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Ben Wray and Ranjan Balakumaran give their left-wing take on new books. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and researcher. He's Scottish and lives in the Basque Country. He is co-author of 'Scotland after Britain: The Two Souls of Scottish Independence', Verso (2022), and co-ordinates The Gig Economy Project, a media network for gig workers in Europe. You can get him on X at @Ben_Wray1989. Ranjan Balakumaran is a London-based educator and film-maker. He is a former producer at Real Media and Real News. You can watch on youtube: @TheLeftBookReview

Episodes

  1. 02/04/2024

    We need to talk about Shadow Banking - The State of Capitalism

    We are living in a historical interregnum, as Antonio Gramsci famously described it, where the old order of global capitalism and American global hegemony is dying, but the new cannot be born. That's the key premise of The State of Capitalism, an important new text of Marxist political economy by Costas Lapavistas and the EReNSEP Writing Collective. Ben Wray and Ranjan Balakumaran discuss the book in this Left Book Review. What do you think? Leave a comment below. And if there's a book you'ld like Ben and Ranjan to review, let us know. Click the subscribe link to keep up-to-date with our latest left book reviews. You can also watch and subscribe on Youtube: https://youtu.be/kIdtIwkJNEc?si=5ismXZRk8pSbijil 'The State of Capitalism: Economy, Society & Hegemony' was published by Verso in December 2023, you can buy a copy here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/prod...

    35 min
  2. The New Cold War by Gilbert Achcar - Book Review

    12/19/2023

    The New Cold War by Gilbert Achcar - Book Review

    What is the New Cold War? How did it happen? And what is it's future? Ben Wray and Ranjan Balakumaran discuss international relations expert Gilbert Achcar's new book on the key geopolitical conflict of our times. What do you think? Leave a comment below. And if there's a book you'ld like Ben and Ranjan to review, let us know. Click the subscribe link to keep up-to-date with our latest left book reviews. The New Cold War was published by Haymarket Books in 2023, you can buy a copy here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2053-the-new-cold-war 0:00 Introduction 1:12 Overview 4:10 Analysis: Russia and the New Cold War 13:33 Analysis: China and the New Cold War 25:40 Conclusion You can also find us on Youtube, go to youtube.com/@theleftbookreview

    28 min
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Ben Wray and Ranjan Balakumaran give their left-wing take on new books. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and researcher. He's Scottish and lives in the Basque Country. He is co-author of 'Scotland after Britain: The Two Souls of Scottish Independence', Verso (2022), and co-ordinates The Gig Economy Project, a media network for gig workers in Europe. You can get him on X at @Ben_Wray1989. Ranjan Balakumaran is a London-based educator and film-maker. He is a former producer at Real Media and Real News. You can watch on youtube: @TheLeftBookReview

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  • Creator
    The Left Book Review
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    2
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