Tag: Institutional Racism
Novara Docs: Accidental Death of a Black Londoner
In the London Borough of Hackney in the early hours of 22 July 2017 a police officer pursued a young Black man into a convenience store. Within minutes the young man was dead. A Novara Doc in partnership with Shine A Light.
Analysis: Is Britain the World’s Least Racist Country?
by Aaron Bastani
The Sewell report claims Britain is "a beacon to the rest of Europe" on matters of race. But is such rhetoric itself an indication of the country’s continued inability to speak honestly about the issue?
Downstream: Can You Change the Police From Within? Ash Sarkar Meets Leroy Logan
20 years after the Macpherson Report, the Metropolitan Police is still dogged by accusations of institutional racism, while the Black Lives Matter movement has forced a reckoning with police brutality and inequalities in the criminal justice system. But should Black and Asian people protest from the outside to force change, or join the ranks of […]
Opinion: The Police Are Going Backwards On Institutional Racism – And Their Most Powerful Officer is In Denial
by Ash Sarkar
Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick’s claim that nobody is being stopped and searched because of the colour of their skin is a gross insult to the public's intelligence, writes Ash Sarkar. Whatever progress has been made in tackling racism is now in retreat.
Long Read: Get Angry Then Get Free: The Political Necessity of Rioting in Dismantling the System
by Joshua Virasami
As protestors rise up across the world following the murder of George Floyd, it's vital we see rioting as a legitimate form of protest in the struggle for freedom within racial capitalism, writes Black Lives Matter activist Joshua Virasami in an in-depth long read.
The Lockdown: The Lockdown: the Myth of Rehabilitation
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss the myth of rehabilitation in prison and how the language of rehabilitation disguises the true nature of the criminal justice system.
A Century On, Families Still Seeking Justice for Black Soldiers Executed in Texas
by James Jeffrey
On this day in 1917, 13 black soldiers were sentenced to death with no chance of appeal for their alleged involvement in the Houston riots - their story swiftly swept under the carpet of history. A century on, their relatives are still fighting to get them justice.
Novara FM: The Future That Never Was: 1997 and After
On #NovaraFM, Richard Power Sayeed joins James Butler to talk 1997: the Macpherson Inquiry, Blair, Diana & more.