Audio Index 2024
2024 Online Talks
Work pt.1 (23 mins)
Work pt.2 (59 mins)
Paul Bennett, 22nd November 2024
Sources –
Huw Beynon: ‘Working for Ford’, (Penguin 1984. First published 1973)
Danny Danziger: ‘All in a Day’s Work’, (Fontana 1987)
Norman Dennis, Fernando Henriques and Clifford Slaughter: ‘Coal Is Our Life’, (Tavistock 1969. First published 1956)
David Graeber: ‘Bullshit Jobs’, (Penguin 2019. Reviewed here)
Lynne Pettinger: ‘What’s Wrong with Work?’, (Polity Press 2019. Reviewed here)
Studs Terkel: ‘Working’, (Penguin 1977. See here)
Even more ways that socialism can fix the world pt.1 (42 mins)
Even more ways that socialism can fix the world pt.2 (44 mins)
Paddy Shannon, 15th November 2024
Reflections on Georges Sorel pt.1 (75 mins)
Reflections on Georges Sorel pt.2 (29 mins)
Guest speaker – Joe White, 18th October 2024
Capitalism and the Grenfell Tower Fire pt.1 (18 mins)
Capitalism and the Grenfell Tower Fire pt.2 (64 mins)
Anthony Thomas, 11th October 2024
Lenin – successful anti-Tsarist or failed socialist pt.1 (31 mins)
Lenin – successful anti-Tsarist or failed socialist pt.2 (53 mins)
Adam Buick, 4th October 2024
Why wars happen pt.1 (39 mins)
Why wars happen pt.2 (54 mins)
Howard Moss, 27th September 2024
More ways that socialism can fix the world pt.1 (46 mins)
More ways that socialism can fix the world pt.2 (47 mins)
Paddy Shannon, 20th September 2024
Ten ways socialism can fix the world pt.1 (38 mins)
Ten ways socialism can fix the world pt.2 (57 mins)
Paddy Shannon, 19th July 2024
May Day Reflections pt.1 (22 mins)
May Day Reflections pt.2 (55 mins)
Bill Martin, 3rd May 2024
How We Live and How We Might Live pt.1 (47 mins)
How We Live and How We Might Live pt.2 (47 mins)
Richard Field, 12th July 2024
The General Election 2024 pt.1 (45 mins)
The General Election 2024 pt.2 (46 mins)
Discussion, 5th July 2024
Capitalism in Nigeria pt.1 (26 mins)
Capitalism in Nigeria pt.2 (52 mins)
Andy Thomas, 21st June 2024
The SPGB and the Spanish Civil War pt.1 (16 mins)
The SPGB and the Spanish Civil War pt.2 (62 mins)
Keith Scholey, 24th May 2024
Sinn Fein – will being in government on both sides of the border unite Ireland (21 mins)
Kevin Cronin, 17th May 2024
May Day Reflections pt.1 (22 mins)
May Day Reflections pt.2 (55 mins)
Bill Martin, 3rd May 2024
Questioning Nationalism pt.1 (57 mins)
Questioning Nationalism pt.2 (53 mins)
Dave Alton, 19th April 2024
The Economic Calculation Argument pt.1 (40 mins)
The Economic Calculation Argument pt.2 (62 mins)
Tim Kilgallon, 22nd March 2024
Xi Jinping’s Regime pt.1 (36 mins)
Xi Jinping’s Regime pt.2 (54 mins)
Howard Moss, 23rd February 2024
Myths of Nationalism pt.1 (18 mins)
Myths of Nationalism pt.2 (77 mins)
Paul Bennett, 16th February 2024
Has the Internet Enhanced or Inhibited Workers Understanding of the World pt.1 (34 mins)
Has the Internet Enhanced or Inhibited Workers Understanding of the World pt.2 (43 mins)
John Cumming, 19th January 2024
State Constitutions – Paper and Reality pt.1 (25 mins)
State Constitutions – Paper and Reality pt.2 (56 mins)
Uther Naysmith, 12th January 2024
Roundup of 2023 pt.1 (59 mins)
Roundup of 2023 pt.2 (63 mins)
Hosted by Paddy Shannon, 5th January 2024