In the years since October 7th, the world has been bitterly polarised over how to make sense of the violence. While polling shows that a majority of people do believe Israel’s actions amount to genocide - having witnessed it with their own eyes via their smartphones - it has been woefully hard to find mainstream media outlets in the West prepared to use this language. On Downstream this week, Aaron Bastani sat down with Indian essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra. His most recent book, ‘The World After Gaza’ takes stock of a world order shattered by the genocide, and a media class unprepared to recognise the truth. In response to these crises, Mishra and colleagues have just launched Equator magazine, pulling together leading writers from across the globe who are unafraid to tell the truth. When did the so-called West first begin to lose standing in the eyes of the rest of the world? Why is the British media class positioned so uniquely close to power, so delusional, and so compromised over Gaza? Will China replace America, in the coming century, as the new hegemonic power? Has it already? 00:00 Intro 03:06 Launching Equator Journal in Response to Gaza 09:02 When Did the Western Model Begin to Decline? 16:22 The Rise of China 26:41 Why the West Underestimates the Rest of the World 34:47 Residual Colonial Perspectives 40:32 Is the Media Deliberately Misleading? 42:43 The History of the Economist Magazine 48:50 The British Media’s Decline & Failure on Gaza 56:33 How the Guardian Lost Its Integrity 59:43 Andrew Marr’s Downing Street Book Launch 1:00:30 The Spectator: ‘Islamophobic Rag’ 1:04:48 Western Civilisation’s Trashed Reputation 1:12:13 Correcting the West’s Own View of Itself 1:18:17 The British Right-Wing Press Is in Panic 1:22:23 Changing Media Forms 1:24:42 The Out of Touch Media Class 1:25:49 How Are Global Shifts Distorted or Reflected in Literature? 1:33:04 The Downward Mobility of the Middle Class Subscribe to the Downstream newsletter: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters/the-downstream-newsletter/ Support Equator Magazine here: https://www.equator.org/ Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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