Downstream: The Right Is Winning. Here’s How We Change That w/ Ash Sarkar

Downstream: The Right Is Winning. Here’s How We Change That w/ Ash Sarkar

From Downstream – Novara Media Podcasts by Novara Media

March 23, 2026 · 1h 9m

About this episode

Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar discuss the themes of Ash's book 'Minority Rule' and the current political landscape.

Aaron Bastani sat down with Novara Media’s own Ash Sarkar, to celebrate the paperback release of her bestselling book, Minority Rule. ‘Minority rule’ is the term Ash used to describe the irrational fear that minorities are trying to overturn and oppress majority populations. She revealed how minority elites rule majorities by creating the culture wars that have taken over our politics, stoking fear and panic in our media landscape. Together before a live audience at EartH Hackney, Ash and Aaron dug into the question of what has changed since the book was published. What can be learned from Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York? Does the left hate Britain? What do we need to do, in order to establish a ‘majority rule’? And is there such a thing as a middle-class dog?

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Bastani

Guest: Ash Sarkar

Topics covered

  • politics
  • minority rule
  • culture wars
  • majority rule
  • media landscape
  • elections
  • social change

Keywords

  • minority rule
  • culture wars
  • politics
  • Zohran Mamdani
  • EartH Hackney
  • majority rule
  • media
  • fear
  • panic

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Minority Rule

Places: New York, Britain, EartH Hackney

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