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Iran and the Neocons 1979-2025
The neoconservatives were at the apex of their power and influence two decades ago but the project they longed for the most, war against Iran is now …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Israel's attack on Iran - a historical context
In this urgent episode, we break down last night’s dramatic Israeli raid on Iran—Operation Rising Lion—which targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities and k…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Thoughts on Civil War
What leads a nation into a civil war? In this podcast we examine the crises of power and contestation of authority that create wars within, not betwe…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The fall of communism: An oral history
Oral histories can be very revealing in understanding the beliefs and feelings that people had in particular historical moments. In Svetlana Alexeivi…
10 months ago
Colonial wealth transfers: A New Analysis
Question:What would have happened to Europe in the past two and a half centuries if it hadn't plundered the global south? What would have happened if…
10 months ago
Neoliberalism and the European Economic Community
The post war neoliberals were divided over the European Economic Community, some viewing it as a protected enclave of the world economy that would ho…
10 months ago
Trump, Musk and the end of American Empire
All American presidents since 1945 have been managers of the USA's global economic empire, Trump notionally fulfils the same role but has little or n…
10 months ago
The Black American Experience in World War Two
During the Second World War the immense needs for labour and military manpower transformed American society and gave Black Americans an historic oppo…
10 months ago
Suffrage, Medicine and Murder
In the 1850s a medical revolution was beginning with the discovery of anaesthesia and a political and social revolution was still in its infancy in t…
10 months, 1 week ago
Conflicted Loyalties: Minority voices in wartime Britain and America
What did Irish Americans make of Roosevelt's wartime pact with Churchill? What did Polish Americans make of his alliance with Stalin? In this podcast…
10 months, 1 week ago