<description>Veteran guest Dave Renton joins the show to discuss the long history of the Socialist Workers Party and antifascism in the UK. 

We discuss the sexual assault crisis of 2013, its ongoing fallout, how the SWP has such influence over UK antifascism and more.

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Veteran guest Dave Renton joins the show to discu…

Veteran guest Dave Renton joins the show to discuss the long history of the Socialist Workers Party and antifascism in the UK. 

We discuss the sexual assault crisis of 2013, its ongoing fallout, how the SWP has such influence over UK antifascism and more.

Support episodes via our patreon, patreon.com/12rulesforwhat

108 The SWP and Antifascism  w/ Dave Renton

<description>Today we are joined by writer Richard Seymour to discuss last Saturday's Unite the Kingdom rally, the largest far right rally in British history.

We disucss why it was so big, the anti migrant racism of the mainstream, the yankification of the British far right, Tommy Robinson, how we can oppose his movement and more. 

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Check out Richard's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3147-disaster-nationalism

Read Richard's take on the rally: https://www.patreon.com/posts/i-heard-you-want-138879347</description>

Today we are joined by writer Richard Seymour to …

Today we are joined by writer Richard Seymour to discuss last Saturday's Unite the Kingdom rally, the largest far right rally in British history.

We disucss why it was so big, the anti migrant racism of the mainstream, the yankification of the British far right, Tommy Robinson, how we can oppose his movement and more. 

Support the show: patreon.com/12rulesforwhat

Check out Richard's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3147-disaster-nationalism

Read Richard's take on the rally: https://www.patreon.com/posts/i-heard-you-want-138879347

107 Unite the Kingdom and the Apocalypse w/ Richard Seymour

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Recently, the protest group Palestine Action was proscribed by the Labour government under counter terror legislation putting the group in the same category as Al Quaida, ISIS and National Action.

This is stunning attack on the right to protest and will have wider implications for the palestine solidarity movement, and other movements that sometimes break the law in pursuing their political goals – which we should remember has a long history in UK protest movements. 

 On the surface this seems to be outside the remit of this podcast, so why are we covering this? For one thing the British state has used the proscription of far right and fascist groups to give a veneer of acceptability this action. Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, proscribed two far right groups alongside Palestine Action.

But also there is a more fundamental issue here. We cannot divorce the actions and policies of far right governments from those of their liberal democratic counter parts. The British state continues to send fighter jet parts to the Israeli regime, which is committing a genocide. It is also running surveillance missions over Gaza from its base in Cyprus. In addition, Labour has chased Reform in its policy and rhetoric towards migrants. It was only a few months ago that Starmer echoed Enoch Powell in his island of strangers speech. 

Far right governments usually use existing laws and powers to push an authoritarian agenda. You can see this particularly in the United States of America, where Trump cites hundreds year old insurrection laws and alien enemies acts in order to further his mass deportation campaign. It is not hard to see a far right government in this country to use the proscription of PA to go after climate justice or civil rights movements.

With that being said, today I'm talking to Iida Kayhko about proscription, counter terror and more, on with the show!


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Iida's article in Race and Class: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03063968251323166</description>


Recently, the protest group Palestine Action was…


Recently, the protest group Palestine Action was proscribed by the Labour government under counter terror legislation putting the group in the same category as Al Quaida, ISIS and National Action.

This is stunning attack on the right to protest and will have wider implications for the palestine solidarity movement, and other movements that sometimes break the law in pursuing their political goals – which we should remember has a long history in UK protest movements. 

 On the surface this seems to be outside the remit of this podcast, so why are we covering this? For one thing the British state has used the proscription of far right and fascist groups to give a veneer of acceptability this action. Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, proscribed two far right groups alongside Palestine Action.

But also there is a more fundamental issue here. We cannot divorce the actions and policies of far right governments from those of their liberal democratic counter parts. The British state continues to send fighter jet parts to the Israeli regime, which is committing a genocide. It is also running surveillance missions over Gaza from its base in Cyprus. In addition, Labour has chased Reform in its policy and rhetoric towards migrants. It was only a few months ago that Starmer echoed Enoch Powell in his island of strangers speech. 

Far right governments usually use existing laws and powers to push an authoritarian agenda. You can see this particularly in the United States of America, where Trump cites hundreds year old insurrection laws and alien enemies acts in order to further his mass deportation campaign. It is not hard to see a far right government in this country to use the proscription of PA to go after climate justice or civil rights movements.

With that being said, today I'm talking to Iida Kayhko about proscription, counter terror and more, on with the show!


Support the show on patreon: patreon.com/12rulesforwhat

Iida's article in Race and Class: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03063968251323166

106 Proscription and the UK counter terror regime w/ Iida Kayhko

<description>Kier Starmer's Powelite rhetoric last week shocked many in his party and on the left. Yet it fitrs into a long history of labour racism and racist border policies. Writer Michael Richmond joins the show to discuss all of this, the function of state race relations iniatives, the echoes of the August racist riots and more.

Michael Richmond is the co author of two books: Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Idenity Politics and Fascism and the Women's Cause.

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Kier Starmer's Powelite rhetoric last week shocke…

Kier Starmer's Powelite rhetoric last week shocked many in his party and on the left. Yet it fitrs into a long history of labour racism and racist border policies. Writer Michael Richmond joins the show to discuss all of this, the function of state race relations iniatives, the echoes of the August racist riots and more.

Michael Richmond is the co author of two books: Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Idenity Politics and Fascism and the Women's Cause.

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105 Kier Starmer, Enoch Powell, Race Relations and the Border

<description>Author and historian Pádraig Ó Ruairc joins the show to discuss his new book, Burn Them Out: A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland. We discuss Ireland's complicated political situation post war of independence, the rise of the Blueshirts and their leader Eoin O'Duffy, how FIne Gael reckons (or doesn't reckon) with its fascist origins and much more!

Buy Pádraig's book from your local independent bookshop or buy directly from the publisher here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/burn-them-out-9781035915279/

Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/12rulesforwhat</description>

Author and historian Pádraig Ó Ruairc joins the s…

Author and historian Pádraig Ó Ruairc joins the show to discuss his new book, Burn Them Out: A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland. We discuss Ireland's complicated political situation post war of independence, the rise of the Blueshirts and their leader Eoin O'Duffy, how FIne Gael reckons (or doesn't reckon) with its fascist origins and much more!

Buy Pádraig's book from your local independent bookshop or buy directly from the publisher here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/burn-them-out-9781035915279/

Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/12rulesforwhat

104 Burn them out! Irish fascism and its echoes w/ Pádraig Ó Ruairc

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