The Next Referendum?
In light of Labour's evolving Brexit stance, James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour to take a broad look at Brexit politics.
Tag: class
Regional Accent + Reactionary Politics = Working Class?
When you look at the way people talk about class in the media, it’s clear that we don’t really understand what it means anymore.
Ash Sarkar Meets Akala | Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
Ash Sarkar spoke to Akala about the white working class, conscious rap and politics, Britishness and his new book Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire.
Sticks and Stones May Break Owen Jones, but Words Will Never Hurt Him
Owen Jones joins Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly on All The Best for a lively discussion on Lycamobile scandal, the Windrush scandal, problems with the media and a general salting sesh.
On Migration and the State: Lea Ypi
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Lea Ypi, professor in political theory at the LSE to discuss ways of thinking about migration, what it tells us about the state and the possibility of an emancipatory cosmopolitanism.
Against Adult Supremacy: The Anti-Capitalist Case for Child Liberation
The way we treat children entrenches class and teaches oppression, writes Matt Broomfield in his review of the zine anthology “No! Against Adult Supremacy”
‘This Is Belonging’: How the Army Stole Utopia
A hypocritical and dangerous new recruitment drive by the British army promises working class men an escape from the loneliness and isolation of neoliberalism, using Instagram style ads and ideas of utopia taken from the anti-capitalist left.
Long Read: What Is Effeminacy and How Can We Celebrate It?
Mainstream society's conception of what it means to be a man leaves no room for the celebration and cherishing of a more feminine kind of manhood.
Silicon Laggy: How Neoliberal Roots Hold Gaming Back
As part of our Novara Focus on video games and class, Simon Saunders explores how the gaming industry's origins and workplace practices have produced a conservative streak.
Against ‘Integration’
Ash Sarkar looks at recent comments by Professor Ted Cantle on segregation in the UK and explains why 'Integration' is a flawed and oppressive approach to understanding race.
#CleanForTheQueen – Who Really Cleans for the Queen?
As Britain's top toffs line up for smug photo opportunities as part of Clean For The Queen Aaron Bastani asks: Who really cleans for the Queen?
Free Education, the Middle Classes and Radical Education Policy: a 5-Point Analysis
Nearly half of the UK's young people are going to university, so where does the institutional privilege lie and what can we say about social mobility? If the demand for free education is to be successful, we need a class analysis of HE.
Radical Lives: Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst is commonly regarded among the first socialist feminists, but less widely known is her simultaneous commitment to fighting colonialism and fascism, and to amplifying the interconnectedness of these various systems of oppression.
6 Considerations on Rotherham, Racism and the Right
Alexis Jay's damning inquiry exposing a covered-up 16 year long child sexual exploitation ring affecting 1400 children has rocked Rotherham council, South Yorkshire police and the Labour party. The far-right's response has apparently thrown the town into turmoil and commentators across the spectrum are continuing to debate the (de)merits of political correctness, multiculturalism and whether the abusers were 'real Muslims' or not. Here are six considerations on racism, class and the far-right.
Feminism, Class, Work
On this week's show James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster as they discuss feminism and class.