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Steve joined us to discuss the fluidity of masculinity and the social consequences of its violence and perversions. We also chat about our collective homogenizing of groups into distinctive generations. Useful links: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/steven-roberts

The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: The Coalition of Anti-Racist Educators (CARE) and Black Educators Alliance (BEA) includes teachers who work in primary and secondary schools. Camille London-Miyo has been an English teacher, Head of English, and Deputy Headteacher in inner-city schools for the past thirty years. She is a Community Activist who actively builds parent/community networks to support and challenge the negative narratives about Black communities in Education Her understanding of the complexity and importance of involving students, parents and communities in order to achieve genuine and sustained progress in UK education at all levels has been the foundation to her work, to date, within teacher networks and professional development programmes across the UK. She was elected the first Black President in the history of Leicester's teaching unions ( that spans over a hundred years) in 2018. Camille is also one of the co-founders of the Black Educators Alliance and the Leicester Black Educators Network. Her interests include Black teachers in education - recruitment, retention and progression, radical pedagogies that challenge empirical ideas about teaching and learning; Developing a Global "English" Literature Curriculum as part of a holistic anti-racist strategy in Schools. She has written a chapter entitled "Education, race and the decolonisation of the Curriculum" in Beyond the Blockade - Education in Cuba(2019) and a recent article for the Independent on the impact of the PSHE Guidance. She is one of the co-editors of the upcoming 'History of Black Teachers in the NEU' to be published in 2021. Aliyah York is a 17 year old A-level student, Activist and founder of @ThePupilPower. Her award winning work and contributions to educational change seek to centre youth voice, challenging the status quo and encouraging her peers to reimagine the 21st century education system. She tweets at @aliyahiyork Ilyas Nagdee is a writer and activist with a focus on policing, security and antiracism. He has written for outlets such as The Independent, Guardian, Tribune, Red Pepper and other publications. He tweets at @ilyas_nagdee Useful links: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/liberate-our-classrooms/ https://nomoreexclusions.com/care/ https://blackeducatorsalliance.org/ https://www.gov.uk/guidance/plan-your-relationships-sex-and-health-curriculum

This episode was originally recorded for our patreon subscribers after our interview with Paul Gilroy. We decided to release this for all listeners so we could better contextualise how we interview guests. This is about us publically declaring our reflexive approach to podcasting. We recognise our flaws and imperfections, but our priotity is always about communicating through love, solidarity and resistance. Thanks for stickng with us, Chantelle Tissot and George x

Paul joined us discuss how his analysis in the Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness and Between to Camps: Nations, Cultures and the Allure of Race can speak to the resurgence of anti-racist movements.

...A Kick in the Belly, Women, Slavery and Resistance: Stella Dadzie joined us to explore histories of resistance amongst enslaved West Indian women. Stella also offered some useful considerations for the next generation of anti-racist organisers. Useful links: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3699-a-kick-in-the-belly

Keston joined us to talk about legacies of colonialism in the Caribbean and Latin American, the politics of 'development' and how climate change should be understood through its disproportionate impact on previously colonized places. Useful links: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561121 https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2020/6/4/the-green-new-deal-should-not-be-a-new-imperial-masterplan/ https://sites.law.duke.edu/thefinregblog/2020/08/05/between-the-devil-debt-and-the-deep-blue-sea-why-the-global-south-needs-reparations-for-the-climate-crisis/ https://www.kestonperry.com/

Levi introduces key arguments from his book - Land, God, and Guns: Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland (2020) - to contextualise the (oppressive) cultures and structures which surround the 2020 USA election. Useful: https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/land-god-and-guns/

Prof William Lez Henry joined us to talk about reasoning through crisis and conspiracies and how we live through the legacies of slavery, empire and colonialism. Useful links: https://www.youtube.com/user/lezhenry/videos

Kennetta provides an analysis of the 2020 presidential election focused on histories of democray, representation and slavery.

Roxy joined us to talk about her brilliant activist work with Kids of Colour and the No More Police in Schools campaign. Kids of Colour create spaces for young people of colour to come together and explore race, identity and culture and support them to challenge the racism they face. No Police in Schools is a community campaign led by Kids of Colour and the Northern Police Monitoring Project. It is a community campaign united by shared concerns over the increasing presence of police in schools in Greater Manchester and beyond. Useful links: https://kidsofcolour.com https://nopoliceinschools.co.uk/

Kaneesha Johnson joined us to outline how the state suppresses the vote of previously incarcerated people during elections. Useful links: https://scholar.harvard.edu/kaneeshajohnson/home

Gary joined us to discuss his latest BBC documentary 'The Empty Cases' which focused on how change might occur in British museums as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement. Useful links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lyyd

Voting rights editor at the Guardian US , Ankita Rao, joined us to talk about the history and contemporary realities of voter suppression in USA elections. Useful links: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ankita-rao

Kathryn spoke to us about her research focused on the history of internal border controls in Britain and resistance to them, as well as current NHS charges for migrant maternity care. Useful links: Docs not Cops Toolkit - https://patientsnotpassports.co.uk/ Foucault in Tunisia (DM us for a free copy): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0038026119870107 Migrants’ Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis Interview - https://fass.open.ac.uk/school-social-sciences-global-studies-sociology/news/patients-not-passports-challenging-border

Luke joined us for a second time to discuss the publication of his book, Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of deportation to Jamaica Useful links: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526143990 https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/aug/18/deportation-jamaica-britain-windrush-scandal-foreign-aid https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/deportation-cuts-black-britons/ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-guardians-audio-long-reads/id587347784?i=1000491968231

Toni gives us a brief introduction to international relations (IR) ongoing confrontation with race and introduces us to the history and contemporary relationship between the European Union and the African Union. Useful links: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/106092/1/WPS_2020_07_28_race_justice_and_new_possibilities_twenty_years.pdf (Global Racial Hierarchies and the Limits of Localization via National Action Plans. New Directions in Women, Peace and Security, (pp 133 – 151)) https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/03/why-is-mainstream-international-relations-ir-blind-to-racism-colonialism/ (https://academic.oup.com/fpa/article/16/2/199/5788185) On Women, Peace and Security agenda (this is perhaps the most comprehensive theme as it intersects with the others too) Women, Peace and Security - the African Experience - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2041905819838145 (also attached) Creating Cinderella? - https://brill.com/view/journals/iner/23/2/article-p218_4.xml?language=en (available OA) https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/05/19/is-it-really-that-difficult-to-find-women-to-talk-about-the-eu/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2020/02/19/living-up-to-the-women-peace-and-security-agenda-gender-must-be-a-core-element-of-brexit-negotiations/ https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/2153/2153 https://www.e-ir.info/pdf/80378

...: Race and nation in twenty-first-century Britain. Vallu joined us to discuss keys from his latest book, The Clamour of Nationalism: Race and nation in twenty-first-century Britain. Useful links: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526126146/

Ebun joined us to talk about themes in her latest book, Critical Race Theory and Inequality in the Labour Market: Racial stratification in Ireland. Useful links: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526134394/

East-ender and housing enthusiast, Richard, joined us to critically engage and reflect on the re-generation of the East/East end of London. Although Richard’s specialism is based in Hackney, we think this conversation feeds into debates about social housing more broadly across the UK. Useful links: https://ricyeboah.com

Ornette joined us for an extensive philosophical reflection about themes in his book, Black Scholarly Activism between the Academy and Grassroots: A Bridge for Identities and Social Justice. Useful links: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-00837-6?utm_source=sn&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=RMarketing&utm_campaign=SBPS_4_CN01_GL_BlackLivesMatter https://critracemmu.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/24th-session-of-the-working-group-wgepad-ohchr-25-29-march-2019-geneva/ https://critracemmu.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/eu-commission-report-on-being-black-in-europe/ https://mmu.academia.edu/ornetteclennon https://www.academia.edu/18877217/International_Perspectives_of_Multiculturalism_The_Ethical_Challenges