Alex Gordon, President of the Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport workers (RMT) and a national officer of the Stop the War Coalition, joins Ileana Chan and Fiona Edwards for Episode 8 of the No Cold War Britain Podcast.

In this episode we discuss the escalating global war drive being led by the US and the destabilising role of expanding military blocs - NATO and AUKUS.

At a time of rising military budgets and savage austerity in the Global North we discussed the importance of building links between the movements against austerity and war in Britain. We also discuss what internationalists in Britain can learn from the incredible rise of China and the Global South today.

The No Cold War Britain Podcast aims to bring you in-depth monthly discussion on the key issue of our time – building the movement to stop the U.S. new cold war offensive and Britain’s role in this major threat to world peace and prosperity.

#Austerity #War #RMT #China #Imperialism

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John Ross, economist, writer and Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute at Renmin University of China, joins Ileana Chan and Fiona Edwards for Episode 7 of the No Cold War Britain Podcast.

In this episode we debunk Western myths about China’s economy and discuss the real impact of China’s extraordinary rise in improving the lives of hundreds of millions of people within China. We also assess the impact of the US’s new cold war offensive against Beijing and the dangers of the US instigating a hot war in the Asia-Pacific.

The No Cold War Britain Podcast aims to bring you in-depth monthly discussion on the key issue of our time – building the movement to stop the U.S. new cold war offensive and Britain’s role in this major threat to world peace and prosperity.

#China #USimperialism #Asia #NewColdWar

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Vijay Prashad, Director of the Tricontinental Institute, joins Ileana Chan and Fiona Edwards for Episode 6 of the No Cold War Britain Podcast.

In this episode we discuss a new landmark study on the theme of ‘Hyper-imperialism: A Dangerous Decadent New Stage’ - which has been published by the Tricontinental Institute and Global South Insights.

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#Imperialism #UnitedStates #China #Tricontinental

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Rania Khalek, a prominent Lebanese American writer, political activist and journalist at Breakthrough News, joins Ileana Chan and Fiona Edwards for Episode 5 of the No Cold War Britain Podcast.

In this episode, we discuss the international struggle to stop the US-Israeli aggression on Gaza and West Asia, the significance of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the extent to which Israel is dependent on the United States to carry out is daily atrocities against the Palestinians. We also look at the role of China in West Asia and the prospects for the emerging multipolar world.

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#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #United States #China

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Camila Escalante is the editor of Kawsachun News, which provides news and analysis on Latin America, joins Ileana Chan and Sequoyah de Souza for Episode 4 of the No Cold War Britain Podcast.

In this episode we discuss the position of Latin America in the context of the US’s new cold war agenda, the response of governments and social movements to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and the on-going struggle in Latin America against US intervention and for independence, sovereignty and social progress.

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Andrew Feinstein - a writer, campaigner and former South African politician - is a powerful advocate against apartheid Israel and its criminal actions. This month, he joins Ileana Chan and Fiona Edwards for Episode 3 on the No Cold War Britain Podcast.

In this episode we discuss Israel’s brutal genocide of Gaza, the extraordinary global movement which has risen up to oppose it and what lessons can be learnt from the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa for today’s Palestine solidarity movement. Andrew, as a “proud leftie Jew”, speaks out against the attempts to conflate anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel and analyses the role of the West in sustaining Israel’s war machine.

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Andrew Feinstein’s RECOMMENDATIONS:

We Are Many - A documentary film about the Iraq war protests in 2003

The Lobby | Al Jazeera Investigative Unit (ajiunit.com)

The Labour Files | Al Jazeera Investigative Unit (ajiunit.com)

Edge of Democracy: Netflix

Children of the Days by Eduardo Galeano: Children of the Days (penguin.co.uk)

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#Israel #Gaza #US #South Africa #GazaGenocide

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Western Lies about Life in China with Tings Chak

Tings Chak 翟庭君, the art director and a researcher of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and co-founding editor of Dongsheng, joins Ileana Chan and Fiona Edwards for Episode 2 on the No Cold War Britain Podcast.

In this episode we explore what China's perspective on the new Cold War is, the ways in which life in China differs from the stereotypes presented in the Western media and how to understand China's foreign policy. We also delve into the role of art for the anti-war movement.

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#GlobalSouth #NewColdWar #NATO #US #China #BRICS

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Roger McKenzie, International Editor of the Morning Star, joins Ileana Chan and Fiona Edwards for Episode 1 on the No Cold War Britain Podcast.

This episode explores a crucial new feature in the world situation today – that many countries in the Global South are refusing to go along with the U.S.’s new cold war attacks on both Russia and China. We discuss the significance of these global shifts for British foreign policy and the prospects of building a more peaceful world.

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