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A World to Win with Grace Blakeley

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A podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune Magazine bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the world.

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  • 100 episodes
  • Updated Oct 27, 2022

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  • Jan 8, 2021 · 46 min

    CHAOS AT THE CAPITAL: An interview with Bhaskar Sunkara

    This week, Grace talks to Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin magazine and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The case for radical politics in an era of extreme inequality. They discuss the events currently taking place in the US, as white supremacists and far right extremists storm the Capitol after the Democrats took control of the Senate in the wake of the victory of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia on Wednesday 6th January - as well as how the US left can work to build a class coalition that can resist the mounting threat of right-wing violence.

  • Dec 19, 2020 · 41 min

    CRONY CAPITALISM: An interview with Ana Kasparian

    This week, Grace talks to Ana Kasparian, host and executive producer for The Young Turks and now host of Jacobin’s Weekends series. We discuss the media landscape in the US and the importance of alternative media to the socialist movement, the progress towards a stimululs package in the US and how progressives should relate to a Biden presidency. For the full hour-long episode, support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Dec 9, 2020 · 48 min

    MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM: An interview with Owen Hatherley

    This week, Grace talks to Owen Hatherley, Tribune’s culture editor and author of many books, including his most recent Red Metropolis: Socialism and the government of London. We discuss municipal socialism, regional and class inequality in the UK, and the future of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. Remember to support us on Patreon for the full hour-long episode at https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Dec 3, 2020 · 44 min

    #EndSARS: An interview with Sa'eed Husaini

    This week Grace is joined by Sa’eed Husaini, socialist activist and contributor to Africa is a Country and Jacobin Magazine, who recently completed a PhD at the University of Oxford and is now living and working in Lagos, Nigeria. We discuss the recent #EndSARS protests, the economic and health impact of COVID 19 in Nigeria, and the history and future of the Nigerian left. For the full hour-long episode, support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Nov 26, 2020 · 41 min

    THE RISE OF THE MOVEMENT-PARTY: An interview with Pablo Bustinduy

    This week, Grace is joined by Pablo Bustinduy, former Podemos representative for Madrid in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, to discuss the impact of the pandemic on Spain’s fragile economy, the challenges posed by the evolution of Podemos from movement-party into coalition government, and the economic, political and social shifts taking place as a result of the pandemic. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Nov 18, 2020 · 35 min

    NORTH BY NORTHWEST: An interview with Andy Burnham

    This week I am joined by Andy Burnham, former Labour MP and current Labour mayor of Greater Manchester. We talk about the impact that COVID-19 has had on the North of England, what cities like Manchester are doing to tackle climate breakdown and the housing crisis, and why the left needs to embrace a socialist devolution agenda. For the full episode, support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Nov 12, 2020 · 45 min

    SURVIVAL OF THE FRIENDLIEST: An interview with Rutger Bregman

    This week, Grace speaks to Rutger Bregman, historian, author of Utopia for Realists and Humankind, and scourge of the tax avoiding corporate elite at Davos, about human nature, capitalism and the 24 hour news cycle. For the full hour long-episode, support us on Patreon: https://Patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Nov 5, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min

    US ELECTION SPECIAL: Interviews with Briahna Joy Gray and Matt Karp

    This week, Grace talks to Briahna Joy Gray, Bernie Sanders' former Press Secretary and host of the Bad Faith podcast, and Matt Karp, Jacobin contributing editor and associate professor of history at Princeton University. As the results continued to roll in throughout the day on Wednesday, Grace discussed with her guests the roots of the Biden landslide that never was, and where the left should go next. The full episode is free for all listeners this week, but if you want access to the full hour-long interviews with amazing guests like Naomi Klein and Dr Cornel West, sign up to become a Patron: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Oct 28, 2020 · 49 min

    ENDING THATCHERISM: An interview with Zarah Sultana

    This week, Grace talks to newly elected Labour MP for Coventry South and member of the Socialist Campaign Group Zarah Sultana about the the Tories’ attempts to impose the costs of the pandemic on those least able to bear it, the lessons the left can learn from Corbynism, and why we need to fight for a transformative global Green New Deal in the wake of this crisis. Support us on Patreon to access the full hour-long episode! https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Oct 23, 2020 · 46 min

    HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT: An interview with Raquel Rolnik

    This week, Grace is joined by Raquel Rolnik, former Minister under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, author of the brilliant book Urban Warfare, and currently Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Sao Paolo. They discuss the rise of Bolsanaro, the looming evictions crisis in Brazil, the UK and around the world, and the struggle to build a global tenants' movement. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Oct 15, 2020 · 31 min

    A NEW REPUBLIC: An interview with Mary Lou McDonald

    This week, Grace is joined by Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Fein, to discuss the issues that drove the party's dramatic rise in this year’s general election, the impact of the pandemic on the Irish economy, and Sinn Fein’s proposals for a unification poll in the event of a no deal Brexit. Like this week's episode? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Oct 8, 2020 · 42 min

    THE CRISIS BEFORE THE CRISIS: An interview with Rob Davies

    This week, Grace talks to Rob Davies, senior figure in the South African Communist Party and former South African Minister for Trade and Industry. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on South Africa and the rest of the Continent, the hegemony of the ANC over South African politics, and the challenges of developing an industrial strategy in a highly financialised, highly unequal, semi-perhipheral economy. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod

  • Sep 30, 2020 · 42 min

    DOMINATION AND LIBERATION: An interview with Dr Cornel West

    Grace speaks to the legendary philosopher, activist, author and artist Dr Cornel West about Black Lives Matter and the US elections, socialist spirituality and culture, American imperial power and the seeds of liberation to be found in the idea of radical democracy. For the full episode, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod

  • Sep 23, 2020 · 47 min

    THE NEW SHOCK DOCTRINE: An interview with Naomi Klein

    This week, Grace is joined by academic, activist and left legend Naomi Klein to discuss the US elections, the case for the Green New Deal, and whether the world is about to face another lesson in the politics of the shock doctrine. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod

  • Sep 16, 2020 · 52 min

    LIFE AFTER BERNIE: An interview with Meagan Day

    This week, Grace talks to Meagan Day – staff writer at Jacobin Magazine and co-author of 'Bigger than Bernie: How we go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism' – about the US presidential elections,

  • Sep 2, 2020 · 54 min

    THE GREAT WORLD BANK ROBBERY: an interview with Walden Bello

    This week, Grace Blakeley is joined by Walden Bello, academic, author, human rights campaigner to discuss the history of the Philippines, his opposition to the brutal Marcos dictatorship, his longstanding campaigning against US imperialism and neoliber...

  • Aug 26, 2020 · 46 min

    NEOLIBERAL AUTHORITARIANISM: an interview with Guillaume Long

    In the second episode of A World to Win, Grace talks to former foreign minister of Ecuador Guillaume Long about the impact of Covid-19 in the country, the rise and fall of the Correa government and the growth of ‘neoliberal authoritarianism’ in Latin A...

  • Aug 19, 2020 · 55 min

    PROUDLY SOCIALIST: a conversation with Jeremy Corbyn

    Welcome to the first episode of A World to Win with Grace Blakeley! Today, Grace is joined by Jeremy Corbyn to discuss to the UK government’s disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the rise and fall of Corbynism,

  • Aug 17, 2020 · 2 min

    Introducing 'A World to Win'

    Introduction to A World to Win, a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune. Grace lays out what you can expect from the show and reveals the special guest who will appear in the first full episode.