Tag: political discourse

• Naomi Klein: The Rise of End-of-the-World Fascism and Resistance from the Global South

  December 11, 2025

  At the 2025 Panamerican Congress in Mexico City, held August 1st to 3rd, hosted by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her Morena Parliamentary Group, Canadian journalist Naomi Klein gave remarks… more ›

• Ones and Tooze: Venezuela

  November 7, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/thKN6q8 U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating military action against Venezuela. Adam and Cameron discuss. Also on the show: New York elects a Democratic Socialist Learn more about your… more ›

• Daniel Trilling · Is this fascism?

  August 15, 2025

  Are​ we, as Richard Seymour suggests, ‘in the early days of a new fascism’? In Disaster Nationalism, Seymour… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n10/daniel-trilling/is-this-fascism more ›

• The LRB Podcast: Is this fascism?

  August 15, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/Jvwabsp ‘How useful is it,’ Daniel Trilling asked recently in the LRB, ‘to compare the current global resurgence of right-wing nationalism to fascism?’ In this episode of the podcast Daniel… more ›

• FULL CONVO: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chris Hayes on protests in America and more

  June 16, 2025

  Renowned author Ta-Nehisi Coates sits down with Chris Hayes for an interview about the legacy of Civil Rights in America, the Trump admin’s anti-diversity attacks, the protests in L.A. and… more ›

• On with Kara Swisher: Judith Butler on Why Gender Is in Trump’s Crosshairs

  April 27, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/Lgp07QK Philosopher and critical theorist Judith Butler, Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at UC Berkeley, has been at the forefront of gender theory for 35 years. But while… more ›

• Tilda Swinton decries ‘internationally enabled mass murder’ at Berlin film festival

  February 15, 2025

  Tilda Swinton has given a speech at the Berlin film festival in which she called out the “the astonishing savagery of spite, state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder”. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/14/tilda-swinton-berlin-film-festival more ›

• Karoline Leavitt takes questions from reporters at the White House press briefing – watch live

  January 29, 2025

  White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, takes questions from reporters at the daily press briefing more ›

• The Art Angle: The Vibe Shifted in Art. Now What?

  January 24, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/YxZ8MqP We don’t need to tell anyone listening that it is a difficult and alarming political moment. You may be asking, How will art weather the storm? To answer… more ›

• The Daily: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Begins

  January 22, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/5mgDtwj At the heart of President Trump’s flurry of executive orders was a systematic dismantling of the United States’ approach to immigration. Hamed Aleaziz, who covers immigration policy for… more ›