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Taking on the far right with Hope Not Hate
This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest. Fascism in 2025 isn't just swastikas and flags. Joe Mulhall, the research director at the anti-fascist organization Hope Not Hate says we should be more worried about the erosion of liberal democracy and universal human rights. In this episode, co-editor Bethany Rielly speaks to Mulhall about why the far right is gaining ground around the world, where resistance can take root and what communities are doing to resist the UK’s own far right party, Reform. Host: Bethany RiellyCredits: Bethany Rielly (Co-Editor, Host), Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Digital Editor, Producer), Amy Hall, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial Assistant), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design)Guest: Joe MulhallFurther reading from this episode:Read NI557: The Global Far RightA time of monsters (Bethany Rielly, New Internationalist)Shop Fair Trade at New Internationalist’s very own Ethical Shop, using the discount code ETHICAL for 10% off your orderNo billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital subscription.
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How can we turn the tide on the global far right?
This episode is brought to you by New Internationalist's very own Ethical Shop. Use the code ETHICAL for 10% off online orders on a range of ethical and fairtrade goods.We are at a critical crossroads. A global wave of far-right authoritarianism is threatening human rights, climate action and democracy – steering the world toward disaster. From Donald Trump in the White House to Javier Milei in Argentina, ideologies that were once confined to the fringes are now dictating the agenda from inside the halls of power. What are the roots of the right’s rise? What networks enable it? What are social movements around the world doing to offer real alternatives to the politics of hate and division?In September, we hosted a special Ask Us Anything event with contributors to our magazine to answer these questions and many more. This episode is an edited version of that discussion.Host: Maxine Betteridge-MoesCredits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Digital Editor, Producer), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial Assistant), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design)Guests: Kim Kelly, Josefina Salomon, Balasz TurcsanFurther reading from this episode:Read NI557: The Global Far RightA time of monsters (Bethany Rielly, New Internationalist)Shop Fair Trade at New Internationalist’s very own Ethical Shop, using the discount code ETHICAL for 10% off your orderNo billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital subscription.
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Together for Palestine with Frank Barat
The French activist, author and film producer joins us to talk about the Together for Palestine concert in London as well as his other major projects in support of Palestinian liberation.Host: Maxine Betteridge-MoesCredits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Digital Editor, Producer), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial Assistant), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design)Guest: Frank BaratFurther Reading from this episode:Read more of Frank's writing for New InternationalistItalian dockworkers threaten to shut down Europe in solidarity with Global Sumud Flotilla (Tommaso Gori, New Internationalist)I oppose genocide. Is that ok? (Vanessa Baird, New Internationalist)Poll: Nearly 80% of Israeli Jews 'not troubled' by Gaza starvation (The New Arab)South Africa: 30 Years Later (New Internationalist)Avoid Amazon by shopping at New Internationalist’s very own Ethical ShopNo billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital subscription.
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The Long Read: Revolutionary Aid in Sudan
New Internationalist co-owner Kiran Gupta presents The Long Read from NI554: Treaty: Indigenous Sovereignty in AustraliaFurther reading from this episode:Revolutionary Aid in Sudan (Eiad Hisham in New Internationalist)Support independent media by becoming a New Internationalist co-ownerNo billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today using the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital subscription.
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Defending our digital rights with Adele Zeynep Walton
This episode is brought to you by Shared Interest.In this episode we speak to Adele Zeynep Walton, a journalist, digital safety campaigner and author of the new book ‘Logging Off: The Human Cost of our Digital World’, about online harms, Big Tech accountability, and how to make the digital world safer.To send a GDPR objection email to Meta to exercise your rights against unwanted direct marketing and data misuse, visit; https://wwwdot.org/.You can find out more about Adele and her work at: www.adelesnotes.co.uk/Read NI552: DisinformationHost: Paula LaceyCredits: Paula Lacey (Editorial Assistant, Producer), Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Digital Editor), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media Consultant)Guest: Adele WaltonFurther Reading from this Episode:Entering the matrix of misinformation with Nanjala Nyabola (The World Unspun Podcast)The issue with social media blocking apps? They’re now just as addictive (Adele Zeynep Walton, The Observer)‘Meta must be held liable for Facebook abuse that killed my father’ (Mukanzi Musanga, Open Democracy)How to Fix the Online Safety Act: A Rights First Approach (Open Rights Group)Disinformation and disorder: the limits of the Online Safety Act (Alexandros Antoniou, Lorna Woods and Maeve Walsh, Online Safety Act Network)No billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. To help us continueSubscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print or digital subscription.Sign up to Currents for dispatches from the frontlines of global progressive movements. 30 days FREE then £3/month. Learn more
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