{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/65bfd7b75424de001817f265?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Left Behind: the failed revolutions of the 2010s","description":"<p>The 2010s were a decade that many hoped would usher in a new era of leftist revolutions. Yet, as we look back, the question looms large: What went wrong?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of the podcast Alona Ferber, senior editor, is joined by William Davies, writer and Professor in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, University of London, to look&nbsp;back at the 2010s, the figures, events, and politics that defined this decade - and ask why did the left's aspirations for revolution during the 2010s fall short?</p><p><br></p><p>Read William Davies' essay <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/01/2010s-revolutionaries\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The 2010s: a decade of revolutionaries without a revolution</a></p><p><br></p><p>Audio featured from: BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, Garlic Toothpaste, The Telegraph, CNN, The Hill</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}