Interview with Paul Mason: the economics of revolt

February 6, 2014

Capitalism & Crisis

Speaking at the Global Uprisings conference, the British journalist reflects on the connection between the crisis of capitalism and recent uprisings.

Directors
- Brandon Jourdan,
- Marianne Maeckelbergh

Global Uprisings interview series:

Mariam Kirollos — Fighting Sexual Assault in Egypt
Paul Mason — The Economics of Revolt
Paul Mattick — More business as usual

Paul Mason is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the current Culture and Digital Editor of Channel 4 News, having previously been economics editor of BBC2′s Newsnight. He is the author of several acclaimed books including Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed, Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global, and Why It’s Still Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Wolverhampton.

The following interview is the second in a series of interviews conducted at the Global Uprisings conference in Amsterdam, NL, that occurred during the weekend of November 15-17th, 2013. View more interviews and online documentaries at globaluprisings.org.

Source URL — https://roarmag.org/films/interview-with-paul-mason-the-economics-of-revolt/

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