As Zack Polanski begins to make his mark scrapping with journalists and political opponents, Joe and Shanice disagree on where his biggest challenge will come from. Meanwhile the row between MPs Zarah Sultana and Adnan Hussain on trans politics raises critical questions about what Your Party stands for.

Readings:

Regime Change in the West - Perry Anderson

In and Against the State. Revolutionary Feminism During De-industrialisation - Katrina Forrester

Greens Who Organise - Robert Magowan

Their End is Our Beginning - Brian Bean

Credits:

Design: Rachel Carr / rachelcarr.co.uk

Music: Benjamin Tissot / 9INTLNTLWTYTDKVN

Shanice, Joe and Jonas dive into all things democracy, examining Zarah Sultana’s saucy New Left Review interview, travelling way back to the Greek agora, and asking searching questions of Corbynism’s legacy.

As the Your Party founding conference looms, they ask what real party democracy actually looks like?

Readings:

The Alternative - Zarah Sultana

Born for life, Marked for death - Max Shanley

Models of Organisational Democracy - Jante's Umarell

Party as Articulators - Salar Mohandesi

Credits:

Design: Rachel Carr / rachelcarr.co.uk

Music: Benjamin Tissot / 9INTLNTLWTYTDKVN