Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it
Mainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political parties.
Video: why capitalists build up the border walls
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…
Audio: Interview with Law and Disorder radio show
A discussion with WBAI’s Law and Disorder radio show on the new graphic booklet Homeland Security: Myths and Monsters.
After Trump, let’s fight for all the great and simple things that make us human
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…
Homeland Security: Myths and Monsters
With illustrations by Anuj Shrestha and co-authored with Mizue Aizeki. This is the century of homeland security. The federal government created a monster. They said it would keep us safe. The monster hatched in November 2002. It was named the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). An appetite for control and conquest was in its DNA.…
Audio: reflecting on the politics of Covid
Through a series of interviews with experts in their respective fields, TNI Associate, Arun Kundnani, set out to explore all the different facets of the pandemic’s impacts, from the growing role of major Pharmaceutical corporations in global healthcare, to the the response of global governance bodies such as the WHO and the UN, to the…
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…
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,…