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Ed Rooksby, Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences at Ruskin College in Oxford, joins us to talk about structural reform and socialist strategy. We kick things off with a discussion of the UCU strike in the UK, which has turned out to to be the largest academic-sector labor action in modern history. We then transition to a discussion of SYRIZA and socialist strategy along with a healthy dose of Neo-Marxian state theory. 

Check out Ed’s essay, “‘Structural Reform’ & the Problem of Socialist Strategy Today”: https://edrooksby.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/structural-reform-the-problem-of-socialist-strategy-today. Also relevant is Ed’s piece in Jacobin on the UCU Strike from a couple of weeks ago: “No Capitulation,” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/03/university-college-union-strike-capitulation-deal ***To access the B-Side of this interview and to support the new left agenda, head over to www.patreon.com/deadpundits and subscribe today*** ——————————————- Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/deadpundits iTunes: itunes