Opinion: The West Bank is on the Brink of Collapse
by Jehad Abusalim
Israel is ramping up its assault on the West Bank - but Palestinians won’t rest until they get dignity, writes Jehad Abusalim.
Tag: violence
Opinion: Yes, Women Fear Rape – But We Live Our Lives Anyway
by Ash Sarkar
Sainsbury’s has pulled a clothing ad which was slammed for saying women “stroll after dark”. But we do, of course - and that’s not reckless or unreasonable, argues Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: What Can We Actually Do for Young People at Risk of Violence and Exclusion?
by Ciaran Thapar
The government has repeatedly chosen punishment over prevention in response to rising violent crime amongst children. But what would actually helping vulnerable young people mean?
Downstream: 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.
Opinion: Incels Aren’t a Punchline. It’s High Time We Took Them Seriously
by Moya Lothian-McLean
Jake Davison’s Plymouth shooting rampage is a horrific wake-up call for Britain to finally start treating incel culture like the urgent problem it is.
Opinion: Don’t Believe the Bigots – Trans Rights Aren’t a Threat to Women
by Ash Sarkar
The overrepresentation of trans-hostile voices in the media means we’re denied a realistic view of the issues facing trans and non-binary people, writes Ash Sarkar.
Novara FM: A Plague of Blue Locusts: On Police Power
Mark Neocleous joins James Butler to unravel the knot of police power, sovereignty and social order.
Live: 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.
Live: 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 […]
Opinion: Evil Without Villains: How Does the Left Challenge Empire After Trump?
by David Wearing
Trump is out, and the world is demonstrably safer as a result. But the violence of liberal imperialism will return with a Biden presidency - and the left needs to work out how to fight it, argues David Wearing.
Novara FM: 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
by Eleanor Penny
Part origin story, part rock opera of ultraviolence, Joker been called an unflinching masterpiece by some critics and derided as a shallow handbook for incels by others. Eleanor Penny argues it's neither - but it does tell us something about a society which can simultaneously decry and forgive the violence of white men.
Ash Wednesday: 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.
The Lockdown: Profits and the Prison Industry
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss the Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee (IWOC) and proposed prison expansion.
The Lockdown: 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
by Alex King
The murder of prominent LGBTQI+ activist Zak Kostopoulos in September has reignited fears that the battle against far-right violence is being lost. Alex King takes a look at what the response to recent murders in Greece can teach those confronting fascism across Europe.
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.
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.