Disaster Nationalism | Politics Theory Other Podcast Live

While recent years have seen the revival of the global radical left - and most recently a huge upsurge in protest in response to Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza - it remains the case that the primary beneficiaries of the crisis of representative democracy and neoliberalism has been the disaster nationalism and racism of the far right.

While much of the focus is on leaders such as Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Giorgia Meloni, Rodrigo Duterte, and Javier Milei - the phenomenon of the modern far right is propelled through the vast networks of social media and fueled by influencers, and the background conditions of social despair, fear, isolation and an economic context in which the threat of catastrophic climate change increases the risk of greater numbers - and especially racialised subjects - being pushed out of the formal economy and even deemed surplus to the requirements of capital accumulation.

In this live episode of the Politics Theory Other podcast, Gargi Bhattacharyya and Richard Seymour will address the root causes of the contemporary far right, how the left should respond to it and whether what we are seeing is the emergence of a 21st century iteration of fascism.

Speakers: Gargi Bhattacharyya, Richard Seymour

Chair: Alex Doherty

The Organisers

Planet B is an independent media production company specialising in producing audio-visual content that tells alternative stories, with focus on bringing radical ideas, critical histories and original storytelling to wide audiences. Planet B is proud to be a part of the Space4 community who are kindly hosting us for the evening.

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