Surviving Society

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/1267806300618006528 https://csalateral.org/forum/cultural-constructions-race-racism-middle-east-north-africa-southwest-asia-mena-swana/myths-haji-firuz-racist-contours-iranian-minstrel-baghoolizadeh/#fn-7891-4 https://csalateral.org/forum/cultural-constructions-race-racism-middle-east-north-africa-southwest-asia-mena-swana/opposing-spectacle-blackness-arap-baci-kalfa-dad-african-presence-turkey-willoughby/#fn-7954-6

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.urbanark.org

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/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhbTEMORTWzFv9AVGvDhWQ https://open.spotify.com/artist/54RzaHhyTUTV6yxtF2lPFx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvNb1E2l9JE&list=RDCMUCjysWHblpCcVA5rmLX-84sg&start_radio=1&t=4 *Between 43-44mins Chantelle mixes her words in the ordering of Ruth Wilson Gilmore's full name. Sincerest apologies from us for this error.

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 difficulties and utilise its strengths. We aim to create a society that embraces neurodiversity. We aim to raise awareness and educate people on the truth and reality of how ADHD affects neurodiverse people, and how best to support them. Vivienne Isebor: Vivienne Isebor is a Trainee Clinical Associate in Psychology, currently studying part-time at UCL and working for the NHS with individuals with Complex Emotion Needs in East London. She is also Founder of ADHD Babes - the first support group for Black Women and B

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 Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. https://irr.org.uk https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence

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 about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. https://irr.org.uk https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence

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 Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. https://irr.org.uk https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence

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 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 Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. https://irr.org.uk https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence

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 & follows with four episodes about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bhatia and contributors Tarek Younis and Vanessa E Thompson. With special thanks to Sophia Siddiqui. https://irr.org.uk https://irr.org.uk/article/race-mental-health-state-violence https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/liz-fekete-the-cradle-and-the-fist/id1355469484?i=1000491033812

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, specializing in nineteenth-century Black women’s intellectual thought. Her article, “Black Male Feminism and the Evolution of Du Boisian Thought, 1903-1920,” appeared in Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International. Additional work is forthcoming in Atlantic Studies: Global Currents and The Routledge Companion to Black Women’s Social and Cultural Histories. Dr. Dennie is co-founder and president of the Black Women’s Studies Association. Jallicia Jolly Jallicia A. Jolly is a writer and pos

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

Gavan joined us to discuss some of the themes from his latest book - Is Free Speech racist? Discount code: POL20 is valid until 31/03/2021 via https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509536153 Useful links: (1) The most recent 'free speech crisis', an analysis from myself and Privyamvada Gopal: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/18/free-speech-row-cambridge-restrict-expression-minorities-freedom-thought (2) Freedom of speech 'crises' as exercises in public-making and boundary struggle (open access book) Boundary Struggles: Contestations of Free Speech in the Norwegian Public Sphere https://press.nordicopenaccess.no/index.php/noasp/catalog/book/16 (3) Very insightful discussion of problems with how free speech is generally conceptualised: Anshuman A. Mondal (2018) The shape of free speech: rethinking liberal free speech theory https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10304312.2018.1480463 (4) Further analysis of how digital media is shifting the nature of public debate, and th

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: Carmen Geha is an Associate Professor of Public Administration, Leadership, and Organizational Development at the American University of Beirut (AUB). She is also a co-founder and Research Associate at the Center for Inclusive Business & Leadership (CIBL) for women, a regional reference for readying gender-inclusive employers across the Arab MENA region. At CIBL for Women, Dr. Geha oversees research team of 40 across 11 countries in the MENA on developing inclusive policies at the organizational and national levels. Carmen is also co-founder and Deputy Director of Khaddit Beirut (the shake-up) a transdisciplina