Alex Greenwich is an independent MP in the NSW parliament and the National Convenor of Australian Marriage Equality. He's been campaigning for equal marriage for 10 years now and kindly gave me some of his time to reflect on how the postal survey is going, from the incidence of violence to the notion of "respectful" debate to what will happen if the No side is successful (an annoyingly real possibility).
**COME SEE LIASYO LIVE @ YACK FESTIVAL WITH STAN GRANT, NOVEMBER 11th**
Find a "Yes" calling party in your area
My piece in the Warrnambool Standard asking my home town to Vote Yes
Equal Love Rally this Sunday Oct 1st at 1pm, State Library Melbourne
Jeff Sparrow's piece on the campaign: Rainbows not media storms
Sean Kelly's piece on the campaign: This is not a horse race
Cause of the Week: Get the YES ad back on air
Owen Jones is an activist (first) and celebrated writer (second). He's the author of bestselling books Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class and The Establishment And How They Get Away With It, is a regular Guardian columnist and has a cracking YouTube channel. He's a major Leftist voice in UK politics and quite frankly, I was pretty stoked when he agreed to give me some of his time.
Here we talk about democratic socialism, what Corbyn's political rise means for that cause, the dangers of centrism and the basics of Brexit. We also touch on what defines the "working class", being friends with Tories and Owen's cat.
My latest appearance on The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman & Nish Kumar
My appearance on Kyran Wheatley & Rhys Nicholson's podcast Save The Date
Australia Says Yes Comedy Gala at the Athenaeum Theatre on Thursday September 21st
Owen's writing for The Guardian
Agitpod - Owen's podcast with Ellie Mae O'Hagan
Owen's piece on centrists attacking Labour moderates
Owen's piece reflecting on being wrong about Corbyn
Cause of the Week: The Advocacy Academy (theadvocacyacademy.com)
Acclaimed comedian and all-round nice guy Ahir Shah was just nominated for the big award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his passionate, insightful and hilarious show Control. It's a brilliant treatise on the fallout of Brexit and Trump and humankind's inability to learn from its past mistakes.
Here Ahir tells me about how the racist debate surrounding Brexit affected him personally, why he couldn't vote for Jeremy Corbyn in this year's election, the "economic anxiety" argument used to explain demonstrations of racism, being friends with conservatives and punching Nazis.
Problematic is at the Soho Theatre until this Saturday September 9th
Listen to my live episode of The Bugle with Al Murray
Unity: A Benefit Show for Australian Marriage Equality
An interview with Ahir on Control
Article: One of Labour's new rising stars talks class, Westminster and the enemy
Cause of the Week: British Red Cross South Asian Flood Appeal