Twelfth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.
Recorded 8th November 2020. Released 11th November 2020.
In this episode, we discuss:
- [00:00:38] The results and fallout of the US General Election
- [00:53:23] What the US election means for Brexit and the UK
- [01:03:29] Extension of furlough and longer-term effects of Covid
Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
Shownotes:
US Presidential Election results:
(https://abcnews.go.com/Elections/2020-us-presidential-election-results-live-map)
Composition of the 2016 US electorate (political compass):
(https://fivethirtyeight.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/figure2_drutman_73d3873f90a694512aeeb56e0ab92cfa.png)
Biden taps Wall Street adviser Gary Gensler:
(https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-biden-election-day-2020/card/peMRHGPJasECSPLezSFx)
Justice Democrats/Sunrise Movement analysis of swing districts:
(https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1325202177145544710)California ballot propositions:
(https://ballotpedia.org/California_2020_ballot_propositions)
Florida ballot measures:
(https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_2020_ballot_measures)
My Sixth-Form era petition against TTIP!:
(https://www.change.org/p/to-the-eu-and-uk-governments-do-not-sign-up-to-ttip)
