Utopia Now?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler and Ash Sarkar discuss Utopia, its history and politics, and ask: what would it mean to make Utopia now?
Tag: history
The Hairpin Drop: The Radical Origins of Pride in the UK
Radical. Rebellious. Resistant. This is the real history of Pride in the UK.
OCTOBER: China Miéville on the Russian Revolution
China Miéville joins James Butler to talk about his new narrative history of 1917, OCTOBER.
LGBT History: What’s The Point?
As Donald Trump revokes protections for trans kids and gay alt-right leader Milo Yiannopoulos falls from his pedestal in the U.S., the UK comes to the end of its LGBT History Month. Shon Faye asks "what is the point of queer history in the age of Trump?"
Dissecting Democracy: History of an Idea
After a typical election in the UK , the government we get will be radically different from the government we vote for. As representative democracy sinks into crisis, it is high-time the UK questions its own political system and embraces real democracy.
The World After 2016: 6 New Rules in Politics
Brexit. Trump. The ubiquity of Facebook. The fracturing of historically-dominant political parties. The political certainties of yesterday are out of the window, and there's more up for grabs than we know.
Passive Voices: On Remembrance, Political Agency and the Rise of Trump
Remembrance encourages us to think back over history to the situation of those who lived through it. Amid our current turmoil, we ought to reflect on how history happens - and our own role in creating it.
The Hijab is More European Than the Tie: Islamophobia and Misogyny
On this week’s episode of KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Soofiya Andry, Lubaaba Alazami and Shahla Omar as they discuss Muslim feminisms, British identity, Prevent and imperialism
Back on the Line: Remembering Grunwick 40 Years On
40 years later, workers, writers and politicians remember the historic 2 year strike led primarily by South-Asian film processing workers at the Grunwick Lab in Dollis Hill, North-west London. How did Grunwick pave the way for further suppression of trade unions and independent worker organisation?
How Hillary Laid the Foundations for Donald Trump’s Popular Neo-Fascism
As Trump hires a far right Breitbart executive to his campaign Ash Sarkar looks at how his brand of populist racism is built on the Liberal policies of the Clintons.
We Need To Talk About How Mental Health is Political
Shon Faye looks at the politics of mental illness. The biases of how it's defined, who gets diagnosed and how people affected can resist discrimination and cuts to vital services.
What’s the Point of Referendums?
Much of the EU debate unquestioningly assumed the received wisdom that referendums are democratising, offering us the chance to "take back control". Alice McCool examines the flaws of this limited vision of the democratic process.
The Story of Europe: Terms of Engagement
James Butler traces the EU's present day faults back to its postwar inception in this bumper Terms of Engagement explaining the historical phenomenon of Europe.
Feminist Fictions
This International Women’s Day Ash Sarkar lists her favourite fictional feminist heroines
The Fix: Foreign Policy & The Left
Michael Walker is joined by Musab Younis, Meera Sabaratnam, Maia Pal and Luke Cooper to discuss Labour, the British Empire and whether Corbyn can effectively promote and implement a more progressive foreign policy.
Support for the Empire Shows it Matters Who Controls the Past
A recent poll showed 44% of Brits think the British empire is something to be proud of. To understand why such ideas remain so common, we need to lift the lid on how we come to understand history.
What is Islamophobia?
Ash Sarkar examines how a state-sponsored distrust of 'Muslimness' in the west has led to the emergence of new racisms, blurring the boundaries between scientific and cultural definitions.
No Problem with Genocide? Britain, have a word with yourself
As a recent poll shows the majority of Britons do not explicitly object to their countries colonial history. What was the full scale of the damage caused by empire? And how can we make amends?