Chantelle and Tissot talk about their visit to the #WarInnaBabylon exhibition, the realities of Brexit (including the shortage of patron shots, nandos & milkshakes) and the myth of global Britain. Useful links: https://www.ica.art/exhibitions/war-inna-babylon
Selma James, Sara Callaway, Shanice Octavia McBean & Aviah Day met the Crossroads Women’s Centre in London to discuss Selma's latest book, Our Time is Now: Sex, Race, Class and Caring for People and Planet https://crossroadsbooksonline.net Guest Hosts: Selma James is an antisexist, antiracist, anti-capitalist campaigner. In 1972 she put forward Wages for Housework (WFH) as a demand and a political perspective that redefined the working class to include all who work without wages, starting with w...
Gurminder and John joined us to discuss arguments and themes from their latest book, Colonialism and Modern Social Theory. Links: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Colonialism+and+Modern+Social+Theory-p-9781509541294
This is the first of two reflective episodes about arguments and themes in Aaron Winter and Aurelien Mondon’s book - Reactionary Democracy: How racism and the populist far-right became mainstream. Useful links: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3173-reactionary-democracy
Alison reflects on the reception of her 2020 book, Me not you: the trouble with mainstream feminism. We discuss disposability, the connection between t**er*fs and racism (& the far right) and we present some hopeful possibilities for our political culture. Useful links: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526155801/
Joy joined us to discuss the impact of her 2020 book - Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City. We have a wide-ranging conversation about race and class in pandemic times focussing on the intensified neglect and theft of the state, the widening of racialised and classed inequalities during the lockdowns and we interweave some reflections on intergenerational trauma. Useful links: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/terraformed-young-black-lives-in-the-inner-city/
We return to themes and lessons from Alana’s 2020 book - ‘Why Race Still Matters’ - to discuss how nations and the far right are attacking the Black Lives Matter movement. We also address how race and power are influencing the Covid-19 conjuncture. Useful links: https://www.alanalentin.net/category/whyracestillmatters/
Nicky joined us to discuss her scholarship on race in both London and Johannesburg and what can be learnt from future and existing anxieties in the largest and wealthiest city in South Africa as a case study for the contemporary global south city. Useful links: https://witspress.co.za/catalogue/anxious-joburg/ https://nickyfalkof.com
In this episode, we present some critiques of the Left and alternative media responses to both COVID-19 and Grenfell. Our focus is on some lessons from A. Sivanandan: to abandon knee-jerk politics and reject ‘left interventions’ on the 24-hour news cycle.
Arshad and Thom joined us to outline how the EU utilise a form of liberal violence to border, reject and harm refugees attempting to enter one of its European Nations. Useful links: No Name Kitchen i http://www.nonamekitchen.org/
Lucy critically outlines some of the remaining colonial entanglements of asylum & refugee policies from the 1951 Geneva Convention, the New Labour years and more contemporary violence enacted by the Home Office. Useful links: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/people/academic-staff/lucy-mayblin https://politybooks.com/?s=Migration+Studies+and+Colonialism https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781783486168/Asylum-after-Empire-Colonial-Legacies-in-the-Politics-of-Asylum-Seeking https://www.routledge.com/Imp...
The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: Karis Campion - Karis is a Legacy in Action Research Fellow at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre...
Zavier joined us to discuss his ongoing research on how changing Ottoman elite conceptions of race, slavery, and blackness in the Ottoman Empire contributed to new forms of racialization of enslaved and manumitted Africans between the 1840s and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Useful links: https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/departments/meis/people/students/zavier-wingham.html https://twitter.com/zwingham/status/1303346717715247109 https://twitter.com/AjamMC/status/1267806300618006...
Michael joined us to discuss themes and arguments about the Labour Party, anti-racism & antisemitism from two of his articles: On "Black Antisemitism" and Antiracist Solidarity - https://newsocialist.org.uk/black-antisemitism-and-antiracist- solidarity Anti-Racism as Procedure - https://prtcls.com/article/richmond_labour-antisemitism/
Emmanuel joined us to talk about the strategic and grassroots community responses to Covid-19 in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Emmanuel later shares more about his work in community organisations in Africa focused on disaster risk reduction, poverty reduction, and climate change adaption. Useful links: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/openhe-2020-0005/html https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/development/people/emmanuel-osuteye https://www.urban-know.com https://www.urb...
In this episode of the Surviving Society Alternative to Woman’s Hour, we explore some themes from the interviews Brenna and Rafeef conducted in their edited collection Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought. Useful links: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3182-revolutionary-feminisms https://www.dukeupress.edu/colonial-lives-of-property https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/organised-state-abandonment-the-meaning-of-grenfell/ http://www.rafeefziadah.net/ h...
In this episode of the Surviving Society Alternative to Woman’s Hour we explore some of the key themes from Francesca’s latest book - The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (2020). Useful links: https://www.francescasobande.com/newbook https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030466787
John joined us to discuss his role as an expert witness for the defence in the professional misconduct cases brought against Birmingham teachers following (false) accusations that they were part of a 'plot to Islamicise schools'. Useful links: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/countering-extremism-in-british-schools https://johnholmwood.net/birmingham-trojan-horse-affair-resources/
Pat joined us to outline some themes, debates and evidence from her latest book, School Scandals: Blowing the Whistle on the Corruption of Our Education System. Useful links: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/school-scandals https://patthomson.net/
...Reggae Sound Systems, Jungle Pirate Radio and Grime YouTube Music Videos: Malcolm joined us to discuss Black diasporic music, culture, politics, and raving from the 1980s and 1990s. Useful links: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sonic-intimacy-9781501320736
...Black women, education & neurodiversity: In this episode, Chantelle and Vivienne (ADHD Babes) discuss their personal experiences of navigating both life and education with multiple neurodiverse traits. ADHD Babes: ADHD Babes is a community group for Black Women and Black Non-Binary people with ADHD. We create safe spaces for us to flourish and live our lives to their greatest potential. We aim to empower people with community, tools, learning and healing spaces to redefine ADHD, tackle its di...
Vanessa joins us to discuss black feminist abolitionist analysis, intersectional disability justice and its contexts for policing in Europe. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bha...
Monish joined us to outline the history and contemporary use of electron monitoring (tagging) for criminal sentencing and punishment which was extended under the Asylum and Immigration Act s36 to ‘immigration controls’ of ‘high risk’ individuals. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes abou...
TW: institutional racism & islamophobia Tarek provides listeners with a brief history of PREVENT and explores how public bodies are ‘trained’ to identify ‘at risk’ individuals in the war on terror. We discuss the racialisation of Muslims, ‘colourblindness’ and how Britain has ‘managed’ dissent. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Dire...
TW: personal & public histories of deaths in custody Eddie joined us to discuss the groundings of the special issue and provides us with an overview of the recommendations of the - Angiolini Review – the first official review of practices and processes related to and following police related deaths in the UK. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history o...
Liz outlines some of the key moments in the IRR’s history. We discuss both the historical and contemporary role of the institute as specified by the late A. Sivanandan, and Liz provides some important reflections and hopeful possibilities about our present-day political culture. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete ...
TW: homophobia in Hip Hop music and culture Battle rap champion, poisonous poet and educator Tony D joined us to talk about rap, hip hop, cultural production and its historical and contemporary contribution to Black liberation movements and discourses. Useful links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MVfs6dC4UY
Levi returns to the show to continue our discussions about key arguments from his book - Land, God, and Guns: Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland (2020) - in the context of the violence at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Useful: https://soundcloud.com/user-622675754/e004-the-usa-election-reflection-with-levi-gahman-settler-colonialism-masculinity-class www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/land-god-and-guns/
The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: Nneka Dennie Nneka D. Dennie is assistant professor of history at Washington & Lee University, spec...
Leighan joined us to break down the concept of matrifocality and provides some analysis from her PhD research on the representation of Caribbean families in contemporary Caribbean fiction. Useful links: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/leighan-m-renaud https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/beyond-the-nuclear-the-caribbean-family/ https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.770978
