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Tag: Race
Explainers: How Racism Affects Our Sex Lives
Does love transcend everything? What does it mean to fall in love in an unequal world? Dalia Gebrial looks at how race shapes our experiences of sex and desire, and asks: what would it take to create better conditions for loving one another?
Analysis: The British Empire Wasn’t Just About Race
by Kojo Koram
Young people are waking up to the fact that the British empire was not just about identity and race, but about poverty and wealth, democracy and control, writes Kojo Koram.
Opinion: Navigating Sex and Desire Is a Headfuck When You’re Black, Disabled and a Woman
by The Triple Cripples
We develop our ideas about sex and relationships by observing the world around us. Things get tricky, then, when there's nobody you can relate to.
Opinion: Coronavirus Isn’t Going Anywhere
by James Meadway
The Omicron variant is just the latest reminder that Covid-19 is here to stay. The left must strategise accordingly, writes James Meadway.
Analysis: Worldmaking in Peterborough: How Battles Over England Are Rooted in Place
by Ben Rogaly
Understanding social division and how to overcome it means grappling with the contradictions of place, racialisation and industry, writes Ben Rogaly. Where do we start? Peterborough.
Analysis: Dave’s Latest Album Demands That Black British Music Be Taken Seriously
by Kojo Koram
On his latest album, We're All Alone In This Together, rapper Dave makes a compelling case for why Black British music should be approached with the same intellectual rigour as the great guitar albums of the past.
Opinion: We Can’t Dismantle Capitalism Without Antiracist Solidarity
by Sonali Bhattacharyya
With antiracist solidarity largely a thing of the past, it is vital the left reclaim it as a way of organising in order to successfully resist racial capitalism.
Ash Wednesday: What About the White Working Class?
Has the idpol-loving left abandoned the white working class? The answer is a bit more complicated than the Tories would have you think.
Opinion: England Is in the Midst of an African Renaissance – but It’s Still Racist As Hell
by Kojo Koram
As impressive as England’s current African cultural renaissance is, the goal must ultimately be to create a world free of the painful legacies that produced it, writes Kojo Koram in Contesting Culture, a new series asking who really owns British culture.
Live: England Players Take on Tories’ Cynical ‘Culture War’
The Tories wanted to start a culture war. They ended up going to war with the England football team. Has Boris Johnson bitten off more than he can chew? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Live: Heartbreak for Heroes
England's inspirational Euro run has ended in heartbreak at Wembley, and then online racism against players. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani reflect on the cultural politics of Euro 2020.
Opinion: Biden’s New Cold War With China Will Be Justified With Racism
by David Wearing
Confrontation with China is shaping up to be a central theme of Joe Biden’s presidency. Of course, racism has structured international relations since at least the colonial era, writes David Wearing.
Novara FM: Police State of Mind
Rivkah Brown presents a special episode examining how the blue tentacles of police power creep into our lives.
Downstream: What White People Can Do Next
Check your privilege. Google it. Stay in your lane. Though Black Lives Matter has politicised a new generation into antiracism, it’s not actually clear what white people are meant to do next. Ash Sarkar is joined by Emma Dabiri to talk about why liberal identity politics are a dead end, why allyship is a nonsense, […]
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?
Opinion: Define, Divide and Rule: The Race Report Shows the State is Not Interested in Racial Liberation
by Annie Olaloku-Teriba
The race report fundamentally misunderstands racism - telling us it is interpersonal, rather than structural, and denying the role of class. This is no accident, writes Annie Olaloku-Teriba – in doing so it seeks to further an agenda as old as colonialism.
Live: Britain Not Racist Says Government Report
Why the government report claiming Britain is "not institutional racist" is a whitewash, with Michael Walker, Kojo Karam and Dalia Gebrial.