Surviving Society

Social Science for Social Justice is brought to you by Surviving Society Productions. Executively Produced by Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis George Ofori - Addo Delayna Spencer Heather Estop Design by Evelyn Miller Edited by George Ofori - Addo

In the final episode of the series, we hear from artists Jacqui Hilson and Dal Kular, who share their personal and professional journeys to becoming artists. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk/artists/jacqui-hilson https://www.dwys.co.uk/artists/dal-kular

In this Christmas BONUS episode Our long suffering executive producer Adders gathers some of his favorite conversations and stories from 2024 Featuring - Jason Arday , Lord John Hendy, Andrew Meyerson, Holly Turner, Cleeshay , Keir Monteith KC, Bev Skeggs , Twayna Mayne, Karl Broome, China Mils, Namir Shabibi, Nancy Doyle Series included - Alternative to Women Hour Beyond the strikes CODE Loco Parentis Material Crimes Spotlight - skinfolk, but not kinfolk

In this episode we hear from artist and filmmaker Eelyn Lee and musician and multidisciplinary artist Otis Mensah. We talk about retracing heritage and identity as people of colour and what it means to artistically reinterpret histories which have been obscured and hidden. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk/artists/eelyn-lee https://www.dwys.co.uk/artists/otis-mensah

In this episode Désirée Reynolds and Cheryl Bailey talk us through the practical and emotional toll of locating the hidden histories of people of colour in South Yorkshire in the archives. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk Series summary The Dig Where you Stand Project is a creative arts and archival project based in Sheffield looking to unearth the untold stories of people of colour living, working and putting down roots in South Yorkshire over hundreds of years. This podcast series was produced in collaboration with project leads: Désirée Reynolds Dr Alex Rajinder Mason and Cheryl Bailey

Roxy Legane Director of Kids of colour Joins Chantelle to bring attention to the final hearing of the Manchester 10 USEFUL LINKS www.kidsofcolour.com MORE INFORMATION The Manchester 10 were given permission to appeal, we have been given the FINAL hearing dates, this is the FINAL push within the criminal legal system.  The FINAL HEARING will take place over 2 full days on Thursday the 19th and Friday 20th of December, Court 4, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London   To our southern community, we REALLY need your support. These dates make it extremely hard for us to mobilise. PLEASE come through. Below are all the details from logistics to care for you to know about the hearing. We need people there, so if you care about this case and collective punishment more broadly, get yourself down, for as much or as little time as possible. Appeals Being Heard Boy 1 (HO): Conviction Boy 2 (JO): Conviction Boy 3 (GK): Conviction Boy 4 (BJ): Conviction Boy 6 (MT): Conviction Boy 7 (AA): Conviction and Senten

In this episode Désirée Reynolds takes us around the Dig Where You Stand exhibition. The exhibition presents the rich history of people of colour in South Yorkshire over hundreds of years. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk Series summary The Dig Where you Stand Project is a creative arts and archival project based in Sheffield looking to unearth the untold stories of people of colour living, working and putting down roots in South Yorkshire over hundreds of years. This podcast series was produced in collaboration with project leads: Désirée Reynolds Dr Alex Rajinder Mason and Cheryl Bailey

In this introductory episode we hear from project leads Désirée Reynolds, Alex Rajinder Mason and Cheryl Bailey from the Dig Where You Stand Project unearthing the stories of people of colour in South Yorkshire over hundreds of years. Links: https://www.dwys.co.uk Series summary The Dig Where you Stand Project is a creative arts and archival project based in Sheffield looking to unearth the untold stories of people of colour living, working and putting down roots in South Yorkshire over hundreds of years. This podcast series was produced in collaboration with project leads: Désirée Reynolds Dr Alex Rajinder Mason and Cheryl Bailey.

Dig where you stand is brought to you by Surviving Society Productions. Executively Produced by Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis George Ofori - Addo Desiree Reynolds Alex Rajinder Mason Cheryl Bailey Design by Evelyn Miller Edited by George Ofori - Addo

Twayna is joined by Chantelle to reflect on the series and discuss how important it is to centre the voices of those with lived experience when it comes to the care system.   Host: Twayna Mayne is an award-winning writer and stand up comedian. Twayna is the creator of the web series Black People Drinking White Wine and the host of Loco Parentis, a podcast that centres the voices of care experienced adults and adoptees. Both series of Black Woman, Twayna's radio comedy show about being a transracial adoptee are available to listen to on BBC Sounds.  Insta: @twaynamayne

Joining Twayna this week is Karl Broome. Karl is an academic researcher and one of Twayna’s oldest friends. In this episode they talk about their early lives, adverse childhood experiences and how they’ve navigated residual trauma and stress as adults. Host: Twayna Mayne is an award-winning writer and stand up comedian. Twayna is the creator of the web series Black People Drinking White Wine and the host of Loco Parentis, a podcast that centres the voices of care experienced adults and adoptees. Both series of Black Woman, Twayna's radio comedy show about being a transracial adoptee are available to listen to on BBC Sounds.  Insta: @twaynamayne

Pause is a national charity that works with women who have experienced - or are at the risk of having - more than one child removed from their care. They work with women over a number of months and tailor their support to each individual woman’s needs and their hopes for the future across a variety of areas, from housing to improving relationships with children. In this episode we hear from T and Lillian. T shares her experience of child removal and care proceedings and talks about the work she has done and the support she has had from Pause and her practitioner Lillian. https://www.pause.org.uk/ Insta: @pauseorg Twit: @pauseorg Host: Twayna Mayne is an award-winning writer and stand up comedian. Twayna is the creator of the web series Black People Drinking White Wine and the host of Loco Parentis, a podcast that centres the voices of care experienced adults and adoptees. Both series of Black Woman, Twayna's radio comedy show about being a transracial adoptee are available to listen to on BBC Sounds.  Ins

In this episode Twayna is joined by -Rose Regan and Paul Nelson -  co-leads of the Care Experience Movement (CXM). CXM is a collective of care experienced people working together to change the system. Rose and Paul explain the organisation’s mission and how they use their own lived experience of the children’s social care system to support the care experienced community and create a better future for all care experienced people in the UK.   www.careexperiencedmovement.com Insta:: careexperiencedmovement Twit: @careexpmovement Host: Twayna Mayne is an award-winning writer and stand up comedian. Twayna is the creator of the web series Black People Drinking White Wine and the host of Loco Parentis, a podcast that centres the voices of care experienced adults and adoptees. Both series of Black Woman, Twayna's radio comedy show about being a transracial adoptee are available to listen to on BBC Sounds.  Insta: @twaynamayne

Loco Parentis is brought to you by Surviving Society Productions. Executively Produced by Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis George Ofori - Addo Twayna Mayne Design by Evelyn Miller Edited by George Ofori - Addo

In this episode we are joined by Nancy Doyle, Chief Research Officer at Genius Within and Charlie Eckton who is an independent Business Psychologist at Occ Psychs. We have a broad conversation about UK politics, the far right riots and how we can better connect and understand each other. Links https://geniuswithin.org https://www.occpsychs.co.uk Summary This podcast series was produced in partnership Genius Within - an organisation  dedicated to helping neurodistinct individuals access their inner genius and be at their best at work. Genius Within is both a neurodivergent led and owned business.  

In this episode we are joined by Nancy Doyle, Chief Research Officer at Genius Within and Charlie Eckton who is an independent Business Psychologist at Occ Psychs. We have a broad conversation about politics, the neurodiversity movement and how we can have more productive conversations about disability. Links https://geniuswithin.org https://www.occpsychs.co.uk Summary This podcast series was produced in partnership Genius Within - an organisation  dedicated to helping neurodistinct individuals access their inner genius and be at their best at work. Genius Within is both a neurodivergent led and owned business.

During a deadly dawn raid by a Kenyan paramilitary squad, an innocent Muslim man, Omar Faraj, was brutally murdered. In the final episode of the series, Namir Shabibi sets out to find those responsible for this extrajudicial killing. The paramilitary squad is, we discover, part of America’s post-9/11 covert War on Terror infrastructure. Following the death squad from Mombasa’s muslim neighbourhoods to the ‘secret’ Recce military complex miles away in rural Ruiru all the way to the CIA’s headquarters in Virginia, we hear how it was developed, funded, equipped and supported by the United States. Across conversations with former Kenyan parliamentarians, ex-American security forces personnel, academic experts and local activists, including the Chair of ‘Muslims for Human Rights,’ Khelef Khalifa, Shabibi exposes the global War on Terror’s brutal underbelly: a project designed to evade accountability, while terrorising Muslim populations in Kenya and beyond.    Useful Links  Center for Constitutional Rights (USA):

Sitting at the edge of the notorious ‘Western Balkan Route,’ Bihac’s Borici Temporary Reception Centre is witness to some of Europe’s worst border violence. Only a few kilometres from the Bosnian-Croatian border that separates the Western Balkans from the European Union, migrants find themselves stuck; arrested, tortured and pushed back over and over again by Croatian police. But within Borici, they also find themselves part of this building’s 75-year history. Borici is a place where communities have always found shelter: against fascism, against civil war and siege, against post-war abandonment, and now against fortress Europe. Benedetta Zocchi is guided through Borici’s many incarnations by local historians, Asmir Piralic and Almir Kurtovic, human rights activist, Silvia Maraone, and local volunteer, artist and activist, Adem Hajdarevic.  Useful Links Border Violence Monitoring Network: https://borderviolence.eu/ IPSIA (Institute for Peace, Development and Innovation ACLI) Bihac: https://www.ipsia-acli.it/n

When a dam on the Tigris burst in 2018, waters rushed towards Amed, Turkey’s largest predominantly Kurdish city. In its aftermath, the Turkish state claimed there were no casualties. Speaking with environmental justice campaigners and farmers (Samed Uçaman, Doğan Hatun and Zeki Kanay), Eray Çaylı reveals how this claim was based on dodgy accounting. Delving into the depths of this case, he explores Turkey’s long history of using water as a tool of war and treating Kurdistan as a laboratory for resource extraction. But, as we’ll hear from conversations with Amed residents like Berivan Arslan, these riverbanks are also fertile sites of struggle against the tide of Turkish state violence.   Useful Links Amed Ecology Association: https://x.com/Ekolojidernek?t=Epz5LkL0-yvwYUmUH5kbzQ&s=09 Coordination Council of Amed-based Professional Organizations: https://x.com/Amedikk?t=UwLb2R72f0soPzMpJntY8g&s=09 Turkey’s State of Emergency (Documentary on the "commune field"):  https://youtu.be/v11PuSvpaUY?s

In 2005 blowouts occurred at Bangladesh’s Tengratila gas field operated by Canada’s Niko Resources Ltd. Toxins leached into the surrounding environment, devastating local habitats. Niko pled guilty to bribery charges related to Tengratila in 2011, but it had already sued Bangladesh’s government for losses at an international arbitration tribunal. What the hell is international corporate arbitration? The opaque legal wranglings of this case reveal the invisible infrastructure of international investment law, its colonial inheritances, and how companies shirk criminal liability for corporate negligence and corruption. Paul Gilbert, this episode’s host, speaks to leading Global South arbitrator and academic Muthucumuraswamy Sornarajah, legal scholar Gus van Harten and Catherine Coumans from Mining Watch Canada.  Useful Links Bangladesh Working Group on Ecology and Development: https://bwged.blogspot.com/ ISDS Platform: Resources for Movements: https://isds.bilaterals.org/ National Committee to Protect Oil, G