Guys this show needs to be on mainstream TV . They are not afraid to speak the truth and no one dictates what they should and shouldn’t say. Some conversations are hard to have but they must happen if any real change is to come about. I say to journalists out there report what you know and see not what you are told to in trying to brainwash the average person watching. Luckily many of us have a brain 🧠.
It needs to be told, though it’s actually sad, I almost didn’t want to know this information as it shows what’s been stolen from us and the kind of life we are forced to live daily.
Luckily some of us oldies had a Grammar school education & actually remember, all be it vaguely, some of what is being discussed here: the Hudson Bay company, the East India company & the Opium Wars at least.
I've enjoyed this episode of downstream massively, I'd love to see more historical styled content and more from Kojo Koram too. There was a slight problem for me that the sound was really quiet which was a real shame. Thanks so much for making this :)
That was educational to say the very least. Dr Koram, quietly spoken and a treasure trove of knowledge is the person to 'go to' when the world needs to know how we got to the mess we are in today. I'd never thought enough about the business aspect of the empire. The empire itself is talked of by the media in a past tense, but it is being carried on through the operation of the business world and the embers of empire still very much red hot, in the tax havens that exist for the benefit of the corporate victors. Yes this is very much a mainstream TV subject. Let's see if any channel is brave enough to post this video as mushrooms need to rise from the dark.
Truly excellent video. This is an important conversation around empire we should be having. The very real, ongoing impact of the hoarding of private wealth gained through imperial exploitation. Can't wait to read this book! Thanks again, Ash!
This was excellent. I’m always down for some contemporary analysis on how the empire is still very much relevant and present in the world to this day. Going to buy his book as well! Thank you for this
Absolutely fascinating look at this subject - so much I didn't know and so much more I know want to know and understand. I hope there is or will soon be an audio version of Dr Koram's book!
Dr Kojo Koram - It has been a great pleasure to have listened to you. Also edifying. Thank you. Ash - This is a great channel, your interjections were at times somewhat 'Junior Common Room humour' and were distracting. You had a great guy with some serious and well informed things to say, but you got in the way a little. When you gave information you were great and your questions were superb too. Just my take - I have subscribed.
Thanks so much for this insightful interview !! Most World leaders, political, business or otherwise can be characterized as the world order of kleptocrats. Seen from that reality, action and non action taken by members of this order are consistent and logical. I do in a dark way admire the ability of the kleptocatic order to frame the dialog in such a way that people concede, even now when the situation has escalated to fearful levels.
Such an interesting subject - as a former pupil of this country's school system, one I have never encountered before! Infinite thanks to Ash and Novara for this fantastic content.
Excellent work, essential reading to understand the modern world, you don't have to be black to have an interest, not to have been affected by the subject of the book.
very interesting discussion, will deffo get a copy and read it! salient with the situation in ukraine and the awareness of russian oligarchs laudering their money through british institutions
Fortunately for us we have several ways to control our audio volume. My YT volume is at about 50% and my system volume is at 66% and I heard them just fine. The best part is that they weren't shouting,, as so many YT presenters are wont to do.
Great show, my only issue is from a technical point that the audio is very quiet in comparison to TiskySour (assume different recording software used). It's easily corrected by running it through audio normalisation (ideally -16 LKFS).
1. No one should own more than one house, nor should they own more than one farm or business. 2. The tax rate for millionaires and corporations should be 95%. 3. Every human being should have a home, heat, lights, communications, food, healthcare, education, and transportation, whether they work or not. 4. Those who choose to work should own and control their workplace.
Great conversation Doctor Kojo Koram expertly takes veil off the imperialist economy and its control over our lives in layman's terms and Ash as usual being her brilliant self .
How timely in lifting the rock on how wealth is accumulated … Hypocrisy and double standards of the highest order in play right in front of our eyes currently
While many figures in the Labour government were seeking to depose Mossadegh (even by invasion), the record does suggest that Attlee was a moderating influence on their hawkish tendencies. Nonetheless, he did approve a naval blockade of Iran.
Getting the book. Extremely helpful discussion. The internal colonization of UK, US, USSR, and others is an untold and critical story, and it is still in progress. We are both colonizers and colonized if we reside in the western middle and working classes. The call to focus on material transfer is also crucial, though of course culture IS substance in human affairs, and is intimately connected to the sharing of the spoils, so we can't ask people to stop caring about it or about their place in it. But we can ask people to look honestly at the power and inequity and trauma embedded in our relations, and demand better.
A codified constitution is not a good idea. "Be careful what you wish for" Parliment is Sovereign UK should become like Singapore,state led intervention /development/public housing
1. A codified Constitution is a better bulwark against tyrrany than a bunch of promises that a rolled back over time, e.g. Conventions, and opinions, etc that are made by the latest spiv on the scam. 2. Parliament is NOT sovereign when money will buy influence of the MPs and Life Peers that comprise it. 3. You really need to understand that Singapore has been and still is, a single party, authoritarian state, where opposition leaders have been disappeared, and only the oligarchs can actually own land. Like most things, fine for those at the top but, not much fun for those at the bottom.
Oh dear she thinks that somehow a murderer arranged for Diana’s driver to get massively pissed and then smash the car killing himself. Or maybe it was the passing motorbikes which caused a crash. How did they know she’d be killed? How did they arrange no seat belt? It’s bonkers and Ash’s judgement is very flawed.
Guys this show needs to be on mainstream TV . They are not afraid to speak the truth and no one dictates what they should and shouldn’t say. Some conversations are hard to have but they must happen if any real change is to come about. I say to journalists out there report what you know and see not what you are told to in trying to brainwash the average person watching. Luckily many of us have a brain 🧠.
It needs to be told, though it’s actually sad, I almost didn’t want to know this information as it shows what’s been stolen from us and the kind of life we are forced to live daily.
Luckily some of us oldies had a Grammar school education & actually remember, all be it vaguely, some of what is being discussed here: the Hudson Bay company, the East India company & the Opium Wars at least.
Great day to release this stream happy Independence Day to my homeland Ghana 🇬🇭
I've enjoyed this episode of downstream massively, I'd love to see more historical styled content and more from Kojo Koram too. There was a slight problem for me that the sound was really quiet which was a real shame. Thanks so much for making this :)
That was educational to say the very least. Dr Koram, quietly spoken and a treasure trove of knowledge is the person to 'go to' when the world needs to know how we got to the mess we are in today. I'd never thought enough about the business aspect of the empire. The empire itself is talked of by the media in a past tense, but it is being carried on through the operation of the business world and the embers of empire still very much red hot, in the tax havens that exist for the benefit of the corporate victors. Yes this is very much a mainstream TV subject. Let's see if any channel is brave enough to post this video as mushrooms need to rise from the dark.
Truly excellent video. This is an important conversation around empire we should be having. The very real, ongoing impact of the hoarding of private wealth gained through imperial exploitation. Can't wait to read this book! Thanks again, Ash!
Okay but start with the enclosures
This was excellent. I’m always down for some contemporary analysis on how the empire is still very much relevant and present in the world to this day. Going to buy his book as well! Thank you for this
This was a great watch. I hope Ash will be doing more interviews like this in the future. I was surprised how great an interviewer she is.
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Absolutely fascinating look at this subject - so much I didn't know and so much more I know want to know and understand. I hope there is or will soon be an audio version of Dr Koram's book!
It's on audible :)
The best book I've read this year.
i knew this in my gut in 2016. I wish I had been able to express it :/
Thank you for making something so complex easier to understand.
Kojo your mic need volume
Brilliant guest, and a really well informed conversation- would love to see Kojo on Tyskie Sour in the future
Dr Kojo Koram - It has been a great pleasure to have listened to you. Also edifying. Thank you.
Ash - This is a great channel, your interjections were at times somewhat 'Junior Common Room humour' and were distracting. You had a great guy with some serious and well informed things to say, but you got in the way a little. When you gave information you were great and your questions were superb too. Just my take - I have subscribed.
Thanks so much for this insightful interview !!
Most World leaders, political, business or otherwise can be characterized as the world order of kleptocrats. Seen from that reality, action and non action taken by members of this order are consistent and logical.
I do in a dark way admire the ability of the kleptocatic order to frame the dialog in such a way that people concede, even now when the situation has escalated to fearful levels.
Such an interesting subject - as a former pupil of this country's school system, one I have never encountered before! Infinite thanks to Ash and Novara for this fantastic content.
Excellent work, essential reading to understand the modern world, you don't have to be black to have an interest, not to have been affected by the subject of the book.
You packed a lot in to that 50 mins. Brilliant video. Thanks Ash and Kojo.
Excellent talk, shame the sound levels are so low...
very interesting discussion, will deffo get a copy and read it! salient with the situation in ukraine and the awareness of russian oligarchs laudering their money through british institutions
Brilliant and thought provoking conversation
Nowhere's safe from Empire. Not even the Global North. Great talk and neat set!
I just like Ash 😍
Thank you so much. I live to learn & this has updated my understanding of the modern world through historic references.
Fantastic interview, tho wish Kojo's mic volume was a touch louder
Superb.More of this.
The sound level on this interview is too low. So disappointing.
Fortunately for us we have several ways to control our audio volume. My YT volume is at about 50% and my system volume is at 66% and I heard them just fine. The best part is that they weren't shouting,, as so many YT presenters are wont to do.
Great show, my only issue is from a technical point that the audio is very quiet in comparison to TiskySour (assume different recording software used). It's easily corrected by running it through audio normalisation (ideally -16 LKFS).
Thanks so much for a most illuminating discussion.
1. No one should own more than one house, nor should they own more than one farm or business.
2. The tax rate for millionaires and corporations should be 95%.
3. Every human being should have a home, heat, lights, communications, food, healthcare, education, and transportation, whether they work or not.
4. Those who choose to work should own and control their workplace.
Excellent...
Thanks
Great conversation Doctor Kojo Koram expertly takes veil off the imperialist economy and its control over our lives in layman's terms and Ash as usual being her brilliant self .
Very informative show. Thank you 👏 👍
Sold me on the book completely, shot up my priorities list.
Top content. Super insightful. Thanks
Big up prof Kojo
That was great
Amazing thanks for this insight
Solid analyses!
Why is the audio so low?
Brilliant
Such a brilliant interview! Insights are amazing
good stuff
How timely in lifting the rock on how wealth is accumulated … Hypocrisy and double standards of the highest order in play right in front of our eyes currently
I have no interest in empire. I could never bring myself to watch the crown.
Volume too low
It never really does. You could argue that the Roman Empire became the Catholic Church. And look how many shee... followers they have now
Coup against Mossadegh was 1953 Attlee left office October 1951.
While many figures in the Labour government were seeking to depose Mossadegh (even by invasion), the record does suggest that Attlee was a moderating influence on their hawkish tendencies. Nonetheless, he did approve a naval blockade of Iran.
@@davespiller684 Interesting to know but my point remains viz Labour did not depose him.
Viewers watch.....'.The Spider's Web second Empire'.....you tube excellent documentary....
Ash is so confident and… gorgeous.
Funny how I just listened to Rule Britannia within the hour
Getting the book. Extremely helpful discussion. The internal colonization of UK, US, USSR, and others is an untold and critical story, and it is still in progress. We are both colonizers and colonized if we reside in the western middle and working classes. The call to focus on material transfer is also crucial, though of course culture IS substance in human affairs, and is intimately connected to the sharing of the spoils, so we can't ask people to stop caring about it or about their place in it. But we can ask people to look honestly at the power and inequity and trauma embedded in our relations, and demand better.
Independence - A Baby is "In Dependence" to the Mother. Its a play on words.
A codified constitution is not a good idea.
"Be careful what you wish for"
Parliment is Sovereign
UK should become like Singapore,state led intervention /development/public housing
1. A codified Constitution is a better bulwark against tyrrany than a bunch of promises that a rolled back over time, e.g. Conventions, and opinions, etc that are made by the latest spiv on the scam.
2. Parliament is NOT sovereign when money will buy influence of the MPs and Life Peers that comprise it.
3. You really need to understand that Singapore has been and still is, a single party, authoritarian state, where opposition leaders have been disappeared, and only the oligarchs can actually own land. Like most things, fine for those at the top but, not much fun for those at the bottom.
48:41 I don't think any Englishman would not support mossadegh and his reasonable requests
I'm really eager the people who dislike this topic
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Oh dear she thinks that somehow a murderer arranged for Diana’s driver to get massively pissed and then smash the car killing himself. Or maybe it was the passing motorbikes which caused a crash. How did they know she’d be killed? How did they arrange no seat belt? It’s bonkers and Ash’s judgement is very flawed.
AI gonna make all this intellectualising pointless.
What a load of crap
How insightful! What blistering critique!😂
Marx - Lenin being quoted without reference on imperialism.
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I have l have learned so much from this discussion. Thanks Eric 🤗