A World to Win with Grace Blakeley Tribune

Introduction to A World to Win, a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune.
Grace lays out what you can expect from the show and reveals the special guest who will appear in the first full episode.

This week, Grace speaks with Phil Burton-Cartledge, lecturer in sociology at the University of Derby and author of Falling Down: The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain. We discuss whose interests the Tory Party really represents, how the party works, and why, contrary to appearances, the Tories are in decline.You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/aworldtowinpod (https://publish.blubrry.com/s-1409505/episodes/e-80991397/edit/patreon.com/aworldtowinpod), where you'll also get access to full versions of the interviews.

Grace speaks to Kyle Lewis and Will Stronge, authors of Overtime: Why We Need a Shorter Working Week. They discuss the centrality of struggles over working time to the history of class struggle, why the shorter working week should be a central demand of labour movements today, and how we need to reimagine work to build a more just and sustainable world.You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/aworldtowinpod, where you'll also get access to full versions of the interviews.

This week, Grace speaks to Shon Faye, writer, artist, comedian, and author of the forthcoming book The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice. They discuss the prevalence of transphobia in the UK, why the transgender issue is also a class issue, and how socialists can and should support the fight for trans rights.
You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/aworldtowinpod (https://www.patreon.com/aworldtowinpod), where you'll also get access to full versions of the interviews.

This week, Grace speaks with Ashok Kumar, senior lecturer of political economy at Birkbeck and author of Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age. They discuss how global value chains have been reshaped under monopsony capitalism, how these changes have affected the power of workers all over the world, and how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact these trends.
You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/aworldtowinpod (https://www.patreon.com/aworldtowinpod), where you'll also get access to full versions of the interviews.

Grace speaks to Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College and author of Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador. They discuss the findings of the IPCC’s new report, whether it’s possible to imagine a green transition within capitalist social relations, and how the left can chart a path to decarbonisation that doesn’t compromise the earth’s other natural systems or communities.
You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod), where you'll also get access to full versions of the interviews.