The West Bank is on the Brink of Collapse
Jehad Abusalim
We're entering a new phase of Israeli apartheid.
Tag: violence
Yes, Women Fear Rape – But We Live Our Lives Anyway
Ash Sarkar
We do, in fact, go out after dark.
What Can We Actually Do for Young People at Risk of Violence and Exclusion?
Ciaran Thapar
The state sure isn’t coming to the rescue.
How Violence Shapes Our Sex Lives
Is ‘consent’ the only dividing line between good sex and bad sex? Ash Sarkar is joined by Rachel Thompson to discuss her new book Rough, and the politics of pornography, kink, and sex ambivalent feminism.
Incels Aren’t a Punchline. It’s High Time We Took Them Seriously
Moya Lothian-McLean
We need preventative measures for dealing with misogyny.
Don’t Believe the Bigots – Trans Rights Aren’t a Threat to Women
Ash Sarkar
The efforts of those in power to demonise marginalised communities make it harder to see things clearly.
A Plague of Blue Locusts: On Police Power
Mark Neocleous joins James Butler to unravel the knot of police power, sovereignty and social order.
Police Violence at Third Bristol Protest
On Friday Bristol saw its third protest against the policing bill in 6 days. We speak to Adam Cantwell-Corn, co-founder of The Bristol Cable, who reported from the scene.
Sarah Everard & Violence Against Women
The disappearance and death of Sarah Everard has shone a spotlight on the epidemic of violence against women in Britain, and has provoked an outpouring from women on social media sharing their own experience of harassment, threats and violence at the hands of men. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial discuss the case and the response […]
Evil Without Villains: How Does the Left Challenge Empire After Trump?
David Wearing
Taking the Red Pill with Hari Kunzru
Hari Kunzru joins James Butler to discuss his new novel, Red Pill. They talk surveillance capitalism, neofascism, violence and breakdown.
Who’s Laughing Now? Joker, Violence and Sad White Men
Eleanor Penny
Literature Is a Weapon | Ash Sarkar Meets Edouard Louis
At the LRB Bookshop Ash met French literary sensation Edouard Louis to discuss his latest book “Who Killed My Father”, the Gilets Jaunes, love, suffering and more.
Profits and the Prison Industry
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss the Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee (IWOC) and proposed prison expansion.
Policing by Consent?
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Koshka Duff, a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. In 2013, she was arrested and strip searched after offering a legal advice card to a teenager being stopped and searched in Hackney.
“Our queerness never dies”: The Battle Against Far-Right Violence in Greece
Alex King
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.
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.