TRADE SECRETS #1 – HOW TO HUNT THE STAG: POWER, BLACKMAIL AND EXPLOITATION

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Bretton Woods, Brexit, china, comparative advantage, David Ricardo, dilemma, economics, empire, exploitation, Game of Thrones, game theory, Greece, IMF, infant industry, Nanking Treaty, opium war, positive sum, power, privatisation, series, stag hunt, trade, trade secrets, trade secrets series, World Bank, zero sum.

By Toby Gill

Part of a new series exploring the concept and consequences of ‘free trade’ from a variety of perspectives.

John, Tyrion and Ned lie patiently in wait. They have cornered their target, a colossal, fully-grown stag, grazing nearby. The three of them are in position, bows drawn, waiting to strike. Suddenly the stag bolts, leaping into the undergrowth. Tyrion jumps into pursuit. He knows he has little hope of catching the beast, but he does not despair – it is headed directly towards John’s position. The creature approaches the bush where John is hiding, its end clearly drawing near. But there is no shot. The stag runs past unscathed, and escapes into the night. Tyrion runs over to the bush, exasperated, ready to strike John with the back of his hand. But John is not there. He is around the corner – attempting to catch a rabbit with his pocket knife.Continue Reading

GAME OF LOANS

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national, Student and tagged business, coalition government, competition, consumer, education, education system, education tax, game of loans, Game of Thrones, graduates, inequality, live within our means, loans, monopoly, Pokémon, Queen, student experience, student loans, students, tef, tuition fees, tuition fees hike, UEA, university, university fees, University of East Anglia, university of manchester.

by Sam Naylor

I’m sure there were resounding cheers from students and would be university slackers when universities across England began detailing their 2017 tuition fee rates. Some places, like the University of Manchester, have already stated that 2017 students can enjoy a mild increase to £9,250 per year of undergraduate study, whilst institutions like our local favourite UEA have been more cautious on their website assuming a 3% inflationary increase year-on-year (which is pretty much the same thing but it’s like Manchester has included a picture of the middle finger whereas UEA has written hahaha in small letters.)

Some might think that the universities of Manchester, Kent, and Durham are jumping the gun a bit as MPs are yet to vote on the increase in parliament but I’d rather see it as an eager sign of increasing students’ experiences rather than a money grabbing exercise. We will all remember being constantly instructed by our most benevolent regime to ‘live within our means’ and that acquiring debt is terrible for a country but a must for university students.Continue Reading

IT’S GRIM UP NORTH: HOW THE NORTH OF BRITAIN HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged austerity, British Isles, City, crisis, divide, economy, Game of Thrones, george osborne, GoT, Great Britain, independece, industry, inequality, london, mining, North, Plaid Cymru, politics, poverty, recession, Scotland, snp, south, steelworks, the north remembers, UKIP, Wales, westminster.

by Pierce Robinson

The North – South divide in the British Isles is still one of the most controversial topics in contemporary UK politics and society. The economic and political differences between the two ends of the country have been a common characteristic of these islands for decades. If you live anywhere north of Birmingham, the signs that you have entered a different part of the country are clear, even just the fact that you would choose gravy chips over a kebab – but most importantly, the level of poverty increases dramatically. The United Kingdom has the highest level of inequality in Western Europe, yet with a capital city that continues to flourish every day, why are we not seeing the similar signs of fortune increase in the North?Continue Reading

BEYONCÉ, HILLSBOROUGH AND UNITY THROUGH SONG

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged anthem, artist, arts, Beyonce, black women, BME, catharsis, charts, culture, Drake, empowerment, feminism, feminist, Game of Thrones, HBO, hillsborough, icon, LEMONADE, Liverpool FC, Malcolm X, media, Merseyside, MSM, music, music industry, Pitchfork, politics, pop, pop music, prince, radical, Taylor Swift, unity, VIEWS, Warsan Shire, women artists, You'll Never Walk Alone.

by Mike Vinti

It’s been a pretty big couple of weeks in the pop world. Prince died, Beyoncé pulled a well, a Beyoncé, and today (Friday April 29th) Drake has released his new album VIEWS. If ever there was a week to remind us of popular music’s impact on society and culture, this is the one.

While each of these moments are significant in their own right and worthy of articles of their own, of which there have been many, together they’ve demonstrated the power of music to unite people. Be it through, grief, shock or pure unadulterated hype, the three most significant cultural moments of the past eight days have used music to bring people together and for a few days at least, forget about those intent on tearing us apart.Continue Reading

DEAR CREATOR

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged art, artist, artwork, beth greene, comic, design, furiosa, fury road, Game of Thrones, games, kickass, lara croft, mad max, movies, night bitch, non binary artists, original design, rape, sansa stark, silk spectre, stories, the walking dead, TWD, watchmen, women artists.

by Asia Patel

THE MASQUE OF APATHY

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged arts, Britain, british politics, Game of Thrones, general election, Green, history, Labour, masque of apathy, Mike Leigh, Percy Shelley, Peterloo massacre, poetry, pop culture, snp, suffrage, Tory, vote, voting.

by Jack Brindelli

Last week, legendary British director Mike Leigh announced his next film project was to be a dramatisation of the events surrounding the Peterloo Massacre. Leigh reportedly plans to begin in 2017, two years before the massacre’s second centenary, and cited its “universal political significance” as to why it was such an important story to re-tell now. That universal significance, the political mainstream would have you believe, was as a fable to remind us of the importance of using our right to vote. People died fighting for your vote after all.

The slaughter itself took place on St Peter’s Field, Manchester on the 16^th of August 1819, when a crowd of up to 80,000 ordinary people gathered to demand that they be represented by parliament. When local magistrates called for the arrest of radical orator Henry Hunt, an armed cavalry charge sent to capture him and disperse the crowd murdered 15 civilians in cold blood, and wounded as many as 700 — an act of ‘heroism’ that seems to inspire the London Metropolitan police to this day.

Game of Thrones

TRADE SECRETS #1 – HOW TO HUNT THE STAG: POWER, BLACKMAIL AND EXPLOITATION

GAME OF LOANS

IT’S GRIM UP NORTH: HOW THE NORTH OF BRITAIN HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND

BEYONCÉ, HILLSBOROUGH AND UNITY THROUGH SONG

DEAR CREATOR

THE MASQUE OF APATHY

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