Audio: the political praxis of Jamil Al-Amin
Host James Pope and Arun Kundnani go deep on the life of Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, in this conversation for the Africa World Now radio show.
Audio: Organizing for Palestine in our contemporary moment
Palestine remains the litmus test. As our movements continue to gain momentum, Arun Kundnani and Momodou Tall discuss what are the stakes when organizing for Palestine in the West.
Israel, US campuses, and the fragility of the coloniser
No-one in their right mind turns to the United States for moral leadership. Even so, the degradation of US public culture over recent weeks has been something to behold. The Biden administration is fully participating in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, sending every weapon Israel asks for and deploying military force to deter other countries from coming to the aid…
Audio: a conversation on CLR James
Brett St Louis and Arun Kundnani join our host Eleanor Penny to discuss the near foundational figure in the domains of decolonial, marxist, and pan-african thought – C. L. R. James.
Video: the problem with liberal antiracism
Arun Kundnani and Kojo Koram discuss why antiracism has to be about dismantling structures of power. Liberal antiracism has proven powerless against structural oppression. Fighting racism means striking at its capitalist roots. This video was first published by Verso Books.
There are two kinds of antiracism. Only one works, and it has nothing to do with ‘diversity training’
While liberal antiracists argue over vocabulary, radicals take direct action – which is the only way to change the system In news that ought to please antiracist campaigners everywhere, just recently everybody seems to be talking about antiracism. Chief executives such as Larry Fink of BlackRock, one of the most powerful financial companies in the…
The hidden class politics of the UK’s immigration debate
Liberals preach cultural tolerance to the working classes while inflicting death-by-policy on migrants Government ministers warned of an influx of migrants overwhelming public services. Newspaper headlines declared war on imagined armies of welfare cheats invading Britain through easily penetrated borders. Plans to build accommodation centres for asylum seekers were abandoned in the face of local…
Harsha Walia: Why we need to abolish borders
Borders uphold a global system of apartheid – and we should demand nothing less than their abolition. In this interview, activist and writer Harsha Walia lays out how borders and citizenship maintain colonial axes of power. From Fortress Europe outsourcing border control far into the African continent in exchange for aid, to Canada securing the…
Tobita Chow: Anti-Asian racism is on the rise in the US. Here’s why
Why are US-China relations deteriorating? What are the impacts of growing anti-Asian racism on Asians Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) living in the US? And will the new Cold War with China replace the US War on Terror? In this interview, Tobita Chow argues that the rise of China as an economic power has become…
Eda Seyhan: How elites use the pandemic to secure their power
Governments around the world have used the pandemic as an excuse to expand their powers. Populations have been divided on the basis of race and class into those deserving of protection and those perceived as risky and to be controlled. Migrants, refugees, precarious workers, and racialized groups have faced vulnerability and repression. Many Western liberals,…