NORWICH CITY, ONEL HERNÁNDEZ AND CUBAN SOLIDARITY IN FOOTBALL

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national and tagged bbc, canaries, costa rica, cuba, Cuban blockade, Cuban FA, Cuban solidarity, Curaçao, defection, diplomacy, doctors, featured, football, germany, guatemala, international football, international politics, MLS, norwich, norwich city football club, Onel Hernández, Osvaldo Alonso, premier league, Seattle Sounders, UN, UN General Assembly, US imperialism, USA.

By Howard Green

Norwich City’s glossy matchday programme for their home match against Stoke on February 13th is emblazoned with the face of fan favourite winger, Onel Hernández. Hernández, a famously bubbly and humorous character who has played for the Canaries since the beginning of the 2018/19 season, made a late substitute appearance against Stoke during Norwich’s 4-1 win. On this occasion it was a brief outing for the programme cover star – but recent developments in Hernández’s career are much more significant than this match might suggest.

FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged activism, Asher Minns, bbc, Brian Heatley, capitalism, climate change, climate change mitigation, climate reporting, communication, corporations, council, echo chamber, economics, environment, Facing Up To Climate Reality, featured, green growth, Green House, green politics, growth, jobs, Jonathan Essex, norwich, revolution, Tyndall Centre, UEA, uk.

By Laura Potts

Last Saturday, I attended the Green House Think Tank’s free one-day conference Facing Up To Climate Reality at the Norwich Forum. Founded in 2011, the Green House Think Tank aims to lead the development of green thinking in the UK, and offer positive alternatives to the business-as-usual approach that has done so much harm to the environment. Their conference aimed to consider questions around the reality of climate change and what it means for jobs and the economy in this country.

ISLAMOPHOBIA IN THE UK – ‘TOMMY ROBINSON’ IS A SYMPTOM NOT THE PROBLEM

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged 2016 London Mayoral Elections, Akala, Alex Jones, alt-right, anti racism, anti-fascism, Baroness Warso, bbc, bigotry, Boris Johnson, British Muslims, child abuse, contempt of court, court system, demonstration, Donald Trump, EDL, extremism, Ezra Levant, far right, fascism, featured, fox news, freedom of speech, Geert Wilders, hatred, islamophobia, Katy Hopkins, law, LBC, london, Matthew d'Ancona, Nazir Afzal, Nigel Farage, Owen Jones, prevent, racism, Raheem Kassam, Richard Price, sadiq khan, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Steve Bannon, tommy robinson, Tories, Tory Islamophobia, Tory racism, war on terror.

by Scott McLaughlan

Content warning: mentions Islamophobia, racism, paedophilia, sexual abuse, fascism

The sentencing in May this year of Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (stage name ‘Tommy Robinson’) to 13 months for contempt of court has caused quite a reaction from his fellows on the far right. On Saturday 9th June, an estimated 15,000 people turned out for a mass rally in London in support of Yaxley-Lennon, Trump and ‘free speech’. The sinister focal point of the rally was to link rape and child sexual exploitation with migration and Islam.

REVIEW: TWO LITTLE DUCKS EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEW

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community and tagged anti-establishment, bbc, Birds of Hell, border control, Brexit, Calais, child abuse, Edinburgh Fringe, environment, EU referendum, future generations, government, guilt, history, individualism, internationalism, Leave Campaign, Lewis Buxton, Matt Abbott, Michelle Fisher, norwich, Norwich Arts Centre, nostalgia, older people, performance, performance poetry, Pete Murdoch, poetry, politics, Radio 1xtra, refugee crisis, refugees, review, spoken word, The Roundhouse, tradition, TS Eliot, Two Little Ducks, violence, volunteering, Words First.

by Laura Potts

CW: Mentions violence against children

More than any other art form, spoken word performance art allows an audience to directly interact with the thoughts of the artist. This kind of interaction can often change minds more effectively than argument or statistic, making spoken word art a very progressive medium. As a spoken word enthusiast and an artist on a student budget, I was therefore excited to attend Matt Abbott’s pay-what-you-can preview of his Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Two Little Ducks’ at the Norwich Arts Centre recently. And my excitement was certainly justified – Two Little Ducks is a powerfully thought-provoking, politically driven work.

50 YEARS – HOW FAR HAVE WE REALLY COME?

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives, Student and tagged Against The Law, bbc, capital, crime, decriminalisation of homosexuality, discrimination, gay capital, gay men, gay privilege, gay rights, hate crime, homophobia, inclusivity, LGBT+, lgbt+ rights, Marianna Valverde, media, media bias, misrepresentation, oppression, Owen Jones, Peckham, population, positivity, privilege, Richard Taulke-Johnson, sensationalism, sex, Sexual Offences Act, statistics, Stonewall, The Guardian, uk, universities, yougov, young people.

by Alex Powell

CW: mentions homophobia and homophobic abuse

Last week marked 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act 1967 entered into law, in the first step towards the decriminalisation of homosexuality. There’s been a great deal of coverage of this milestone in British media, including some brilliant, informative TV programming (I highly recommend the BBC’s drama ‘Against the Law’). But it is Owen Jones’s recent Guardian column ‘Hatred of LGBTQ people still infects society. It’s no time to celebrate’ that seems to have been most prominent. Jones’ arguments are certainly justified, but commentary like his risks misrepresenting the situation that now faces LGBT+ people in this country. It’s not all bad.

IT’S A GIRL!

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged acting, actor, arts, bbc, casting, Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who, equality, gender, Jodie Whittaker, Mary Shelley, media, parity, Peter Capaldi, Rey, role model, scifi, sexism, showrunner, star wars, Steven Moffat, TARDIS, time travel, TV, white, whovian, women.

by Paige Selby-Green

“They’ll never do it,” I said, with total certainty. “I mean I’d love it – if it wasn’t Stephen Moffat writing it, at least – but they’ll never do it.”

I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy to be so wrong.

REVIEW – TRANSGENDER KIDS: WHO KNOWS BEST?

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged bbc, blockers, CAMH, Cheri DiNovo, child psychology, doctors, documentary, gender dysphoria, gender-positive, genderqueer, Herschel, homosexuality, hormones, horror, Hospital, Ken Zucker, LGBT+, media, medical, mental health, mental illness, NHS, non conforming, non-binary, parents, review, sexual reassignment surgery, suicide, television, theory, trans, trans activism, transgender, Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?, transition, TV.

by Zoe Harding

On the same night Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best? aired (Thursday 12th), an apparently rather excellent documentary named Hospital exposed the difficult conditions under which the modern NHS works, bringing it to the attention of the nation that if you get sick and go to an NHS hospital, you’ll be treated by a doctor who’s working shifts more commonly seen in 19th-century coal mines while the Prime Minister calls them lazy. It was quite good. The subjects of Hospital (doctors) seem to have loved it. No such luck for the subjects of BBC2’s other documentary that night, however. Continue Reading

ACTING DISABLED: WHY WE NEED TO SEE DISABILITIES ONSCREEN

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged ableism, acting disabled, alison walsh, American Horror Story, arts, bbc, disability, disabled, disabled actors, disabled characters, diversity and inclusion team, ehlers danlos syndrome, Emilia Clarke, film, film industry, James Bond, julie fernandez, liz carr, mat fraser, Me Before You, nick duncalf, nikki fox, Perspectives, raoul silva, sam claflin, silent witness, skyfall, television, the office.

by Alice Thomson

(Content warning: discussion of ableism & ableist slurs)

The summer of 2016 saw outrage in response to the film Me Before You and its portrayal of disability. The film, directed by Thea Sharrock and based on the book by Jojo Moyes, is a romance following the lives of a young man (played by Sam Claflin) and woman (Emilia Clarke). Where’s the controversy in that, you ask? Well…

SEEING IS BELIEVING: WHY WE NEED MORE ASEXUALS IN OUR MEDIA

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged allosexual, asexual, asexuality, awareness, bbc, bisexuals, Dexter, gender, house, House MD, hypersexual, intimacy, lesbians, LGBT+, media, media representation, popular media, representation, sensual imagery, sex, sexual attraction, sexual relationship, Sherlock, Steven Universe, TV.

by Paige Selby-Green

It’s not news to know that we live in a hypersexual world, where the adage ‘sex sells’ is used to excuse a lot of the overtly sensual imagery thrown at us in day-to-day life. Sex is everywhere, even in adverts for things as mundane as sandwiches. It’s this steamy atmosphere that asexuals are facing as they finally begin to attain recognition in society, and there’s a distinct sense of what an uphill struggle it is.

Asexuality’s simplest definition is the lack of sexual attraction to any and all genders. Unfortunately, most allosexuals (people who aren’t asexual, and do experience sexual attraction) tend to get all amused and patronising when the words “I’m not interested in sex” are spoken in their vicinity. This is further exacerbated by the fact that this simplest definition is typically for the benefit of allosexuals, and does little to explain just how complex asexuality is.Continue Reading

NORWICH’S WAR ON FOOD WASTE

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national and tagged activism, bbc, EAT, Fareshare, farmshare, food, food chain, foodcycle, FoodHub, grassroots, Green, Green Party, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, local, M&S, Morrisons, norwich, poverty, retail, salvation army, Tesco, voluntary work, volunteers, Waitrose, War on waste, waste.

by Rowan Van Tromp

Those of you who know me, have read my articles or listened to me speak, will know that I am passionate about environmental sustainability within the food supply chain. I have highlighted issues of soil degradation associated with inorganic farming, as well as the vast resource usage and carbon emissions related to meat and dairy consumption, but there is one environmental issue that I have campaigned on more than any other, and that is food waste.
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NORWICH CITY, ONEL HERNÁNDEZ AND CUBAN SOLIDARITY IN FOOTBALL

By Howard Green

FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION

ISLAMOPHOBIA IN THE UK – ‘TOMMY ROBINSON’ IS A SYMPTOM NOT THE PROBLEM

REVIEW: TWO LITTLE DUCKS EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEW

50 YEARS – HOW FAR HAVE WE REALLY COME?

IT’S A GIRL!

REVIEW – TRANSGENDER KIDS: WHO KNOWS BEST?

ACTING DISABLED: WHY WE NEED TO SEE DISABILITIES ONSCREEN

SEEING IS BELIEVING: WHY WE NEED MORE ASEXUALS IN OUR MEDIA

NORWICH’S WAR ON FOOD WASTE

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