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🗓️ 4 April 2025
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RHLSTP Book Club 134 - The Invisible Doctrine - Recorded in front of an audience at the prestigious Royal Geographical Society, Richard talks to journalist George Monbiot about his very readable investigation into Neo-Liberalism (co-authored with Peter Hutchinson) The Invisible Doctrine. George does most of the talking, which is probably for the best and reveals what he considers to the be the starting point of capitalism, why capitalism and commerce are not the same thing, the roots of Neo Liberalism in the closing stages of World War II, why it took 30 years to come to prominence, conspiracy theories versus conspiracy fictions, why the left has missed opportunities to defeat Neo-liberalism, what happened when Liz Truss tried to institute its policies all in one go, why Starmer is wrong to try and legitimise Reform and whether there is hope for the future and what we can do to stand up to a political system that threatens our planet. Rousing and fascinating stuff.
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0:00.0 | Hey, Ratfans, welcome to my podcast feed. Thank you for your kind support. There are lots of brilliant podcasts in the can already. We've got more coming up at the Leicester Square Theatre on the 14th of April. Very few tickets left. I'm talking to Timke, the Monkey and Chloe Radcliffe, the American comedian. It's going to be great. It might be our last gig ever at the |
0:21.3 | Lester Square Theatre, maybe for a while. So come along if you can. Also remember at the Edinburgh |
0:26.7 | Fringe from the 30th of July to the 10th of August. And hopefully we're doing one in Sheffield on |
0:31.8 | the 5th of July as well. I'll let you know about that as soon as it's confirmed but rich terry.com slash rahulusupa for all those gigs uh ballback |
0:39.6 | tour continues in the 17th of april i'm at liverpool and then onwards to the first of july first of june |
0:45.4 | when i'll be in bristol uh we are hopefully recording the DVD in stevenage on the 14th of May. |
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