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Gurpreet is the founder of blminthestix and joined us to discuss the realities of tackling racism amongst rural and mainly white communities in the UK. Useful links: https://linktr.ee/blmstix

...: Women of colour resist: In the first edition of the Surviving Society Alternative to Woman's Hour for 2021, Akwugo provides some important analysis on women of colour's activism and resistance in UK, Europe & beyond. *The first direct action of Sisters Uncut was not during the Suffragettes UK red carpet premiere in 2015 - at this point Sisters had already engaged in at least four national actions. Surviving Society unreservedly apologises for this error during the episode. We continue to be very much inspired by the work of activists like Sisters Uncut and our ambition is to show true recognition of this integral organising. Useful links: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/akwugoemejulu

Lowkey joined us for our first episode of 2021 to consider the realities of the Biden administration and the ever-expanding geopolitical influence of China.

Lisa explores the history of racist discourses and interventions on 'population control', anti-poor Malthusianism and eugenics. Lisa helps us to connect all this to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Useful links: https://discoversociety.org/2020/04/06/saying-the-quiet-part-out-loud-eugenics-and-the-aging-population-in-conservative-pandemic-governance/ https://discoversociety.org/2018/12/04/populist-academics-colonial-demography-and-far-right-discursive-ecologies/

We decided to release the patreon episode for this week to all listeners! We enjoyed taking to Leila so much and thought we would give you all an xmas treat of a super excited Chantelle and Tissot.

Leila Hassan Howe joined us to talk about her life story beginning in the East End of London and Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania). We talk about her activism, organising and radical action via the Black Unity and Freedom party, National Black People’s Day of Action and the Race Today Collective. Useful links: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745339757/here-to-stay-here-to-fight https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/08/leila-hassan-howe-black-power-london-revolution-black-lives-matter

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: Vron Ware has worked as a journalist, photographer and academic in the field of cultural geography and sociology. Her books include Beyond the Pale: white women, racism and history (Verso 1992/2015), Out of Whiteness: color, politics & culture (with Les Back, Chicago 2002), Military Migrants: fighting for YOUR country (Palgrave 2012). Currently professor of sociology & gender studies at Kingston University, she is now working on a book about the English countryside. Luke de Noronha's research focuses on the politics of immigration, racism and deportation, and his book Deporting Black Britons: Portraits o

Bolaji (Bob) joined us to talk through histories of Poland's colonial extraction and the impact of whiteness, religion and (polish) centrism on racialisation and racism. *We want to be clear that we understand and do not make light of Jewish persecution in Poland. We are always looking to improve our racial literacy especially in relation to Jewish populations across the world* Useful papers/links: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography/people/academic-staff/bolaji-balogun Balogun, B. (2018) ‘Polish Lebensraum: The Colonial Ambition to Expand on Racial terms’, Ethnic & Racial Studies, 41: 14, pp. 2561-2579. Balogun, B. (2020) ‘Race and racism in Poland: Theorising and contextualising ‘Polish-centrism’, The Sociological Review. pp. 1-16. Balogun, B. (forthcoming) ‘The Racial Contract, The Whiteness Contract'

Steve joined us to discuss the fluidity of masculinity and the social consequences of its violence and perversions. We also chat about our collective homogenizing of groups into distinctive generations. Useful links: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/steven-roberts

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: The Coalition of Anti-Racist Educators (CARE) and Black Educators Alliance (BEA) includes teachers who work in primary and secondary schools. Camille London-Miyo has been an English teacher, Head of English, and Deputy Headteacher in inner-city schools for the past thirty years. She is a Community Activist who actively builds parent/community networks to support and challenge the negative narratives about Black communities in Education Her understanding of the complexity and importance of involving students, parents and communities in order to achieve genuine and sustained progress in UK education at all level

This episode was originally recorded for our patreon subscribers after our interview with Paul Gilroy. We decided to release this for all listeners so we could better contextualise how we interview guests. This is about us publically declaring our reflexive approach to podcasting. We recognise our flaws and imperfections, but our priotity is always about communicating through love, solidarity and resistance. Thanks for stickng with us, Chantelle Tissot and George x

Paul joined us discuss how his analysis in the Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness and Between to Camps: Nations, Cultures and the Allure of Race can speak to the resurgence of anti-racist movements.

...A Kick in the Belly, Women, Slavery and Resistance: Stella Dadzie joined us to explore histories of resistance amongst enslaved West Indian women. Stella also offered some useful considerations for the next generation of anti-racist organisers. Useful links: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3699-a-kick-in-the-belly

Keston joined us to talk about legacies of colonialism in the Caribbean and Latin American, the politics of 'development' and how climate change should be understood through its disproportionate impact on previously colonized places. Useful links: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561121 https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2020/6/4/the-green-new-deal-should-not-be-a-new-imperial-masterplan/ https://sites.law.duke.edu/thefinregblog/2020/08/05/between-the-devil-debt-and-the-deep-blue-sea-why-the-global-south-needs-reparations-for-the-climate-crisis/ https://www.kestonperry.com/

Levi introduces key arguments from his book - Land, God, and Guns: Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland (2020) - to contextualise the (oppressive) cultures and structures which surround the 2020 USA election. Useful: https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/land-god-and-guns/

Prof William Lez Henry joined us to talk about reasoning through crisis and conspiracies and how we live through the legacies of slavery, empire and colonialism. Useful links: https://www.youtube.com/user/lezhenry/videos

Kennetta provides an analysis of the 2020 presidential election focused on histories of democray, representation and slavery.

Roxy joined us to talk about her brilliant activist work with Kids of Colour and the No More Police in Schools campaign. Kids of Colour create spaces for young people of colour to come together and explore race, identity and culture and support them to challenge the racism they face. No Police in Schools is a community campaign led by Kids of Colour and the Northern Police Monitoring Project. It is a community campaign united by shared concerns over the increasing presence of police in schools in Greater Manchester and beyond. Useful links: https://kidsofcolour.com https://nopoliceinschools.co.uk/

Kaneesha Johnson joined us to outline how the state suppresses the vote of previously incarcerated people during elections. Useful links: https://scholar.harvard.edu/kaneeshajohnson/home

Gary joined us to discuss his latest BBC documentary 'The Empty Cases' which focused on how change might occur in British museums as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement. Useful links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lyyd