With the Euro’s and the lifting of restrictions we’ve had a bit of a delay in pod content but we hope to continue to steady get episodes out as the months roll by.

This episode we were joined by Ant Lehane to chat about drug policy in the U.K and what reform/legalisation would practically look like. Ant is Head of Comms for Volte Face and the Secretariat for the Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform. Checkout their work on the links below 👇

Ant Lehane - https://twitter.com/antlehane?s=20

Volt Face - https://volteface.me

Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform - https://www.labourdrugpolicy.com

Morning Star Article - https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/calls-reignited-for-non-violent-drug-offenders-to-be-released-as-research-reveal

Tribune Article - https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/05/its-high-time-for-the-left-to-debate-drugs-policy

Red Pepper Article - https://www.redpepper.org.uk/a-new-drug-policy-for-the-21st-century/

With socialist candidate Pedro Castillo winning the Peruvian Presidential election, we re-invited Katerina and her friend and comrade Betty Rhaza from Movimiento Micaela Bastidas UK to discuss the importance of the victory.

Links:

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/06/peru-pedro-castillo-human-rights-constitution-state-corruption

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/04/pedro-castillo-peru-presidential-elections-fujimori

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/e/socialism-or-barbarism-whats-stake-peru

Another monthly round-up of goings on in the world over the last month from Morgan, Dan and Jarrad:

🇵🇸 Palestinian Struggle

🇵🇪 Peruvian Elections

🍺 Brewdog - @PunksWPurpose

🚩 Unite Elections 

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We’re bringing State of the Union back after a short break. The spin-off series looks to discuss with trade union activist and organisers about ongoing disputes and talk about the UK trade union movement generally.

Dan and Jarrad were joined by Henry Fowler from Strike Map this week to talk about their incredible work since setting up the site in December last year. Below are all the links to Strike Maps social media pages and some of the resources Henry mentioned in the episode.

Links:

Strike Map:

Web - https://strikemap.wordpress.com/

Tw - @StrikeMapUK

Facebook - Strike Map UK

Strike Map Book Club:

https://twitter.com/StrikeMapUK/status/1392173000057835524?s=20

https://www.facebook.com/strikemapuk/photos/a.101418148548718/173798557977343

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340869/workers-inquiry-and-global-class-struggle/  (use discount code STRIKE30 at checkout)

Working the Phones - Control and Resistance in Call Centres

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745399065/working-the-phones/

China Labour Bulletin: https://clb.org.hk/ Payday report: https://paydayreport.com/ Cornel Strike Map: https://striketracker.ilr.cornell.edu/

Notes from Below: https://notesfrombelow.org

We were joined by Luke from Worcester City FC and SD Europe to again discuss the future of football. We thought we would do a little update after the dust has settled on the short lived European Super League.

If you haven’t listened to the previous episode please find it on the link below. This episode builds on some of the themes we talked about previously and we discuss how fans can continue to push for reform.

Links:

The Future of Football (Part 1)

https://redintheface.podbean.com/e/the-future-of-football-1611649408/

SD Europe

https://sdeurope.eu

Football Supporters’ Association 

https://thefsa.org.uk

Dan and Jarrad sat down with Joe Ryle from the 4 Day Week Campaign to discuss the four day week, its benefits for workers and why employers around the globe are adopting it.

You can follow the campaign on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Links:

- Four Day Week FAQs

- Advice for Workers

- Advice for Employers

A really important chat with Matt Zarb-Cousin on this week’s episode. Matt’s campaign work within the gambling industry has been incredible and serves as a blueprint for all activists looking to force change in society.

Matt is the director of Clean Up Gambling & the Coalition Against Gambling Ads who both do incredible work.

As Jeremy Corbyn’s former spokesman we also had a short chat at the end of the episode about the current situation in the Labour Party.

Links:

Where to get support

https://twitter.com/gambanapp/status/1384122903822704648?s=20

https://www.gamcare.org.uk/talk/

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/gambling-addiction/

Clean Up Gambling

https://cleanupgambling.com

Coalition Against Gambling Ads

https://caga.uk

How to Campaign for Social Change — and Win: By Matt Zarb-Cousin

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/01/fixed-odds-betting-terminals-fobts

The Gambling Act Review Is a Chance to Stand up to the Bookies: By Matt Zarb-Cousin

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/the-gambling-act-review-is-a-chance-to-stand-up-to-the-bookies

Thought we’d have a quick chat about the last 24 hours for Labour, their long-term decline and the future of the progressive politics. Lot to fit in for an off the cuff 50 minute episode but as always we give it a good go.