Dead Pundits Society

This week, Adam is joined by Joe Guinan to discuss the prospects of the emergent "transatlantic left" forming around the Corbyn and Sanders projects. Joe is a co-author (with Christine Berry) of People Get Ready: Preparing for a Corbyn Government (OR Books: 2018) and the director of the Next System Project, which has been on the forefront of developing a new politics and policy for a post-neoliberal society. In this fascinating interview, Joe outlines historical lessons of how the Corbyn and Sanders projects might "reverse engineer" the neoliberal transformation of the 1980s (but for socialist gain!) as well as how to avoid the pitfalls of previous attempts to nationalize industries and forge democratic economies. What can the left learn from the Thatcherites? How do we avoid the mistakes made by the postwar Labour government? What kind of left do we need to deliver a successful post-neoliberal transformation? Tune in and find out! *** The full version of today's episode is available to patrons of DPS