The Fix: The Fix: Brexit Britain, a Three Day Weekend and Elections in France
Michael Walker is joined by Maya Goodfellow and Tom Mills for this week's episode of the Fix.
Trade Unions Need to Embrace Freedom of Movement, Not Scapegoat Migrant Workers
Malone
The condition of workers is back on the agenda, but there is only one legitimate concern that we are allowed to have: migration. Low pay and bad housing are too often blamed on migrants, not bosses or landlords. How should trade unions respond?
Long Read: Mapping Dystopia: The Hidden Shame of Fortress Europe
Marienna Pope-Weidemann
With warnings that as many as one million migrants are already on the way to to Libya and Europe from countries across Africa, Europe's refugee crisis seems set to get even worse. As one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Britain has the wherewithal to really help. But, more interested in shirking than sharing responsibility, it might just be the worst of them all.
Werker Collective and the Worker Photographers: Taking Back Control of the Image
Charlie Clemoes
Amsterdam-based collective Werker’s attempts to rehabilitate the Worker Photography movement signals the reemerging need for the left to use photography in order to depict the world on its own terms.
5 Things You Should Know About Toxic Water Inside the United States
Keith “Malik” Washington
With corrupt government officials and big business devastating the country's clean water supply, America's poor are being poisoned. A look into the murky water politics of the US.
Staying Alive: on Mental Health and Survivorship
On KilljoyFM Ray Filar is joined by Liv Wynter and Susuana Amoah to discuss survival, community accountability and life after violence.
Homeless Families and Social Cleansing: How Local Councils Are Forcing Vulnerable Households Out of London
Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth
Exclusive: London Councils are ending their homeless duty to vulnerable families by forcing them to accept private rented tenancies hundreds of miles away, outside the capital, FOI's by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth reveal.
Novara FM: Trash Cultures
Ash Sarkar and James Butler are joined on #NovaraFM by Bridget Minamore and Joseph Guthrie to discuss "low" culture, "high" theory, memory and resistance.
3 Ways Hamburg is Innovating in Response to the Migrant ‘Crisis’
Caitlin Vito
While political responses to immigration tend towards building walls and border controls, the city of Hamburg is leading the way in providing innovative and pragmatic responses to the influx of refugees and asylum seekers to European countries.
No Patient is Illegal: Fighting Borders in the NHS
Erin Dexter
This week, migrant activists protested changes to UK law, which will see healthcare workers co-opted as agents in the continuing assault on the rights and lives of UK migrants. Yesterday, a group of protesters dressed as patients in hospital gowns, doctors in scrubs, and border guards blocked the path of those heading into work at the Department […]
TWT: Taking Back Control?
In a special podcast, James Butler speaks about control and power with organisers of The World Transformed's 'Take Back Control' tour.
Make Fascists Afraid Again: (Neo)fascism, Feminism and Antifa
On #KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Rosa Soros and Soof to discuss current fascisms, how feminism and fascism relate, and gender within antifa movements.
OMFG Sarkar: Interview with Malia Bouattia
Ash Sarkar is joined by Malia Bouattia for a discussion on antiracist organising, hip hop and more.
Long Read: Playing the Whore: Police Work vs Sex Work
Melissa Gira Grant
The violence and prurience characterising police attitudes towards sex workers reveal that efforts to curtail prostitution aren't about charity, or about 'rescuing' workers from situations of dire need. They are about control.
Explainers: What’s happening: in Cyprus?
With another round of peace talks on the horizon, what’s going on with Cyprus and why haven’t we heard any good news?
The Fix: The Fix: Westminster Attacks, Kendrick Lamar and #IndyRef2
On the first episode of the second season of The Fix, Michael Walker is joined by Ash Sarkar, Michael Segalov and James Butler to discuss the Westminster attacks, Kendrick Lamar, Freddie Flintoff, Eric Kaufmann, video games, and #IndyRef2.