transform! europe network presents : The transform! europe Podcast, a series of interviews with sociologists and political researchers of the European electorate ahead of the 2024 European election.
Radical Left in Europe
For the first two episodes of the transform! europe Podcast we invited experts on the Radical Left in Europe:
- Raul Gomez: reader in comparative politics at the university of Liverpool.
- Luis Ramiro: sociology and political science associate professor at the National Distance Learning University in Madrid.
They co-authored „Radical Left Voters in Western Europe„ published in October 2022. Their research and work traces the history and sociology of left-wing voters throughout Europe in the last century.
Episode I
The first episode offers a deep dive into their research to help listeners contextualise today’s political climate.
Episode II
In this second episode, Raul Gomez and Luis Ramiro put their research in conversation with the 2024 European election and talk about the Radical Left’s current challenges and opportunities. They devise possible strategies for the upcoming election.
Far Right in Europe
The third episode focuses on the Far Right. To discuss this topic Anaïs Fley, facilitator of the transform! europe´s working group on the radical, extreme and populist right interviews David Broder, historian of the far right in Europe and author of the book „Mussolini’s Grandchildren: Fascism in Contemporary Italy“.
Episode III
This interview sheds light on both the historical development of the far right in Europe and the contemporary strategies that it is using to becoming institutionalised within European governments and the European Union.
Through transnational examples and political theory David Broder explains how the Far Right has gained such interest and power in the last decade and what are the solutions that the Left can build on to gain the trust of popular classes back and defeat it.
Related Resources
- transform! synthesis Who votes for the left, an analysis based on an Espaces Marx debate in Paris with Raul Gomez and Luiz Ramiro (November 2023)
- transform! e-dossier Identifying and deploying the conglomerate of radical left voters (September 2023)
- transform! e-dossier Who votes for the left and why: in search of our identity, which includes a contribution by Luis Ramiro (April 2023)