No, Keir Starmer – Reparations Aren’t Just About the Past
Ash Sarkar
They’re about the present too.
Tag: slavery
$5m in Reparations for Every Black Adult? I’m Listening
Maurice Mcleod
San Francisco just got serious.
Everything We Think We Know About Human History Is Wrong | Downstream With David Wengrow
Humans have existed for at least 200,000 years. Yet until recently, historians believed that cities, astronomy, architecture and numeracy did not arrive until agriculture emerged some 12,000 years ago. But what if that was wrong? What if cities existed before agriculture and our hunter gatherer ancestors enjoyed a far more complex existence than we thought? […]
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?
The ‘Colston 4’ Won by Invoking History – And Using It to Build a Strong Legal Defence
Priyanka Raval
The history of the slave trade was integral to the defence case.
The American Right Knows How to Fight a Culture War
Kojo Koram
It's all about picking your battles.
A Deportation Flight Just Left for Vietnam. Why Was It So Hard to Stop?
Rivkah Brown
It isn’t just because everyone who would usually care is on holiday.
From War to Constitution—and the Problem of England
Linda Colley takes James Butler through the age of war and revolution which gave birth to the modern constitution – and peers into England’s political future.
Why Do Americans Put up With Their Wildly Undemocratic Political System?
Micah Uetricht
Power to the People? Lessons From Ancient Democracy
James Butler is joined by Paul Cartledge to discuss ancient democracy and its enemies.
Victims of Anti-Communism with Vincent Bevins
Aaron Bastani interviews author of ‘Jakarta Method’, Vincent Bevins, to examine the historic legacy of anti-communism, and the murder programs done in its name.
Colston Should Have Stayed at the Bottom of the Harbour
Ameya Tripathi
The Domino Effect
After the toppling of Edward Colston Britain is finally debating its colonial legacy, where will it end? Plus, the corporations saying ‘Black Lives Matter’, the government gives in on school re-opening, and a preview of Momentum’s upcoming elections. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Victims of Anti-Communism With Vincent Bevins
The historic sins of communism and fascism are well documented. Often ignored, however, is murder and violence done in the name of anti-communism, and how this underpinned new forms of empire during the Cold War. Aaron Bastani interviews author of ‘Jakarta Method’, Vincent Bevins, to examine the historic legacy of anti-communism, and the murder programs […]
Ignore the Cries of ‘Vandalism’ – Tearing Down the Colston Statue Was Pure Justice
Aaron Bastani
Colston Has Fallen
Edward Colston Has Fallen. Now, can the #BlackLivesMatter movement force Britain to face up to its colonial past and the racism that exists to this day?
Statues Tell Us Nothing About Our Colonial History
Statues like that of Edward Colston don’t teach us about Britain’s past. They stand in the way.
