Creative, artist and filmmaker Michelle joined us to talk about how her work and art highlights the holistic experience and identity of Black scousers in Liverpool. Links: https://lbah.co.uk Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the Caribbean. You are listening to season one, Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool. In these episodes we locate...
Sep 12, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast In part 2 Jimi provides us with an overview of the events that took place both before and during the Toxeth uprisings of 1980. Links: https://www.serendipity-uk.com/product/1981-black-liverpool-past-and-present-2/ Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the Caribbean. You are listening to season one, Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool. In t...
Sep 05, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the first of two episodes, Jimi discusses the origins of the Toxeth uprisings through childhood experiences of violent racism inflicted by the police and white people in Liverpool. Shelda asserts that these tensions are still pertinent in Liverpool today. Links: https://www.serendipity-uk.com/product/1981-black-liverpool-past-and-present-2/ Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperi...
Aug 29, 2023•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we hear about Kerry’s long career and activist work in Liverpool around mental, physical and maternal health as well as the wellbeing of Black and Asian populations in the city. Links: Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the Caribbean. You are listening to season one, Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool. In these episodes...
Aug 22, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alan and Shelda explain how the Liverpool African and Caribbean Grassroots initiative formed to retore and bring back to life the Merseyside Caribbean Centre in 2020. Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the Caribbean. You are listening to season one, Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool. In these episodes we locate Black Liverpool as a si...
Aug 15, 2023•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shelda and Stephen locate Liverpool as a city in Europe with one of the oldest Black populations. Expect a conversation which centres Black residents of Liverpool long history of living, resisting and settling in the city. Links: https://www.serendipity-uk.com/product/1981-black-liverpool-past-and-present-2/ Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the...
Aug 08, 2023•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shelda and Chantelle introduce the Hidden Histories project as a long term collaboration which highlights the various ways in which British colonialism still impacts the lives of Black people in Liverpool and the Caribbean. Hidden Histories has been executively produced by Shelda-Jane Smith, Levi Gahman, Chantelle Lewis & George Ofori-Addo. Branding by Munotida Chinyanga - www.munotida.com
Aug 01, 2023•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Chantelle and Ez are in conversation with James O'Brien. The focus is on how we build solidarity through conversations and practices which are intentionally open, vulnerable and loving. Links: https://www.waterstones.com/author/james-obrien/250836
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ez and Chantelle reflect on the conversations and (love) lessons from the series. The discussion centres bell hooks’ scholarship on love in community, in family and in romance. In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justic...
Jul 18, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast This conversation focuses on how we can better connect theory and practice when we talk about love. Ez, Lisa and Yusef discuss the possibilities and limitations of academic work on love, Useful links: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/stephen-lawrence-research-centre/index.aspx In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in pr...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alex and Ez talk about race and racialisation in the context of Blackness and masculinity in social justice work. This is a conversation about love, vulnerability and healing together. Useful links: https://healingjusticeldn.org/ In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about...
Jul 04, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast This conversation focuses on healing and learning together in community. Ifasina talks about how their life and work is grounded in love, understanding and acceptance of our differences. Useful links: https://www.getembodiedsoulmovement.com/ In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discu...
Jun 27, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ez and Molly discuss the challenges of reparative sexual violence work in social justice spaces. The conversation focuses on how we can better resist carceral logics. Useful links: https://actbuildchange.com/ In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively ...
Jun 20, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the first episode of this series, Ez is joined by Stephanie Wong, the founder and director of Act Build Change. Their conversation centres dignity, anger and love whilst working in service to community. Useful links: https://actbuildchange.com In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical ...
Jun 13, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a keynote conversation hosted by the Identities journal and the British Library. Imogen and Chantelle present a chronology of race and class through histories of both oppression and resistance in Britain and across the Empire. Links: https://www.identitiesjournal.com https://lancasterblackhistorygroup.com https://leadingroutes.org
Jun 06, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kate and Amy discuss class, gender and inequality in relation to the removal of children from families. Useful links: https://www.reformorg.co.uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyttx0v6u10
May 30, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Social justice and climate emergency campaigners, Katherine Egland and Krystal Martin spoke to us about Drax power station's biomass burning in both the US and UK. Katherine Egland and Krystal Martin were in the UK as part of a campaign to draw international connections and solidarity between Selby (UK) and communities of colour in Southern US. They are sharing knowledge concerning the impact of Drax power station's biomass burning on the environment and public health. Links: https://edition.cnn...
May 23, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Liam, Sophia and Chantelle Lewis reflect on the political climate today and the role of anti-racist organising in contemporary society. Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit Links https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/18/unconscious-bias-training-is-nonsense-says-outgoing-race-relations-chair
May 16, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast A roundtable discussion with key anti-racist organisers who have recently co-written important new books on anti-racism, abolition, feminism and the role of the academy. With Azfar Shafi, Ilyas Nagdee, Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Laura Connelly, Shanice McBean and Jasbinder S. Nijjar Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit
May 09, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast A key note conversation with Barbara Ransby, historian, writer and long-time activist based in Chicago and Derecka Purnell, human rights lawyer and social justice organiser based in the US. Chaired by Surviving Society’s Chantelle Lewis and IRR’s Sophia Siddiqui. Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit
May 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast This panel charts some of the shifts that are happening to the global world order – the decline of western hegemony, war and imperialism, crises in capitalism – and asks what is the impact of such changes, and what does it mean to be a radical internationalist today? With Rafeef Ziadah, Akram Salhab, Liz Fekete, Avery Gordon, Birkbeck School of Law Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit.
Apr 25, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast A panel on the influence and the continued relevance of A. Sivanandan’s key works with Suresh Grover, Miriyam Aouragh, John Narayan, Priya Guns and Jenny Bourne. Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit. Links: https://irr.org.uk/
Apr 18, 2023•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode one is a conversation on the transformation of the IRR and what the work has entailed since. With Jenny Bourne, Colin Prescod and John Narayan. Welcome to New Circuits of Anti-Racism, brought to you by Surviving Society and the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). These podcasts are from the IRR’s 50 year anniversary conference. The panels you’ll be hearing from are focused on racism, imperialism, and new lines of resistance. Links: https://irr.org.uk
Apr 11, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gloria Morrison (JENGbA) and Lana Adamou (Liberty) update listeners with details surrounding the legal win for campaigners against the joint enterprise doctrine. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has agreed to a pilot scheme to monitor data on the age, race, sex and disability of those prosecuted under the joint enterprise doctrine. Links: https://jointenterprise.co/ https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/legal-win-for-campaigners-in-racist-joint-enterprise-dispute/
Apr 07, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Comfort Moye interviewed Aisha Phoenix on the systemic nature of colourism, specifically here in the UK. They draw on the distinct nature of both colourism and racism and how shade prejudice is a social justice issue for People of Colour globally. Links: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/meet-dr-aisha-phoenix-ukri-future-leaders-fellow-in-social-justice https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380385211069507
Apr 04, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast “You won’t break my soul” was a person…Join Paulette and Whitnee as they explore a world where Black women can experience both good health and liberation. Because we deserve them both, right? We sit down with Dr. Uché Blackstock, a physician and thought leader on bias and racism in health care, to hear about her journey in medicine and how she walked away from her day-to-day career to pursue justice and liberation in both career and love. We also get insider's information on her new book that wi...
Mar 28, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Chantelle and Laura discuss the reality of producing a sociological podcast about the British monarchy whilst they have been dominating the contemporary (2023) news media.
Mar 21, 2023•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode speaks to global elite studies scholars to understand the risks of studying the elites, and the burden of care in whose voices we platform. With special guests: Dr Pere Ayling, University of Suffolk Emily Hoyle, Lancaster University Dr Ujithra Ponniah, University of the Witwatersrand
Mar 14, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode thinks about the role of national identity and social class in understandings of ‘Britishness’ and the monarchy’s role within it. With special guests: Prof Jason Arday, University of Cambridge Prof Jo Littler, City, University of London Dr Sivamohan Valluvan, Warwick University Clips: -ITV NEWS Sept 16th 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJjf_RObni4 -LOOSE WOMEN March 1st 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbpz-ts74ecClip
Mar 07, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode discusses the role of whiteness and gender inequality in reproducing the monarchy. With Dr Raka Shome (Villanova University) Welcome to Surviving Society Presents - “the global power of the British monarchy’ In these episodes, we will be looking to challenge existing conversations about the British monarchy. Often in popular discourse, the monarchy is taken for granted as a part of British culture. With expert guests, the podcast tells a story of the ‘other side’ of monarchy. From i...
Feb 28, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
