Surviving Society Productions

A roundtable discussion with key anti-racist organisers who have recently co-written important new books on anti-racism, abolition, feminism and the role of the academy. With Azfar Shafi, Ilyas Nagdee, Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Laura Connelly, Shanice McBean and Jasbinder S. Nijjar Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit

A key note conversation with Barbara Ransby, historian, writer and long-time activist based in Chicago and Derecka Purnell, human rights lawyer and social justice organiser based in the US. Chaired by Surviving Society’s Chantelle Lewis and IRR’s Sophia Siddiqui. Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit

This panel charts some of the shifts that are happening to the global world order – the decline of western hegemony, war and imperialism, crises in capitalism – and asks what is the impact of such changes, and what does it mean to be a radical internationalist today? With Rafeef Ziadah, Akram Salhab, Liz Fekete, Avery Gordon, Birkbeck School of Law Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit.

A panel on the influence and the continued relevance of A. Sivanandan’s key works with Suresh Grover, Miriyam Aouragh, John Narayan, Priya Guns and Jenny Bourne. Intro music: Passport on our face - John Pandit. Links: https://irr.org.uk/

Episode one is a conversation on the transformation of the IRR and what the work has entailed since. With Jenny Bourne, Colin Prescod and John Narayan. Welcome to New Circuits of Anti-Racism, brought to you by Surviving Society and the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). These podcasts are from the IRR’s 50 year anniversary conference. The panels you’ll be hearing from are focused on racism, imperi...

Gloria Morrison (JENGbA) and Lana Adamou (Liberty) update listeners with details surrounding the legal win for campaigners against the joint enterprise doctrine. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has agreed to a pilot scheme to monitor data on the age, race, sex and disability of those prosecuted under the joint enterprise doctrine. Links: https://jointenterprise.co/ https://www.libertyhumanrigh...

Comfort Moye interviewed Aisha Phoenix on the systemic nature of colourism, specifically here in the UK. They draw on the distinct nature of both colourism and racism and how shade prejudice is a social justice issue for People of Colour globally. Links: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/meet-dr-aisha-phoenix-ukri-future-leaders-fellow-in-social-justice https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038038521...

“You won’t break my soul” was a person…Join Paulette and Whitnee as they explore a world where Black women can experience both good health and liberation. Because we deserve them both, right? We sit down with Dr. Uché Blackstock, a physician and thought leader on bias and racism in health care, to hear about her journey in medicine and how she walked away from her day-to-day career to pursue justi...

In this episode Chantelle and Laura discuss the reality of producing a sociological podcast about the British monarchy whilst they have been dominating the contemporary (2023) news media.

This episode speaks to global elite studies scholars to understand the risks of studying the elites, and the burden of care in whose voices we platform. With special guests: Dr Pere Ayling, University of Suffolk Emily Hoyle, Lancaster University Dr Ujithra Ponniah, University of the Witwatersrand

This episode thinks about the role of national identity and social class in understandings of ‘Britishness’ and the monarchy’s role within it. With special guests: Prof Jason Arday, University of Cambridge Prof Jo Littler, City, University of London Dr Sivamohan Valluvan, Warwick University Clips: -ITV NEWS Sept 16th 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJjf_RObni4 -LOOSE WOMEN March 1st 2018 http...

This episode discusses the role of whiteness and gender inequality in reproducing the monarchy. With Dr Raka Shome (Villanova University) Welcome to Surviving Society Presents - “the global power of the British monarchy’ In these episodes, we will be looking to challenge existing conversations about the British monarchy. Often in popular discourse, the monarchy is taken for granted as a part of Br...

This episode considers the perspectives of Barbados and Australia, as former and present global realms of the British monarchy, and possibilities for republican futures. With Dr Allison Ramsay, (University of the West Indies) and Dr Holly Randell-Moon(Charles Sturt University). Welcome to Surviving Society Presents - “the global power of the British monarchy’ In these episodes, we will be looking...

In this episode we address how the monarchy’s historical, and contemporary, relationship to systems of colonialism, imperialism, Empire, and the structures of secrecy make researching the monarchy so challenging. With special guest, Dr Brooke Newman, Virginia Commonwealth University. Welcome to Surviving Society Presents - “the global power of the British monarchy’ In these episodes, we will be lo...

Award-winning investigative journalist Peter Apps (Inside Housing) joined Chantelle and Dan to outline the specific regulatory and policy failures which led to the Grenfell tower fire. Links: https://www.waterstones.com/book/show-me-the-bodies/peter-apps/9780861546152 The Housing Series - The right to a safe home should be a multi-classed issue that we can build solidarities from. From the claddin...

In the first Alternative to Woman's Hour for 2023, Chantelle and Afua discuss the challenges of setting boundaries with work, creativity, and scholarship. Links: https://www.rivamedia.co.uk/talent/afua-hagan

Lola interviewed Michael and Alex about arguments in their new book - Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics. Links https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/lgbt-gender-studies/fractured-race-class-gender-and,michael-richmond-alex-charnley-9780745346564

The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. These episodes are guest hosted by 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: Jesús Gregorio Smith is an Assistant Professor of Ethn...

The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. These episodes are guest hosted by 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: Jesús Gregorio Smith is an Assistant Professor of Ethn...

What on earth can a central bus station have to do with racial capitalism and settler-colonialism? This week’s host, Mor Cohen, tells the story of the Central Bus Station (CBS) in the Tel Aviv neighbourhood Neve Sha’anan. Talking to activist Shula Keshet and academic Sharon Rotbart, Mor learns how the CBS’ fortunes show how Israel concretises its colour lines in the urban environment. These racial...

Guantanamo Bay prison leaks. Parts of it are overgrown with weeds. And yet, as of today, 36 detainees still remain imprisoned within its leaking walls. How did the United States of America come to erect this gruesome, derelict, but still operational prison on Cuban soil? In this episode, Shereen Fernandez, tells the story of how the crimes of Guantanamo Bay prison are part of a longer history of A...

When Israel’s HaEmek railway reopened in 2016, it served only nine stations and stopped 4km shy of the Jordanian border. Far from more spectacular sites of violence, the train’s inauguration fell below most people’s radar. In this week’s episode, Sharri Plonski tells the story of this “train to nowhere” - of its colonial history, how its logistical future would rewrite the map of the Middle East,...

On the 10th anniversary of the massacre of 34 striking mine workers at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, our host for this episode, Daniel Selwyn, investigates the transnational complicity of state and corporate actors, while amplifying voices from the ongoing struggles for justice and reparations. For listeners in London and the UK this episode is particularly close to home, as a massacre at a So...

In this episode, Surviving Society hosts Chantelle Lewis and Tissot Regis talk with Maia Holtermann Entwistle and Sharri Plonski about what it was like to create and produce the Material Crimes series. They discuss how each episode feeds into an intellectual arc that tries to understand the relationship between colonialism, capitalism, and the material infrastructures that shape everyday life. Str...

In this episode takeover, Cheraine Donalea Scott, Julia Toppin & Rita Gayle discuss the state of the UK democracy, politics, racism and the tory party. The New Nationwide Project is a discussion and exploration of 21st century popular culture https://repeater-radio.com/shows/new-nationwide-project/