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Tom Sutcliffe discusses the rise of smaller political parties with Robert Ford, Catherine de Vries, Srdja Popovic and John Fulljames.

On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe explores the fracturing political landscape and the rise of anti-establishment parties. The politics lecturer Robert Ford explains the increasing support for the SNP, UKIP, and the Greens and what that means for the forthcoming General Election. Catherine De Vries is a Professor of European politics and compares what's happening across the Channel. Srdja Popovic was one of the leaders of Otpor - the movement that played a pivotal role in bringing down Slobodan Milosevic - and he advises how using humour, rice pudding and lego men can change the world. The Royal Opera House is staging Brecht and Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, a satire on money, morality and pleasure-seeking, and its director John Fulljames seeks out the contemporary resonances in this story of consumerism and loss of humanity.

Producer: Katy Hickman.

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Mon 2 Mar 2015 21:30
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Catherine de Vries

is a Professor in European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Lincoln College.

Robert Ford

is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Institute for Social Change at Manchester University.

Robert is speaking at the Political Studies Association’s Annual Conference in Sheffield which starts on 30 March.

Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain, co-written with Matthew Goodwin, was published last year.

Srdja Popovic

is a biologist, political activist and executive director of the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS).

Blueprint for Revolution is published by Scribe.

John Fulljames

is Associate Director of The Royal Opera.

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is on at the Royal Opera House from 10 March to 4 April and will be broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 on 14 March.

Credits

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Robert Ford
Interviewed Guest Catherine de Vries
Interviewed Guest Srdja Popovic
Interviewed Guest John Fulljames
Producer Katy Hickman

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  • Mon 2 Mar 2015 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 2 Mar 2015 21:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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