems "progressive" - and is this an idea emerging out of desperation because Labour is so weak?I'm joined by Labour MSP Paul Sweeney - who is for - and Tribune's David Broder - who is against, plus, the mother of Osime Brown - a 22-year-old autistic man who won his case against deportation to Jamaica, a country he left as a small child - joins us to talk about their horrendous ordeal.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Lewis is the acclaimed author of books such as The Big Short, Moneyball and The Fifth Risk. In his brilliant new book The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, he exposes how factors such as US privatised health helped turn COVID-19 into a national catastrophe which claimed the lives of well over 600,000 Americans.Help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Tories mess up the pandemic again with 'Freedom Day' due to be kicked back by a month, we're joined by epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani - who has been proven right time and time again - to discuss just how bad things really are.We're also joined by James Mills - former advisor to Jeremy Corbyn - to talk about just how big the stakes are for the left in the Unite election.Help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The race to be Unite's next general secretary could not be more politically important: the union is as the very heart of the British left. But there are three left-wing candidates standing, and the right-wing candidate - Gerard Coyne - has every chance of winning because of a split vote. The political consequences for the left would be nothing short of catastrophic.Steve Turner - who won the most nominations - sets out his case to be Len McCluskey's successor: from his record as the chair of the People's Assembly Against Austerity to his lifelong commitment to socialism, why he supported Jeremy Corbyn to his anti-fascism, how Unite would fight for workers and left-wing policies - to what's at stake for all of us in this election.Help us take on the right wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Palestinian people have endured over 5 decades of Israeli occupation, the longest belligerent occupation on earth. Their land is being colonised by illegal settlements on the West Bank, while Gaza is under perpetual siege. This is not just occupation, siege and colonisation: as Human Rights Watch have recently announced, this is apartheid.In Israel-proper, Palestinians are treated as third class citizens, formalised by the so-called ‘nation state law’. Since 2000, over 10,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed by Israel, nearly 8 times the number of Israelis who have been killed. In the recent Israeli onslaught against Gaza, 256 Palestinians were killed, including 66 children.Here's why I'm backing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions on Israel - including answering the questions and concerns I had, and why we owe this to the Palestinian people.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most of the British media is spending Pride month monstering trans people and Stonewall, the country's main LGBTQ+ charity. The same tunes that were once repeated about and gay and bisexual people are being played about trans people. We're told trans rights are a threat to women's rights and a threat to children's safety. To tell the truth - about the actual lived experience of trans people, about the law, about transphobic myths - are journalist Freddy McConnell and lawyer Lui Asquith.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The government's has refused to learn from its catastrophic mistakes - and it's not looking good. The so-called Delta variant - which originated in India - is now dominant and positive cases have surged by over 46% in a week. Will the mass vaccination programme stop a new surge in hospitalisations and death - or are we heading not just for a delay of 'freedom day', but the reimposition of restrictions?Joining me is Professor Deenan Pillay from Independent SAGE - and James Meadway, Director of the Progressive Economy Forum, to talk about the economic and political consequences of COVID-19.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.