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This is part of a longer podcast for our subscribers. You can become a subscriber and find lots of podcasts like this at https://www.patreon.com/conterscot. Jonathon Shafi and David Jamieson discuss Lee Anderson's defection to the Reform party, and the wider phenomenon of the revival of Islamophobia. How dangerous is the new backlash, and does it improve the prospects for Britain's flagging far ri...

The state's response to George Galloway's by-election victory has exposed an anti-democratic, anti-Muslim backlash. Those on the left most concerned to distance themselves from Rochdale's new MP are an unprincipled liability, argues David Jamieson.

The political systems of the west are visibly decomposing. Who could represent this more than Joe Biden - the exhausted avatar of a dying world?

Nicola Sturgeon was hailed as a hero during lockdown, despite there being no evidence of her supposedly benign regime. The cabin fever has now broken - but what did it all mean?

In a new podcast series, James Foley and Ewan Kerr will interview key players and experts in Scotland's Covid saga. Cutting through mythology and posturing, they will ask the big questions about democracy, governance, class and power so often obscured in recent years. In this first episode, James and Ewan speak to Neil Findlay, former Labour MP and arch critic of the Scottish Government's handling...

From Scotland and London to Washington, liberal defenders of good governance and equality are finally admitting what we all knew - they just want to defend US global power, no matter the cost in blood and destruction.

As bombs from Fife pound Yemen and Gaza, David Jamieson asks where Scots wish to stand in our changing world.

Co-editors David Jamieson and Jonathon Shafi review the year, thank subscribers for all their support in 2023, and look forward to big changes in the new year.

Chris and Sara speak to Kenny MacAskill about the birth of the Scottish working class and its movements for justice. - What was the impact of the French Revolution in Scotland? - Why were weavers so important among labouring classes in 19th century Scotland. - Who were the Scottish radicals, and how serious was their Insurrection of 1820?

From Ukraine to Gaza, Britain is once again following the US into a series of disasters. Is the UK hopelessly shackled to a zombie empire, facing its own long decline? Someone Else's Empire is a new book by Tom Stevenson, which buries the myth of 'global Britain', and exposes the extent of British subservience to US power. On this episode he discusses the past, present and future of British vassal...

First for subscribers! On this edition of the People's History, Sara and Chris discuss capitalism, clearances and resistance in the Scottish Highlands. - Why did the emergence of capitalism promote the depopulation of the Scottish Highlands? - What form did resistance to the clearances take? Why was it not successful? - Did racism fuel the clearances?

Critics of the pro-Palestine left think they are injecting nuance into an over-heated debate. In fact they are retreating from the harshness and complexity of the world.

Sophie Johnson and Chris Bambery are joined by Scots writer Billy Kay to discuss Scotland's most famous literary figure - Robert Burns. Burns class background powerfully informed his worldview and art. Derided as sentimental and romantic by some, does Burns in fact speak through the centuries to our own time?

The US, UK, EU and Nato are showing their true colours in Gaza. Are they still on the side of angels in Ukraine?

Jonathon Shafi speaks to Matt Kennard of UK Declassified Support our work: https://www.patreon.com/conterscot Links mentioned in the show: Control Room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCgfMdvk2n8 UK Declassified - https://www.declassifieduk.org Independence Captured - jonathonshafi.substack.com

With Home Secretary Suella Braverman ejected from office by the anti-war movement, Jonathon Shafi and David Jamieson take stock. How has the movement been able to place Britain's politicians in such a bind, and what does this tell us about the future of the foreign policy of a state that acts as vassal to the United States?

After the suppression of the 1745 Rebellion, a new Scotland is born. Edinburgh becomes a seat of the Enlightenment, and the countryside is transformed by new capitalist relations. - How did economic changes bring new social classes to Scotland? - How did workers begin to fight for their interests? - Why did Scottish intellectuals become world famous in this period?

Sara Bennett and Alice Kinghorn-Gray speak to Riya, an activist in Palestine, about the impact of the siege of Gaza, the Palestinian struggle for survival and resistance, and the tasks of the international movement against Israel's allies in the west.

On this episode of a People's History of Scotland, Chris Bambery and Sara Bennett are joined by renowned Scottish historian Chris Whatley, to discuss the Act of Union, resistance to it, and the social forces that made up the Jacobite cause. - Why did the act of Union happen? Who supported and who opposed it? - What did it mean for the mass of ordinary people in Scotland - their rights and living s...

Starmer is steaming towards office, in a country that hates its leaders and especially their slavishly pro-US foreign policy. It could prove the greatest problem of his premiership.

Interview: Lindsey German On The Movement, the Middle East And War In The 21st Century by Conter Radio

As part of our People's History of Scotland series, we will investigate radical personalities through the nation's history. In our first Rebel Lives episode, we examine the life, ideas and actions of John Knox - the leader of the Scottish Reformation. Historian Chris Bambery and Conter editor David Jamieson discuss this complex figure, largely maligned and forgotten by modern Scotland. Was Knox a...

In this episode we discuss chapter three of A People's History of Scotland, “Reformation and the War of the Three Kingdoms.” Charting developments in the 16th and 17th centuries, Sara and Chris are joined by Conter editor, David Jamieson, to guide you through three tumultuous moments in Scottish history: first, they analyze the Union of the Crowns, and the chain of events sparked by it. They explo...

Israel, already bombing civilians in Gaza, is gearing up for a historic assault. What does a commitment to peace really involve for those of us living in the western patrons of the Israeli state?

From the US to Scotland, leading politicians are joining picket lines to protest the consequences of their own rule. Are they having their arms twisted by working class organisation, or are they using picket lines as their own platform?