On the 2020 presidential election in Taiwan, protests in Hong Kong, and Chinese power

We speak with Brian Hioe about the recent Taiwanese presidential election, the protests in Hong Kong, and Chinese power in the region. Brian Hioe is a founding editor of New Bloom. New Bloom is an online magazine featuring radical perspectives on Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific. New Bloom was founded by a group of students and activists after the 2014 Sunflower Movement in Taiwan.

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On Marine Le Pen and Performing Gender

We talk with Dorit Geva about the far-right in France. Dorit Geva is a political sociologist and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Central European University, where she is overseeing CEU’s new BA programs in Vienna. Since 2013 she has been studying the populist radical-right in Europe. She has also written on the gender politics of military service, including her book, Conscription, Family, and the Modern State: A Comparative Study of France and the United States (2013).

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On Decolonization and Art

We speak with Greer Valley about why decolonization needs to be more than a metaphor. Greer Valley is a South African visual artist. You can find her work here.

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Brazil: The End of the Democratic Experiment?

We speak with Alfredo Saad-Fihlo about the Brazilian elections. We discuss the improbable rise of Jair Bosonaro, the tragic fall of Lula and the PT, and the future of Brazilian democracy. Alfredo Saad-Filho is a professor of political economy in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London.

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