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April-Louise returned to the show to discuss her PhD thesis on the educational trajectories of Black women in the English education system. Later we focus on A-L’s time working for the Welsh government and the legacies of Penrhyn Castle, slavery and the Pennant family. Links: https://podcasts.apple.com/sb/podcast/the-legacy-of-penrhyn-castle-pt-1/id1501716010?i=1000530825810 https://crishet.mandela.ac.za/Staff-Associates/April-Louise-Pennant https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00131857.2020.1769602

Danny joined us for his annual visit to the show to outline current trends in local and global inequalities with discussions on Brexit, the war on terror, the tories and COVID-19.

Hannah joined us to discuss her conceptualisation of ‘Violent Ignorance’ in her latest book which ‘sets out to examine how the past persists in the present, how trauma is silenced or reappears, and how we might reimagine identity and connection in ways that counter - rather than ignore - historic violence’. Links- https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/violent-ignorance-9781786998613/

Kieron joined us to outline and explain the history and contemporary activism of the BDS movement. We also explore how supporting Palestinian liberation presents multiple opportunities for international solidarity building. Links: https://palestineaction.org/

Rima returns to the show to discuss her research on South Asian middle classes in the context of the current British government, critical race theory, the sewer report and authoritarian capitalism. Useful links: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/profile/saini-rima

Chantelle and Tissot present some anecdotal reflections of the global and local legacies and implications of the war on terror 20 years on from 9/11.

Guest hosts: Nadya Ali is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex. Her research interests lie at the intersection of border politics, 'race', citizenship, and Britain as a post-imperial nation. She has published on the Prevent strategy, Islamophobia, British Muslims and austerity. Dr Naaz Rashid is a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. She is author of Veiled Threats: Representing the Muslim Woman in Public Policy Discourses (Policy Press 2016) and her research interests lie in examining the intersections between race, gender and religion. Dr Waqas Tufail is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His research interests primarily concern the policing, racialization and criminalization of marginalized and minority communities and the lived experiences of Muslim minorities. Waqas is a Board Member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee on Racism, Nationalism, Indigeneity and Ethnicity, serves o

Award winning comedian Twayna Mayne joined us to discuss the craft of (sociological) comedy writing and her lived experience and reflections of transracial adoption. Useful links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07r9qy3 https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/ask-me-anything-podcast-production/

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 women, the primary carers everywhere. The International WFH Campaign she founded co-ordinates the Global Women's Strike. She co-authored the classic The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community. With her husband and colleague CLR James, she worked in the movement for independence and federation of the English-speaking Caribbean. Her much-anticipated Our Time Is Now: Sex, Race, Class, and Caring for People and Planet (2021), together with her first anthology, Sex, Race, and Class (2012), focus on what can

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/Impoverishment-and-Asylum-Social-Policy-as-Slow-Violence/Mayblin/p/book/9780367423100

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. Her current research focuses on barbershops and examines their function as counter-hegemonic spaces and key social institutions for Black communities in Britain. She is currently writing a book entitled Making Mixed Race: A Study of Time, Place and Identity (Routledge). Her research interests span areas of (mixed) race/ethnic identity, geographies of race in urban space, intersectional inequalities, youth identities, anti-racism and institutional racism in education. Stephen Ashe - Stephen Ashe is a Teaching Fellow