Jeremy Gilbert

This is true: Starmer was going to go, regardless. But as usual the political journalists are doing everything in their power to obscure the politics of the situation by focussing relentlessly on tragic flaws, surprise resignations, dramatic interventions, all of SW1's moth-eaten stagecraft.

Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular? Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism

They want you to believe Starmer's going because of Mandelson. He isn't. He's been on the way out since summer because the polls are disastrous because half the Labour base have gone to the Greens for entirely political reasons. This is why Starmer will go: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Alan has a nasty cough. It will come soon.

Delivery.

Typical lefty hand-wringing. All that's needed is more competence.

Found this episode (about Britain) more helpful than anything so far to think abt this wave of nationalism in Canada and the contradictions/possibilities/inevitabilities of a left nationalism.

where can I get my 3+ hours of listening on the waffle??

Thanks as always Justin!

Thanks!

Pre-revolutionary Britain? (Emergency Pod December 2025) Podcast Episode · Culture, Power and Politics » Podcast · 24/12/2025 · 2h 37m

Not sure there's a better summation of where we are or how we got here... podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/p... thanks yet again @jemgilbert.bsky.social and @profafinlayson.bsky.social

An image of a hard copy of issue 114 of the journal New Formations. The cover image features protestor Brianna Noble riding her horse in a street in Oakland, California. A placard reading Black Lives Matter is attached to the horse.

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW

#114 Race, Racialisation and Racisms

Feat.

@jemgilbert.bsky.social (free to download)
Inna Arzumanova
Brenna Bhandar (free to download)
Erik Borda
Sarah Bufkin (free to download)
Basuli Deb
Anamik Saha

journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformation...

It's finally here - we're doing post-punk...

Thanks!

The Vices of Values: Matthew Goodwin and the Politics of Motivation Matthew Goodwin's Values, Voice and Virtue received considerable attention from across the political spectrum. But the concept of ‘values’ on which Goodwin bases his argument is never precisely explic...

For no reason at all, here's the short blog version of the article that Alex and I wrote about Matthew Goodwin's book (and why his core analytical assumptions are worrying close to those of much mainstream centre-left political science) politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-vic....

I know you weren't!

Thinking of Democratic Goals: In Conversation with Jeremy Gilbert - The OLR Supplement Jeremy Gilbert in conversation on themes of reconstructing solidarity, political mobilization of collectives, horizontal organizing, psychedelic socialism, socialism and neoliberalism in the 21st cent...

Great interview with @jemgilbert.bsky.social for those less academically immersed, skip to where it talks about solidarity (although I really enjoyed the engagement with Derrida). For me a good summation of where we are & pointer to how we begin to turn things: olrsupplement.com/2026/01/06/t...

If you want to catch up on the state of the Australian Labor party, this essay shows it's almost a mirror image of the Starmer Labour Party. (Extract only, don't have full essay, sorry)
www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2025/1...

Nice on Lachlan I am after good sources on stuff going on in Australia / NZ atm.

Listening back, Alan's groan when I mentioned John Gray was very funny.

Anthony I just don't understand how you actually infer that from anything either of us said.

Why was Burnham Blocked? (Emergency Pod January 2026) In this actual emergency podcast, Alan and Jem  give way to overwhelming public pressure to respond to a recent decision taken by Labour’s National Executive Committee. The NEC have voted to …

kay @profafinlayson.bsky.social and I have recorded a LESS THAN ONE HOUR long emergency podcast on what the blocking of Andy Burnham's route back to parliament means.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/01/26/w...
Hope it's useful!

yes

Looking forward to talking to John Clarke about The Battle for Britain! This is the book I’ve quoted more than any others over the past 2 years. Reviewed it for Soundings here too, p101 journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vo...

Nationalism and the Future of Britain In this episode, Alan and Jem go deep and long on the concept of nationalism and its implications for UK politics, at a time when nationalist parties are making significant gains across the country…

Here at last is the 3+ hours recorded by myself and @profafinlayson.bsky.social on nationalism and the future of Britain. Subscribe in any podcast app to Culture, Power, Politics. Yes, Burnham-block emergency pod, other guests, more solos, all coming soon. culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/01/26/n...

I'll be taking part in this online event w/ @benandersongeog.bsky.social @ajsecor.bsky.social @jemgilbert.bsky.social to discuss the brilliant The Politics of Feeling - 11th April - register here www.eventbrite.com/e/the-politi...

Upcoming Sessions See below for details of a number of online and in-person seminars coming up From Marx to Spinoza Our irregular online seminar series From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality, hosted by …

Free online seminars this year feature Michael Hardt on multitudes, a 4-session dive into John Clarke's superb work of PROPER conjunctural analysis of modern Britain co-hosted with @autonomy-institute.bsky.social, the Politics of Feeling, Katja Diefenbach's Spinoza culturepowerpolitics.org/upcoming/

To appease the public, @profafinlayson.bsky.social will record an emergency pod early next week, even though nobody who's listened to us for the past couple of years should be remotely surprised.

Since One Battle After Another is the Oscar front-runner, I highly recommend this podcast. Obviously I agree..

I wish we had a real discussion about what 'political' cinema is.

From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality An online seminar series led by Jason Read, Andrew Goffey and Jeremy GilbertAt least since the 1960s, a particular strain of radical thought has explored the relationships – potential and act…

Spinoza in post-Marxist Philosophy, a free seminar with Katja Diefenbach. All details here (scroll to the bottom of the page): culturepowerpolitics.org/from-marx-to....

Good Vibes: One Battle, Zohran, Affect, Immediacy Why was One Battle After Another the biggest film of 2025? What does it have to do with Zohran and Trump? How can Anna Kornbluh’s concept of ‘immediacy’, Raymond Williams’ i…

Here's a podcast about One Battle After Another, political vibes, Zohran, Immediacy, affect theory and structures of feeling - all in just under an hour. (The 3+hour epic on nationalism with Alan will be out next week) culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/01/19/g...

THE MUSIC OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND with Alex Niven

Apple: tinyurl.com/28etdbax
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Patreon: tinyurl.com/33ffu8dh

@jemgilbert.bsky.social is joined by @alexniven.bsky.social
to talk about the musical history of England’s North East.../