Politics Theory Other
@poltheoryother
A podcast on radical politics, critical theory, and history. Hosted by @redandinexpert | Listen: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother
"Israel and the United States want Iran to be defenceless. They want to be able to strike it and coerce it at will. They want to leave it with absolutely no ability to constrain their freedom of action." - Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
Lammy "The grotesque spectacle of kids holding out their hand for food & being shot" Are you imposing sanctions on Israel? No Are you halting all arms sales? No Are you stopping all trade? No Are you ending all military assistance? No Are you expelling the Israeli ambassador? No
BBC still reporting on Israel's starvation of Gazans like its a natural disaster, or an unfortunate side effect of its war on Hamas. Statement from over 100 human rights & humanitarian orgs 'the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza': amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
This is what climate change actually looks like, for the most part, in the developed world.
Food bills on course to rise by £275 as prices jump bbc.in/4m4Ezeq
Nothing screams "We're innocent" like issuing a manual for your citizens on how to avoid arrest abroad for war crimes & crimes against humanity! Totally normal state behavior You have everything to fear, if you have a genocide to hide!
I long for retribution against those who are waging this war against humanity and everyone who has lent their military, financial, political, legal or rhetorical support. And may the cowards who have stayed silent be hounded and ostracised for the rest of their lives.
This woman left her home in search of food for her children, only to return and find them all buried under the rubble—killed by an Israeli airstrike. #GazaGenocide
A superb thread. A forensic analysis from an ex-insider of how water (and imho other essential services) have been turned into machines for extracting huge wealth from the public. £84 billion in dividends so far. Paid for by ladening the companies with £74 billion of debt.
I spent a year at Ofwat back in 2013 working on price controls I’m not remotely surprised it’s being abolished - what I saw astonished me 🧵 theguardian.com/business/2025/…
"Every day I watch patients deteriorate and die, not from their injuries, but because they are too malnourished to survive surgery. The surgical repairs that we carry out fall to pieces, patients get terrible infections, then they die." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
I agree - public schools like Eton, Gordonstoun, Radley and Winchester should be abolished.
Not all cultures are equal, in fact some are absolutely medieval and have no place in Britain.
really excited to finally cover the Dialectics of Liberation Congress on the podcast, I tried to experiment a little bit with the format too... so I hope people enjoy!
Micha Frazer-Carroll and Sasha Warren return to the podcast to discuss one of the strangest and most frustrating events in the history of the British counter-culture EPISODE 82: THE DIALECTICS OF LIBERATION CONGRESS w/ @micha_frazer and Sasha Warren L!nk in b!o
The go-between. My long read on how Qatar has become the diplomatic capital of the world, and the power it has accumulated in the process. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Once again, the working-classer-than-thou contingent of British conservatism narrows the definition of working-class beyond all recognition. Irish? Rap? Class consciousness? That's middle class liberalism!
Oasis resonates with working-class Britain in a way the likes of Kneecap never will. So many showily ‘political’ acts do not speak to ordinary people’s lives. The Gallagher brothers’ swaggering reunion is a tonic in an age of conformism, says Lisa McKenzie…
"There is no case since WW2 of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled" Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel deliberately starving an entire civilian population
Sending weapons, but shaking my head whilst I do it so everyone knows I disapprove.
The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. Alongside 25 other partners, the UK message is clear: the war in Gaza must end now. We need an immediate ceasefire, release of all hostages and a full resumption of aid. gov.uk/government/new…
10/17/23 👇👇👇👇. And here we are today.
President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace @LaraFriedmanDC on why the term genocide is entirely appropriate for describing Israel's actions in Gaza:
The Observer has now deleted the post, but shame on them for publishing such racist trash in the first place. The editor and “artist” still haven’t apologised. So much for accountability. Pathetic.
Brownfacing a box of raisins and mocking my surname. Exactly what you’d expect from a right-wing hack who is the daughter of an aristocrat and ex-Tory MP.
🚨18 Gazans starved to death within the past 24 hours, the highest figure of death by severe malnourishment since the start of the genocide We're now officially in famine territory! 17,000 children are suffering severe to life-threatening malnutrition
📻 Sunday listening 📻 - Owen Hatherley responds to listener questions on the prospects for a new left party in the UK, Labour housing policy, and enjoying music once seen as cringe. Link in 🧵