Borders are not natural – they are political constructs designed to serve economic interests. In this video, Arun Kundnani explains that, while capital and goods move freely across borders, labor is heavily restricted, often through violent means. The idea that people must be kept out of certain regions is a relatively recent development, emerging in…
How the Democratic Party lost, how the far Right thrives in the debris of racial capitalism, and why Trump is the War on Terror returning home. This video was first published by Verso Books.
Like many others in the US, I gathered with friends last weekend to try to come to terms with the re-election of Donald Trump as president. None of us were surprised by his victory but, with his winning every swing state, the Senate, and, as seemed likely, the House, we were all depressed at the…
Trumpism is the war on terror coming home. Meanwhile, Biden’s war on terror mentality is distorting his policy on Gaza. No one ever announced that the “war on terror” was over. But the rushed withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan in 2021 was the closest the U.S. came to an official end point. There was no…
United in their anti-Muslim agendas, pro-Israel and Hindutva groups are rallying behind Trump and could pave his way to the White House Donald Trump will almost certainly be chosen as the Republican party’s candidate in this year’s US presidential election. That in itself is a remarkable fact. He has been able to mould a right-wing party and…
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.
In this report, it is argued that a politics of abolitionism offers the best approach to overcoming the failures of US national security policy. Applying an abolitionist approach not only domestically within the US but also to agencies of global security will be an essential part of reconceptualizing the notion of security. An abolitionist framework…
In his signature 2001 general election speech, Conservative party leader William Hague argued that four more years under Tony Blair would turn Britain into “a foreign land” governed from Brussels and overrun with asylum seekers. Labour “thinks Britain would be alright if only we had a different people,” he claimed. The implication was that a…
Co-authored with Jeanne Theoharis Declaring white nationalism a form of terrorism won’t combat white nationalism — but it will grant more arbitrary powers to a carceral state that preys on the most vulnerable. Over the last few months, there have been growing calls to categorize white nationalism as a form of terrorism and to extend…
Fifty years ago, British politician Enoch Powell set the template for a racist neoliberal populism that has reached its apotheosis today. On April 20, 1968, British member of parliament Enoch Powell addressed a small meeting of conservative activists in a Birmingham hotel and called for the “re-emigration” of the million or so people of color…