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In this episode we talk about resisting Donald Trump and the spread of Trumpism in the UK, and why Jon has called for a protest against Trump at Trafalgar Square on March 15, 2025.Please support us by subscribing and sharing the podcast far and wide. If you can help financially, we are now accepting donations and have a Patreon.Podcasthttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/little-bigger-anarchismDonate and help us grow!https://www.patreon.com/littlebiggeranarchismhttps://ko-fi.com/littlebiggeranarchismhttps://twitter.com/lbanarchism
We chat with Jim Donaghey, editor of Fight For a New Normal? Anarchism & Mutual Aid in the Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis (Freedom Press: 2024), about anarchism and mutual aid during the Covid-19 pandemic and the lessons learnt.
Book: https://freedompress.org.uk/product/fight-for-a-new-normal/
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In this episode of Little | Bigger | Anarchism we chat with Sophie Scott-Brown about individualist anarchism in the 21st century.
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In this episode of Little | Bigger | Anarchism we have a short discussion about the forthcoming 2024 general election, followed by a chat with Shuli Branson about their book 'Practical Anarchism' and the upcoming UK and USA elections.
You can pick up a copy of Branson's book here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745344928/practical-anarchism/
Join Jon and others on the evening of July 4, 2024, for their General Election results watchlong: https://www.youtube.com/@freedom9763
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In this episode of Little | Bigger | Anarchism we discuss the looming 2024 general election. Then we discuss anarchist approaches to elections with Benjamin Franks.
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Benjamin's audio essay on anarchism and elections for the Anarchism Research Group: https://youtu.be/F_nbVrVAxtA?feature=shared
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In this episode of Little | Bigger | Anarchism we discuss the results of the July 2023 by-elections and their impact on British politics. Then we launch our new series 'Anarchy at the BBC' by discussing the In Our Time episode on Anarchism which aired in 2006.
Link to the In Our Time episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0038x9t
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In this double episode, Shane and Jon discuss the 2023 local election, their doctoral research and what it was like researching anarchism in the academy. Shane explains why he wrote a PhD on the American individualists and what they mean for contemporary anarchism. And Jon speaks about his experience standing in the 2015 General Election as an anarchist, writing a PhD on the experience and the lessons for anarchists.
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Shane and Jon talk to Alex Prichard, author of the new Oxford University Press edition of Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction available now.
They also consider the recent BBC furore over football presenter Gary Lineker and ponder if impartiality is even possible, let alone desirable.
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We talk to Jane Nicholl about her decades of activism and her recent article in Freedom News about social care in the UK.
You can read her article here.
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This month, on top of dissecting British politics, we discuss anarcho-pacifism and nonviolence with fellow Anarchism Research Group member Alex Christoyannopoulos. You can find an article on this subject by Alex here.
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Shane and Jon.
Shane and Jon discuss the wave of strike action sweeping the UK in the new winter of discontent. Plus our main feature is a discussion with Rhiannon Firth, author of Disaster Anarchy, on mutual aid.
Rhiannon's book can be found here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340463/disaster-anarchy/
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In this episode we discuss sport and radical politics with Gabriel Kuhn, the state of British politics and we answer a query that was sent to us via email.
Massive thanks to Gabriel for chatting with us.
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We visit Bentley Urban Farm to discuss the physical space they've grown for their community and we discuss political space in the UK and how the two main parties are interacting with it.
Starring: Bentley Urban Farm (@BentleyFarmDN on twitter) including Warren Draper (@Vegan_Five_0 on twitter).
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This episode is a postcard from our day trip to the London Anarchist Bookfair on 17th September 2022.
We have interviews with Zosia Brom, one of the organisers and outgoing editor of Freedom, Jim Donaghey from Anarchist Studies Journal and the associated blog and Rob, who edited the most recent print edition of Freedom. For those outside of London the printed edition can be gained via their website.
Starring:
The London Anarchist Bookfair: @BookfairLDN
Freedom: @Freedom_Paper
Anarchist Studies: @AnarchistSJnl
Shane and Jon
Little | Bigger | Anarchism with Shane Little and Jon Bigger
This first bumper episode includes a discussion on British politics and then we explore the idea of an anarchist politics with Ruth Kinna. We thank Ruth for spending the time to talk to us.
If you have any constructive comments or suggestions please contact us at alittlebiggeranarchism@gmail.com
We are both part of the Anarchism Research Group, running out of Loughborough University. They have a wealth of material about anarchism on their Youtube channel and via Twitter
Shane and Jon
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