Explainers: Is the Army Fascist?
Afghanistan veteran and author Joe Glenton examines the recent pictures of Tommy Robinson seen posing with young squaddies and asks “Is the British Military a far right organisation?”
Tag: racism
The Lockdown: Deaths in State Custody 2: INQUEST
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Deborah Coles, Director of the charity INQUEST.
The Lockdown: Deaths in State Custody 1: Justice for Sean Rigg
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Marcia Rigg, the sister of Sean Rigg who died in police custody in 2008.
Novara Live: The Media & Big Business: Friends of Fascism?
As Tommy Robinson gets boosted by the UK press, and Brazil’s stock market backs Jair Bolsonaro. We ask: Why are the mainstream media, big business and fascists all besties? With Ash Sarkar and Oscar Guardiola-Rivera.
Resisting the Far Right
On the 13th of October the Democratic Football Lads Alliance tried to march through central London. They were prevented from marching their intended route by an anti-fascist demonstration led by women and non-binary people.
The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Gangs and Violence: What’s Going On?
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Patrick Williams, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, about the media and government focus on ‘gangs’, how this relates to the reality of violence and the impact this has on black and minority ethnic communities in Britain.
Interview: “They’re Using Fear and Hatred of Immigrants” | Eleanor Penny Meets Nelini Stamp
At The World Transformed 2018, Eleanor Penny met National Organising Director at the Working Families Party Nelini Stamp. They discussed white supremacy, working class organisation strategies, the future and hope.
The Lockdown: Prison Island: Prison Expansion in the UK
Back with a new series, hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Nicole, a researcher at Corporate Watch about the British government’s plans for prison expansion, how this will impact people inside and outside prisons and how communities across the country are resisting.
Interview: Ash Sarkar Meets Spike Lee | BLACKkKLANSMAN
Ash sat down with Spike Lee to talk cops, Kanye, and why an honest racist is better than a respectable liberal. BLACKkKLANSMAN is in UK cinemas on 24th August. A Novara Media Joint
Novara Live: Why Does Britain Love Racist Toffs?
Turns out a press pack can be pacified with nothing more than a cup of tea. Tonight Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar ask why the establishment get a carte blanche for racism.
The Lockdown: “Just Paint the Walls Pink”: Gender, Prison and Carceral Feminism
Oonagh Ryder speaks to Mo Mansfield, a social justice campaigner and women’s sector professional. They discuss what carceral feminism is, how it has helped to expand and entrench the criminal justice system and how we can move beyond this towards an abolitionist feminism.
All The Best: The Mason Hour
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly are joined by Paul Mason to discuss how to respond to the rising tide of fascism across the West, and how Labour can be effective in that fight.
Novara Live: #StopTrump #StopTommy You Idiot
Ash Sarkar and Owen Jones debate Communism vs Socialism and talk Tommy Robinson and Trump.
The NHS Should Be for Everyone – And That Includes Migrants
Dr Joanna Dobbin
On the 70th birthday of the NHS, Dr Joanna Dobbin argues the government’s quiet scrapping of visa restrictions for overseas doctors while denying free healthcare to patients from abroad shows how our health service is only international when it suits the Home Office.
The Lockdown: What Is Abolition?
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann finish this season of The Lockdown with a recap of what they've discussed in the previous episodes. Sam talks about what he's learnt and they decide whether he's ready to graduate from the podcast's 'resident idiot'.
The Lockdown: Guilty by Association: How to Get a Life Sentence for a Murder You Didn’t Commit
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to activist and founder of campaign group Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA), Gloria Morrison.
Interview: 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.
The Lockdown: Ending the Cycle of Violence
On The Lockdown, Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to anti-violence practitioner Whitney Iles about youth violence, why it happens and how to stop it.