Explore every episode of the podcast In Solidarity - by openDemocracy
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| Trump 2.0: Is This the Inauguration of A New Era of the Strongman? | 17 Jan 2025 | 00:36:56 | |
Trump 2.0: Is This the Inauguration of A New Era of the Strongman? Professor Wendy Brown is an American political theorist, UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and an author. Professor Brown’s bibliography includes what we refer to as ‘the Trump trilogy' - three books that span the political career of President Donald Trump. Given Trump’s return to the White House we felt it was the perfect time to speak to her about how a new blueprint for authoritarian leaders seems to be materialising before us. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Featuring audio clips from CSPAN 00:50 How surprising was Trump's victory? 04:00 Why do Democrats find economic populism so hard? 06:34 Do pundits overlook Trump's populism? 11:30 Is chaos part of the plan? 13:37 The destruction of institutions 21:49 Profound unfreedom 25:30 Is Dehli a window into the future of the US? 27:12 Charisma and demagoguery Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Syria’s future lies in its past | 28 Jan 2025 | 00:31:12 | |
Since al-Assad’s regime fell from power in December 2024, much of the reporting on Syria has focussed on geopolitics in the region. More concern has been paid to the reactions of neighbouring nations than the ordinary Syrians whose lives have been uprooted by years of violence. But Syria is so much more than a strategic stronghold to be fought over by nations in the Global North. We spoke with Waseem Albahri, a Syrian cultural heritage specialist who works to preserve heritage sites in conflict zones, about the challenges of reclaiming a country’s history after it’s been held hostage by a regime that was quite literally re-writing the history books. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Featuring audio clips from Aljazera, Middle East Eye, Wall Street Journal and France24 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Misdiagnosing Donald: Trumpism is Religion not Politics | 03 Feb 2025 | 00:23:22 | |
Have we all been looking at Donald Trump’s success in the wrong way? Jeff Sharlet, journalist and author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, makes a compelling case for examining his rise not as a political figure, but as a religious one. After all, Trump himself would surely be the first to suggest that he is divine. Do the president’s most ardent supporters truly believe that he is an ‘imperfect vessel’ chosen by God? Join us as we discuss. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Featuring audio clips from CSPAN 00:00 Introduction 01:04 Why did Jeff write 'The Undertow?' 04:45 Trump the 'imperfect vessel' 06:06 Actually listening to Trump 10:01 The people who follow Trump 14:33 The appeal of Trump to people of colour 18:16 Where do we go from here? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Ukraine and the return of Empire | 20 Feb 2025 | 00:30:21 | |
What do the Ukrainians at the heart of the conflict with Russia feel about being used as a bargaining chip by countries like the United States? In this episode we speak to Volydomyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, academic, and editor of Ukraine World. Volydomyr lives in Kyiv and is also the host of the Explaining Ukraine podcast. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Featuring audio clips from CSPAN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| What's actually behind the Far Right's anti-women agenda? | 12 Feb 2025 | 00:28:03 | |
The rising global far right is violent, racist and misogynistic – and depends on exploiting women. While many of us associate attacks on women’s bodily autonomy with ultra-religious groups, openDemocracy’s Sian Norris argues that the stripping away of abortion rights is a political issue, rooted in fascistic ideas about women and men. Her book, Bodies Under Siege: How the Far-Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global, explains how organisations and individuals obsessed with stopping the “great replacement” are fuelling the assault on reproductive rights, and their success relies on recruiting, and exploiting, women. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Featuring audio clips from CSPAN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Migration, AI and The Rise of the Machines | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:31:45 | |
Borders patrolled by AI-powered robotic dogs once seemed like something purely in the realm of dystopian sci-fi novels. But the border industrial complex is working hard to make them a part of our (still dystopian) reality. Petra Molnar, author of The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, joins us to discuss the militarization of border technologies, the racial politics of migration and the complexities of being both a refugee and an economic migrant. Petra is a lawyer and anthropologist specializing in migration and human rights. She is the co-creator of the Migration and Technology Monitor, a collective of civil society, journalists, academics, and filmmakers interrogating technological experiments on people crossing borders. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Featuring audio clips from NowThis, TVO Today and ParliamentTV 00:00 Introduction 01:39 Why Petra you write The Walls Have Eyes? 07:00 The theatre of surveillance 08:55 The history of the politics of migration 11:47 Racial politics and migration 14:37 AI's roll in policing borders 18:43 How do we decide who is 'worthy' or migrating? 20:09 Is Trump creating a new type of migrants? 22:00 Defining a refugee in the modern age 24:08 Petra's experiences in Israel and Palestine 27:28 The death of physical borders 29:19 How can we resist? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| What Germany's Rightwing Voters Are Telling Us | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:19:10 | |
Something strange is happening in Germany. Last year, the Alternative for Germany or AFD, as it scored, became the first far right party to win a state election in Germany since World War Two. Then in February this year, the AfD came second in Germany's national elections, with 20% of the votes. The AFD isn't just another populist right wing party. Members of the party have consistently downplayed the horrors of Nazi Germany. What is happening? Georg Diez, journalist, writer, and author of a Tipping Points: From the promises of the 90s to the crises of the present joins us to discuss how he believes we're witnessing the birth of a new form of far-right politics and should prepare ourselves accordingly. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Featuring audio clips from CSPAN, Diem 24, Institute For Policy Studies 00:00 Introduction 01:23 What's going on in Germany? 05:30 The global financial crisis and the rise of the far-right 08:12 Right-wing extremism in modern Germany 12:01 Is fascism the right word? 15:27 What hope do we have for the future? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Escaping The Alt-Right Pipeline | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:33:31 | |
Jimmy The Giant is a popular YouTuber who did what many would consider to be beyond the pale - he changed his mind about politics. Jimmy went from heading down the right wing pipeline of self improvement gurus to U-turning and becoming, dare we say, ‘woke’. In today’s episode Aman Sethi talks to Jimmy about how and why he changed his mind about the political landscape and together they examine the changing online landscape that is making it all too easy for mainly young men to slip gradually into the world of alt-right politics. Jimmy the Giant: @JimmyTheGiant — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Featuring audio clips from CSPAN, Jimmy The Giant and Rebel News. 00:00 Introduction 03:32 Jimmy's history 08:30 The rightward turning point 13:22 The popularity of Elon Musk 15:17 The need for hope 17:23 Ad - The World Unspun Podcast 18:48 Disillusion in young men 24:11 How do we get people thinking about the world again? 27:47 Are algorithms actually the problem? 30:13 Understanding online culture Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Palestine, Musk and BRICS: the issues dividing US and South Africa | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:41:36 | |
The already fraught relationship between the United States and South Africa has been put under even more strain with Donald Trump's decision to cut foreign aid, not to mention South Africa's case against Israel at the ICJ. Menzi Ndhlovu, a political economist and risk analyst at Signal Risk a risk analysis consultancy focused on Africa, joins us to discuss this critical moment for South Africa. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy’s Africa Editor, Ayodeji Rotinwa. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 02:51 South Africa's support for Palestine 09:19 The street that caused a geopolitical issue 14:06 How the ANC has changed 16:26 Trump's issues with South Africa 22:10 Musk's issues with South Africa 24:10 Is the US trying to bring South Africa to heel? 28:00 How can South Africa appease the US? 31:30 Is there an upside to the rift with the US? 34:28 South Africa's moral quandary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Populism's Silver Lining | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:29:14 | |
Danny Sriskandarajah is the author of Power to the People: Use your voice, change the world Sriskandarajah discusses the shift from a positive phase of civic engagement to a reversal over the past decade, emphasising the importance of community networks beyond state and market fixations. He highlights the role of civil society in nurturing democracy and the need for international solidarity. Sriskandarajah shares personal experiences from his childhood in Sri Lanka and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, underscoring the power of collective action and the interconnectedness of global issues. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by Nandini Archer, James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| How Protest Became a Crime in the UK: "We’re All Arrestables Now" | 22 May 2025 | 00:35:09 | |
This week on In Solidarity, we're in discussion with openDemocracy's senior investigative reporter and feminist activist, Sian Norris. Sian joins us on the podcast to reveal how recent laws are quietly dismantling the right to protest in the UK. Drawing on six months of in-depth reporting, Sian breaks down the true impact of the Public Order Act 2023 and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. These laws allow protests to be stopped before they even begin, based on little more than suspicion. What does this mean for democracy, and who is being targeted? From activists to everyday citizens, no one is exempt. This is a must-listen for anyone concerned about the increasingly authoritarian political climate in the UK -- and around the world. — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics.Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Carla Abreu Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 01:51 Why investigate protest? 04:56 What are the PCSC and POA? 10:28 What's a 'serious disruption'? 11:53 Who do these rules target? 16:49 We're all 'arrestables' now 19:42 Are all protests targeted equally? 22:52 Targeting BLM and XR 25:56 How does the party of free speech justify suppressing protest? 29:25 The carol service crackdown 32:28 Why don't Labour 'undo' this? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Women, life, freedom: resistance and protest in Iran | 15 May 2025 | 00:30:28 | |
As a young woman in 1980s Iran, Nasrin Parvaz was arrested, imprisoned and tortured by the Iranian regime. In this moving interview, she shares her experience of torture and incarceration, reflects on the successive women's revolutions in Iran, questions the West's ideas of regime change, and offers a powerful call for global sisterhood. http://www.nasrinparvaz.org/web/tag/https-www-victorinapress-com-product-one-womans-struggle-in-iran-a-prison-memoir/ Get our independent journalism delivered direct to your inbox, join the openDemocracy Newsletter today. In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy Senior Investigations reporter Sian Norris, author of Bodies Under Siege. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Presented by Sian Norris Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela — Get our independent journalism delivered direct to your inbox, join the openDemocracy Newsletter today. opendemocracy.net/newsletters In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 01:19 Being a female prisoner in Iran during the 80s 04:33 Stolen Trauma 05:59 A friend still imprisoned 09:11 Those who paved the way 12:32 The resistance lives on 16:35 What's next for Iran's women? 18:16 Global Sisterhood 20:40 Hubris of the west 23:27 Torture's global supporters 25:57 Hopes for the future of Iran 28:00 What does solidarity mean to you? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Companies are making billions from anti-immigration fears | 09 May 2025 | 00:31:55 | |
For many years, politicians have sold the public a simple story: The answer to undocumented immigration is a strong, fortified border. This story has a seductive, common-sense reasoning — but it is also wrong. Decades of research has shown that people determined to move, find a way to move. And when States respond with border controls, people turn to smugglers to circumvent these controls; and on and on this cycle goes with increasingly militarised borders on the one hand, and increasingly desperate people on the other. But politicians don’t want to engage with this research, when it is much more politically palatable to spend billions buying shiny technology from private corporations to prop the myth of strong borders. Our guests today have published research that shows the UK government has spent over 3.5 billion pounds in public money to support a sprawling, almost entirely privatised, apparatus to stop desperately vulnerable people from using small boats to cross the English channel and apply for asylum in the United Kingdom. Listen in to learn more This research was part of the collaborative Channel Crossings project who are Dr Arshad Isakjee, Dr Thom Davies and Dr Tesfalem Yemane, Dr Lucy Mayblin and Dr Joe Turner. We would like to thank Corporate Watch and Tipping Point UK in supporting this work. Here is a link to the initial report: https://channelcrossings.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/border-security-contracts-briefing.-april-2025.docx-1-1.pdf To find out more about the border security economy see here https://corporatewatch.org/category/companies/ and here https://www.tni.org/en/publication/financing-border-wars — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 03:30 The manufactured border crisis 06:30 How to understand borders 11:20 The economic migrant 'myth' 15:09 The Borders industrial complex 18:08 Technological underpinnings 22:20 Investigating surveillance contracts 25:09 Companies profiting from war and refugees 28:25 We're all complicit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Why organising locally matters | 01 May 2025 | 00:40:29 | |
Community organisers around the world have long argued that to change a country, canvas a community. But is that really true? In this episode, we catch up with someone who literally wrote the book on the subject. Our guest George Goehl started organising in a soup kitchen in Southern Indiana 30 years ago in the Clinton era and continues to do so in the time of Trump. Listen in to understand how to fight effectively for change and why immigration is such a divisive issue. The Fundamentals Of Organizing - George Goehl — In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. It’s hosted by openDemocracy editor-in-chief Aman Sethi, an award-winning journalist and author of A Free Man. Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 01:18 How to George get into community organising 05:37 The state of rural America 08:12 Can community organising go national? 11:45 Recharging for the fight ahead 12:45 The public opinion of migration 16:30 AD - The World Unspun podcast 17:55 Progressive meekness 21:31 Meaning making 23:37 How progressive are Democrats really? 25:54 Political vs Community organising 28:55 Tangible change 34:01 Tales from the doorsteps 36:55 What does solidarity mean to you? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Who is funding Nigel Farage’s Reform party - and why? | 01 Jul 2025 | 00:28:05 | |
This is the first episode of our new mini-series exploring the financial interests of political parties in England and Wales. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has banked almost £5m from wealthy donors since 2023, including those with links to fossil fuels, the financial services industry and tax havens. It has also received significant financial investment from the general public in the form of party memberships. There seems to be a tension between the party’s desire to be seen as a grassroots, ‘by the people, for the people’ movement and its efforts to court the very billionaires its supporters believe they are rallying against. openDemocracy’s investigations reporter, Ethan Shone, examines this contradiction, discusses what Reform’s future might look like and asks whether the UK media is right to dedicate so much time to the party. Read Ethan’s investigation: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/reform-uk-funders-nigel-farage-5-million-donations-fossil-fuels-tax-havens/ — https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/ In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics.Support the show by visiting https://opendemocracy.net/donate https://insolidaritypodcast.substack.com/ Credits: Presented by James Battershill Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 02:44 How was this data sourced? 04:25 What's the cut-off for reporting? 05:20 How does Reform's income compare to Labour and The Conservatives? 08:47 Off-shore benefactors for political parties 11:22 The people of note who back Reform 13:22 Backers shifting from Conservatives to Reform 14:34 George Cottrell - an unofficial aide? 17:49 The phantom punishments 19:22 What's Reform's future looking like? 23:48 Should we even be talking about Reform? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A momentous day for reproductive rights | 18 Jun 2025 | 00:21:09 | |
On 17 June 2025 UK Parliament voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales, reversing a Victorian-era law. The amendment will prevent women from being prosecuted for ending a pregnancy after 24 weeks or without approval from two doctors. We spoke to our senior investigative reporter Sian Norris, author of Bodies Under Siege: How the Far-Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global. Get Bodies Under Siege by Sian Norris: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8711/9781839764738 Read Sian’s full piece on this vote: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/mps-vote-decriminalise-abortion-important-increasing-prosecutions-global-backlash-us/ — https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/ In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics.Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by James Battershill Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 00:55 A huge achievement for women's reproductive rights 01:55 'Isn't abortion already legal in the UK?' 07:19 The 24 week question 09:44 Telemedicine 13:24 What does this mean on a global level? 14:51 What happens next? 17:22 On to the next fight! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Locked up: protesters in prison | 12 Jun 2025 | 00:29:57 | |
Earlier this year, openDemocracy explored how successive governments had cracked down on protest rights. Now, with Just Stop Oil activists facing lengthy sentences for "conspiring" to commit protest offences, the impact of these laws is being felt more than ever. We sat down with human rights lawyer Katy Watts to discuss the sentencing, and how she and the NGO Liberty won a legal challenge against the government's new protest laws. https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/ — https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/ In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics.Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Sian Norris Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 01:16 Long sentences for protestors 03:21 Protestors new-found reluctance 05:41 Broadening definitions of what is criminal 08:30 A framework for authoritarians 09:50 What inspired the clamp down on protest? 12:10 Holding the government to account in court 16:04 Labour defending Conservative policies 18:28 What happens to those arrested unlawfully? 19:35 Neutering protests 21:12 These protest laws target everyone 24:56 Concerns about Labour's approach to protest 27:37 What does solidarity mean to you? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Generation Crisis: Why generational labels miss the mark | 06 Jun 2025 | 00:26:35 | |
Boomers ruined everything, Millennials are work-shy and Gen Z can’t comprehend anything that isn’t a TikTok dance. Generational language defines the way we think about broad cohorts of society, but is this way of viewing the world dividing us further at a time when solidarity has never been more important? Tom Nicholas, a writer, filmmaker and YouTuber, joins us to discuss his latest film Boomers: The Rise of Gerontocracy, generational language and whether Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z are really that different to each other or are just one generation shaped by the financial crisis. — Watch Boomers: The Rise of Gerontocracy - https://go.nebula.tv/boomers Subscribe to Tom Nicholas on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Tom_Nicholas Get the openDemocracy newsletter - https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/ In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics.Support the show by visiting openDemocracy.net/donate. Credits: Presented by Aman Sethi Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 Introduction 03:00 Is generational discourse useful? 08:20 Shrinking generations 11:07 The long shadow of the financial crisis 13:47 How is generational language shaping politics? 15:47 What makes boomers different from other generations? 18:01 Is it time to redefine generations? 20:56 The Covid generation 22:55 Intergenerational solidarity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Planet Patriarchy | 23 Jul 2025 | 00:25:18 | |
Patriarchy refuses to die. In every country of the world, women are oppressed by male violence, patriarchal religions, and ideas of the family. But women are resisting, as Rahila Gupta explains, in a fascinating analysis that takes us from Riyadh and Russia, to Rojava. Buy Planet Patriarchy: Global Tales of Feminism and Oppression: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8711/9781805262879 — https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/ In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. Support the show by visiting https://www.openDemocracy.net/donate/ Credits: Presented by Sian Norris Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela — Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:30 Why write Planet Patriarchy now? 03:37 The violence of patriarchy 09:47 Family can be a form of violence 11:32 The women-led revolution in Rojava 16:56 The privilege of non-violence 21:07 Rojava's fragile future 22:31 What does solidarity mean to you? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The tech start-up targeting sexual assault survivors | 15 Jul 2025 | 00:34:58 | |
Content warning: This episode discusses sexual assault, rape and trauma. When our investigative reporter Sian Norris heard worrying claims about a Silicon Valley-style start-up targeting rape survivors at universities in Bristol, she knew she needed to uncover what exactly was going on. Over the next six months, Sian interviewed more than a dozen people on and off the record, sent multiple FOI requests and reviewed countless social media posts. Working with a Lucy H Watson, a student at Bristol university, Sian uncovered the concerns raised by students, universities and the police about Enough's approach, that sexual violence experts have issues with its methodologies, and that one of the organisation’s co-founders has links to a former beauty queen who described sexual assault as a “multi-billion-dollar industry”. Read Sian and Lucy’s investigation: Lucy has set up a Student-led Instagram account raising awareness about Enough and their self-swab kits: https://www.instagram.com/enoughofenoughbristol/ — https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/ In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. Support the show by visiting https://www.openDemocracy.net/donate/ Credits: Presented by James Battershill Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela 00:00 CONTENT WARNING 00:12 Introduction 02:17 What is Enough? 03:56 Investigating Enough 05:07 The US connection 06:55 Have rape self-swab kits ever been used in a criminal prosecution? 08:42 Experiences of Enough 'in the wild' 11:12 A lack of sensitivity 12:47 How unique is Enough's solution? 16:16 Visibility for victims 19:23 Is there evidence of Enough's 'assault prevention' claims? 20:52 Using the vulnerable as test users 22:38 Is there any harm in using the kits as a backup? 24:41 What data is collected and how is it protected? 27:46 How is the company organised? 28:38 Concerns over how Enough was pitching itself to Universities 29:48 How revolutionary is Enough really? 32:16 The shocking belligerence of Enough 33:20 What does solidarity mean to Lucy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||