Monday, 27 October 2014

The Great Revolt, 38 Degrees ........ and Russell Brand on Radio 4's Start the Week

Radio 4 started the week with a bang this morning...

Revolution

Russell Brand's calling for revolution now, to overthrow the system that he says supports extreme inequality. David Babbs, executive director of 38 Degrees, wants popular campaigns to bring about change and strengthen democracy. Juliet Barker re-examines the Great Revolt of 1381 and finds not a peasants' revolt but one by a new middle class in the shires, dissatisfied with a London elite. Philosopher Susan Neiman looks at how we are expected to abandon the adventures of youth if we are to grow up and asks, is there a new way to imagine what it means to be mature?

Producer: Simon Tillotson.

The Philosophy of Russell Brand

Jeremy Cliffe encounters the ideas and personalities behind a new 'anarcho-populism'.
Russell Brand

Comedian and actor Russell Brand is interviewed by Kirsty Young.

Russell Brand getting feisty on Start The Week

DURATION: 00:32

Juliet Barker is a historian and author.

England, Arise: The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381 is published by Little, Brown.

Susan Neiman is a philosopher and Director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany.

Why Grow Up? is published by Penguin.

Russell Brand is an actor, comedian and activist.

Revolution is published by Century.

David Babbs is Executive Director of online action group 38 Degrees.

▶ BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Revolution

One particular idea featured in the programme was an alternative to representative democracy:
Delegative democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Liquid Democracy In Simple Terms - YouTube

See also:

'I don't trust politicians & corporations in this country' Russell Brand - Newsnight - YouTube
Russell Brand’s Moment of ‘Truth’ | Cunning Hired Knaves

and:
Futures Forum: Concerns for campaigning
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