Show Notes
What the f!#k has just happened with Your Party? Shanice, Joe and Jonas try their best to shake off their collective depression and get a handle on the drama and controversy underlying Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s very public fallout. How did we get here, and more importantly how the hell do we get out?
Readings:
Whose Party Is It Anyway - Archie Woodrow
Your Party’s Messy Public Breakdown Shows It Has Big Questions to Answer - Archie Woodrow
Disaster Nationalism - Richard Seymour
Theory of The Party - Phil A. Neel
CREDITS
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