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9 episodios
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Long Revolution Gwydion Madawc Williams
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- Noticias
Twenty-First Century Socialism
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How the British Empire blighted Britain, and more British politics
Why do some parts of mainland Britain have less people than in the 19th century? People want to live there, but economics drives them away.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gwydionwilliams.com/2015/04/15/how-the-british-empire-blighted-britain-and-more-british-politics/ -
Thinking about Troy and Homer
The familiar story comes from Homer, but there are others.
Thinking about the real history and how story-telling changed it.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gwydionwilliams.com/2017/04/28/thinking-about-troy-and-homer/ -
Feed-the-Rich Economics
The attempt to restore pre-1914 capitalism was an error. Only the rich have gained.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gwydionwilliams.com/2017/11/22/feed-the-rich-economics/
And more fully at https://labouraffairsmagazine.com/problems-magazine-past-issues/the-mixed-economy-won-the-cold-war/.
Or a PDF: Problems 31 – Feed-the-Rich Economics. https://labouraffairsmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/problems-31-feed-the-rich-economics.pdf -
Baby Boomers and Old-Time Racism
As a Baby Boomer, I point out that it was those who became rich who did the damage.
And we did greatly weaken White Racism and Male Chauvinism, even if some of us took time to meet modern standards. Those standards would not be mainstream without us.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gwydionwilliams.com/2018/09/15/baby-boomers-and-old-time-racism/ -
Nerve Gas attack on Sergei Skripal
I was very skeptical. If the Russian state wished to kill him, were there not much easier ways to do so?
AS a spoof to make Russia look bad it made much more sense.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gwydionwilliams.com/2018/03/21/nerve-gas-attack-on-sergei-skripal/ -
April 2019 – Freedom Misunderstood by Liberals
All human systems interfere with freedom, if you take a straightforward definition of ‘freedom’ as being ‘things that someone somewhere might want to do.
What it usually means is my freedoms, and probably also the freedom that I think others are entitled to.
There is also usually an acceptance that some normal freedoms may need to be curbed for various emergencies.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gwydionwilliams.com/2019/04/16/april-2019-freedom-misunderstood-by-liberals/