ON IMMIGRATION 2. CARBON CAUSES FOOTPRINTS

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged 350.org, african nations, angola, biosphere, carbon, climate change, climate migrants, decarbonise, developing, economic migrants, economics, environment, environment and human security, Ethiopia, fossil fuel, free market, global habitat, immigration, Kenya, Labour, lake chad, migrants, millennial generation, oil companies, on immigration, production, red meat, resources, somalia, systemic cause, temperature, understanding climate change, united nations university, West.

by Stu Lucy

Immigration is a complex concept., Sophisticated issues such as this are often reduced to simplistic and narrow trails of thought that exclude some of the intricacies vital in understanding the true scope of the issue. In my previous article, I attempted a brief, but lengthy, outline of aspects of economic history that I believe laid a foundation for the increase in migrants choosing to leave their home behind in search of a life they perceive could potentially produce prosperity. Intrinsically entwined into this history is a mechanism of production that, since the ‘great acceleration’, significantly contributes to environmental changes within our global habitat.

It is through this lens that I wish to proceed with this second piece on immigration, as I touch on a demographic within migrant populations forced from their homes by climate change.Continue Reading

ON IMMIGRATION 1. LET’S START AT THE BEGINNING

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Africa, Blair, Chicago, choice, Clinton, colonialism, conflict, economic migrant, economy, featured, free market, germany, globalisation, history, Irish, italian, migrant, migration, national socialism, New York, on immigration, risk, Third Way, totalitarianism, travel, work.

by Stu Lucy

Last time we met I penned a reflective piece that acknowledged not only my privilege but also the de facto situation of millions of people across the planet, not least in Africa, forced to make the difficult decision to leave all they know behind, hoping for a better life in alien and often hostile lands many thousand of miles away. I’d like now to rewind to the very beginning of that process to try and suggest why it is so many end up making such a choice.Continue Reading

FOOD (NOT SO) GLORIOUS FOOD. PART 2: BITTER-SWEET FREE MARKETS

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Africa, Algeria, Cadburys, chocolate, choice, coca cola, diabetes, diet, dystopia, food, free market, free trade, funding, globalisation, guidelines, health, macro nutrition, malnutrition, media, Millennium Development Goals, neoliberalism, Nigeria, obesity, poverty, South Africa, sugar, superfood.

by Stu Lucy

In the first article concerning the less palatable aspects of food within a global context, the paradox of abundance and dearth in both Ghana and the West were contextualised within an apparent food dystopia. On that journey, a foodstuff was briefly mentioned that has become almost omnipresent in weird people’s lives, and will be the focus of the next in this series of pieces illuminating the realities and practices relating to food and the international community. So without further ado, let us delve straight into the sickly-sweet world of sugar.Continue Reading

THERESA MAY HAS LOST CONTROL OF THE NARRATIVE. HER PREMIERSHIP IS DOOMED.

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Ancien Regime et la Revolution, Britain, change, control, deficit, dwp, elite, free market, French Revolution, globalisation, Hillary Clinton, inaugural speech, injustice, jeremy corbyn, lost control, Louis XVI, modern politics, MPs, narrative, neoliberalism, obama, Osbournism, party whip, policy, politics, post truth, public statements, seeds of change, tax breaks, theresa may, Toqueville, Tory, Trump, tuition fees, Universal Credit, Washington.

by Toby Gill

‘The most dangerous time for a bad government is when it begins to reform itself.’ – Alexis de Toqueville.

Give people an inch, and they will take a mile. This is what de Toqueville hinted at in his Ancien Regime et la Revolution, his celebrated account of the French Revolution. It was just as Louis XVI’s regime began to reform that the masses could take no more. Just as the promise of real change was made, the guillotine fell.Continue Reading

BRITAIN AS A CO-OPERATIVE ECONOMY: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY?

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged co-operative, coalition, collective, conservative, consumer co-operative, consumers, cooperative, david cameron, development, economy, ethical, free market, growth, local, Madison, Mondragon, multinationals, neoliberal, shareholders, spain, sustainability, theresa may, US, Wisconsin, worker co-operative, workers.

by Oliver Steward

The UK’s free-market economy as a whole is facing one crisis after another. That is why policy makers and businesses need to consider the co-operative option which offers products and services to our economy. Our corporate and political culture’s lack of innovation and strict adherence to the neoliberal free market means this is sadly more of a dream than reality. However, other nations have successfully replicated this alternative economic model to adapt to their own individual needs.Continue Reading

THE RIGHT ARE RUNNING SCARED – A RESPONSE TO TOM WELSH

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged academia, academic work, academics, access, alternative facts, capitalists, career, Chris Hanretty, City AM, commentary, education, elitism, experts, free market, GE17, general election, graduates, HE policy, higher education, historians, hyperbole, hypocrisy, inequality, Institute of Economic Affairs, jeremy corbyn, King's College London, Labour, left wing, marketisation, Michael Gove, no platforming, Oxford University, policy, private universities, privatisation, research, right wing, safe spaces, sensationalism, socialism, student debt, Taxpayers' Alliance, The Telegraph, Times Higher Education, Tom Welsh, Tories, tuition fees, u-turn, UEA, uk, universities, voters.

by Lewis Martin

In the midst of right-wing confusion about Jeremy Corbyn’s continuing support amongst the young, following a supposed u-turn on his flagship policy to scrap student debt, Tom Welsh of the Telegraph has unveiled a new thesis: the left will continue its resurgence so long as too many go to university*. His argument is as ridiculous as the title makes it sound, and his article is full of claims that are absurd, patronising and completely unsupported.

I AM BECOME THE EATER OF WORLDS: BRAY WYATT, UNDERTAKER, AND THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged arts, austerity, Bray Wyatt, class, cultural critique, culture, economy, free market, Greece, ideology, roland barthes, satire, social critique, society, UEA, UEA SU, Undertaker, Union of UEA Students, western civilisation, wrestlemania, wrestling, WWE.

by Jack Brindelli

Wrestlemania is here – and I have a challenge for you. I dare you to watch. I literally dare you. Yes, that’s right, WWE, ‘make-believe fighting’ if you really must label it that, where grown men and women play-fight on television for the entertainment of billions worldwide. “But Jack,” I hear you cry, “You’re a culture writer for the Norwich Radical! Surely you know better than to revel in such uncultured pastimes?!”

Now, in order to refute that, I could go into a lengthy and tedious history of the marriage between art, philosophy and combat. I could talk to you about wrestling in the world’s first democracy of ancient Greece, at the dawn of western civilisation. I could talk to you about the ancient Eastern martial arts that inspired Bruce Lee to greatness. I could reference Roland Barthes famous essay on the subject if I wanted. I could, but frankly, I don’t fancy pandering to the inherent class-snobbery behind suggesting wrestling is a ‘lowly’ distraction.

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ON IMMIGRATION 2. CARBON CAUSES FOOTPRINTS

ON IMMIGRATION 1. LET’S START AT THE BEGINNING

FOOD (NOT SO) GLORIOUS FOOD. PART 2: BITTER-SWEET FREE MARKETS

THERESA MAY HAS LOST CONTROL OF THE NARRATIVE. HER PREMIERSHIP IS DOOMED.

BRITAIN AS A CO-OPERATIVE ECONOMY: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY?

THE RIGHT ARE RUNNING SCARED – A RESPONSE TO TOM WELSH

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