Thumbs up and thumbs down with Youri Smouter, part 2

“On the Barricades” s05e38

This is the second installment of our monthly series which “On the Barricades” co-produces and co-hosts with Youri Smouter of 1+1. With thumbs mainly downward, Boyan and Youri discuss their interpretations of events playing out in Eastern European and the wider world:

3:50 The constitution in Chile, which would have signalled the end of Pinochet-era, defeated in a popular referendum. President Gabriel Borek’s anti-communism
7:40 Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet
18:10 Cynicism and ignorance on the Left
23:00 Boyan on What Left alternative do we need?
27:40 Anti-oppression politics– corporatization and woke-ism
34:40 Upcoming elections in Brazil
38:00 The Left appears to not want power
50:00 Russophobic commentary on referendums from Twitter
52:40 Youri on China and the question of oppression of the Uyghurs
57:30 More on the public debate on the referendums in Ukraine
1:00 EU leaders putting us on a suicidal path. Ursula von der Leyen’s statement that “Poland and Hungary are too corrupt”
1:09:20 Twitch banning footage of cheap gas consumption in Russia
1:10:30 Food prices and food-stealing, wave of fatal industrial shutdowns in Poland/ Germany
1:16:00 Thumbs up: G.W. Bush and Stephen Harper (conservative former Prime Minister of Canada) called out as war criminals