Tories Trounced; French Left-Block Upset; and Surviving Transphobia (part 2)

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Tories Trounced; French Left-Block Upset Dealing Fascist Setback; and Surviving Transphobia (part 2)

UK Electoral Map

UK Electoral Map


On Tuesday's show, Pauline Park reports back on the British general election in which the Conservative Party lost power after 14 years of misrule.  

Here's Pauline's British general election blog post:

https://paulinepark.com/2024/07/09/british-voters-didnt-so-much-embrace-keir-starmers-labour-as-they-repudiated-the-terrible-tories/

Key: Red-Left Block; Purple: fascist National Rally; Yellow-Macron Allies; Gray- Others

Key: Red - Left Block; Purple - Fascist National Rally; Yellow - Macron and allies; Dark Blue - Republicans; Pink - others

Also the French parliamentary election that saw fascists failing to win power but the left-block projected to win a plurality in France. Here's Pauline Park's Blog on the French Elections: https://paulinepark.com/2024/07/09/le-nouveau-front-populaire-saves-france-from-a-fascist-takeover/
 

Nouveau Front Populaire - (left Block)

Surviving Trans Trauma - Laura Jacobs

Surviving Trans Trauma - Laura Jacobs

Surviving Transphobia - Part 2

Pauline Park interviews Laura Jacobs — the editor of "Surviving Transphobia: Transgender and Nonbinary Experts on Endurance" — as well as Pooya Mohseni, one of the contributors to the anthology of essays by trans people who have had a variety of experiences of transphobia.

Pauline Park (l) with Pooya Mohseni (r)

Pauline Park (l) with Pooya Mohseni (r)

#transgender #transphobia #LabourLandslide #ToriesOut #legislatives2024 #NouveauFrontPopulaire

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