BLAMING THE BEAR – THE 21st CENTURY RED SCARE

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged 100 years, 1918 Immigration Act, 1918 Sedition Act, 2016 US Presidential election, activists, Adam Ramsay, anarchists, anti migrant, arrest, Arthur Miller, Artie Shaw, berlin wall, bolshevik party, Brexit, burqa ban, capitalism, capitalist west, Catalonia, cold war, communism, communist east, Department of Justic, deportation, EU referendum, General Strikes, government, hammer and sickle, Hollywood, independence referendum, Leave Campaign, media, muslim ban, nuclear weapons, openDemocracy, Palmer Raids, People's Republic of China, political phenomena, prevent strategy, provisional government, public hysteria, putin, Quebec, red menace, red scare, Russia, russian revolution, sharia law, Soviet, spain, Stalin, state power, The Crucible, Truman, Trump, US Patriot Act, USA, USSR, W E B Du bois, wwii, xenophobia.

by Chris Jarvis

Tuesday November 7th marked 100 years since the Russian Revolution, when the Bolshevik Party overthrew the Provisional Government in Russia established in February of 1917. What followed was 84 years of Government by the Party in Russia, and what came to be known as the USSR, as well as a global struggle for ideological, economic, military, and imperial dominance between the “communist” east and capitalist west.

Throughout that period, a central plank of western political policy and rhetoric was the fear-inducing concept of the red menace and its attempts to wreak havoc upon the democratic states of Western Europe and North America. Erosion of civil liberties, aggressive policies on migration, and imperialist adventures through East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa were all justified with the visage of Joseph Stalin, conniving communists. and the hammer and sickle looming ominously as a backdrop.

Amongst the most brazen of these were the infamous ‘red scares’ – periods of government, media and public hysteria about the communist threat, primarily confined to the USA. Continue Reading

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.

SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING – WHY THE NUS DISAFFILIATION ARGUMENT FAILS TO CONVINCE

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged activism, activists, alternative, Brexit, controversy, direct action, disaffiliation, EU, EU referendum, HE bill, Leave Campaign, legal support, malia bouattia, nss, NSS Boycott, NUS, nus elections, organisation, protests, referendum, rent strike, representation, Richard Brooks, rights, solidarity, student activism, student politics, student services, students, students' unions, tef, Tom Harwood, tuition fees, UCL.

by Alex Powell

Recent years, have seen a spate of referenda within students’ unions on whether they should continue their affiliation to NUS. One of the union’s most prominent critics, Tom Harwood, is running for NUS president this year. With all this going on, I feel like it’s a good time to throw my hat into the ring.

WHY ANOTHER EUROPE IS POSSIBLE: INTERVIEW WITH MARINA PRENTOULIS

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Another Europe is Possible, Brendan Barber, Brexit, Britain, david cameron, democracy, economy, EU, EU referendum, european identity, European Parliament, european union, grassroots, identity, immigration, jeremy corbyn, Labour, leadership, Leave Campaign, left wing, Marina Prentoulis, neoliberal, Remain Campaign, security, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, solidarity, Stronger In, Syriza, Tories, transparency, TTIP, uea lecturer, UKIP.

by Olivia Hanks

With just over six weeks to go until the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, the Remain campaign has two considerable problems. Firstly, the EU is so flawed, so bloated and undemocratic, in the eyes of virtually everyone, that it is very difficult even for those who will be voting Remain to get truly excited about it. Secondly, at the head of the campaign is David Cameron, a man so universally disliked by people of all political persuasions that it is a miracle he continues to cling to power.

There is very little in the lead Remain campaign to offer hope or inspiration to anybody. The three key points on the home page of Britain Stronger in Europe read #Better Economy. Better Leadership. Better Security’, which, reading between the lines, might be interpreted as follows: “We’ll make sure Britain keeps consuming the world’s resources at an unsustainable rate, while ensuring all the resulting wealth is concentrated at the top. Oh, and we’ll see to it those dirty foreigners don’t get their hands on any.”Continue Reading

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BLAMING THE BEAR – THE 21st CENTURY RED SCARE

REVIEW: TWO LITTLE DUCKS EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEW

SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING – WHY THE NUS DISAFFILIATION ARGUMENT FAILS TO CONVINCE

WHY ANOTHER EUROPE IS POSSIBLE: INTERVIEW WITH MARINA PRENTOULIS

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