Joti Brar and Garland Nixon episode 13: Bourgeois elections

Capitalism’s brutal treatment of the oppressed masses is nothing new – but workers in the imperial core often live in ignorance of the worst of its crimes.

In this instalment, Joti Brar talks to Garland Nixon about imperialism’s deepening crisis of legitimacy.

Why is it that more people than ever are waking up to the fact that mainstream media and politicians consistently lie to them? And how do our economic conditions affect our readiness to see the truth behind the lies we were brought up with?

They also talk about what the 2024 local election results in England and Wales tell us about the British working class’s view of the political establishment and parliamentary democracy generally.

This conversation was recorded on 10 May 2024.