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EPISODE · Jan 30, 2025 · 47 MIN

/466/ Regime Change in the West?

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On disinformation, NATO vs Russia, terrorism + more. [Full episode for subscribers only. Go to patreon.com/bungacast] We look back at a turbulent last month or so with the help of guest and "disinformation bot" Tara McCormack. We put it all in the context of Trump's return, post-neoliberalism and deglobalisation. 00:13:52 – Jacob Siegel  talks to Alex about Meta's policy U-turn on censorship and what it means for the public-private partnership on digital surveillance. 00:50:11 – How will European powers react to the US's relative withdrawal of its protection? Will France, Britain and Germany double-down on the Ukraine war? 01:06:21 – Why is Luigi Mangione not understood as 'terrorism' while the Magdeburg Christmas market attack is? What drives terrorism and is that even the right term to understand explosive anomie?  01:15:24 – Letters to the Editors: on the global radical right, and Trump's foreign policy Links: /369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel /34/ War Propaganda ft. Tara McCormack To the Finland Station, Branko Milanovic, Substack Trumpism & Geopolitics, Tim Pendry, Substack Class Patricide, Dustin Guastella, Damage

On disinformation, NATO vs Russia, terrorism + more. [Full episode for subscribers only. Go to patreon.com/bungacast] We look back at a turbulent last month or so with the help of guest and "disinformation bot" Tara McCormack. We put it all in the context of Trump's return, post-neoliberalism and deglobalisation. 00:13:52 – Jacob Siegel  talks to Alex about Meta's policy U-turn on censorship and what it means for the public-private partnership on digital surveillance. 00:50:11 – How will European powers react to the US's relative withdrawal of its protection? Will France, Britain and Germany double-down on the Ukraine war? 01:06:21 – Why is Luigi Mangione not understood as 'terrorism' while the Magdeburg Christmas market attack is? What drives terrorism and is that even the right term to understand explosive anomie?  01:15:24 – Letters to the Editors: on the global radical right, and Trump's foreign policy Links: /369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel /34/ War Propaganda ft. Tara McCormack To the Finland Station, Branko Milanovic, Substack Trumpism & Geopolitics, Tim Pendry, Substack Class Patricide, Dustin Guastella, Damage

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