S&C regular and Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) member Stephen Harper reflects on some of the hypocrisy, sensationalism and inaccuracy of the UK media’s coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps I’m not the best [… read more ]
The CEO of Portsmouth-based charity Aurora New Dawn has signed an open letter from academics, activists and charities working to end sexual abuse, rejecting funding offered by Tommy Robinson as part of his European Election [… read more ]
A series of scandals expose the institutional racism of both the Westminster bubble and the London-based mass media. Labour’s alleged anti-Jewish racism is undisputed and condemned without equivocation. But right-wing racism is questioned and debated. [… read more ]
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is 70 this year. The anniversary went off with a bang, as the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume, highlighted what she called the ‘structural racism’ [… read more ]
S&C regular contributor Dianna Djokey interviews Celia Meiras, who plays Hanna in Hannah and Hanna in Dreamland, a play by John Retallack being staged at the New Theatre Royal on 16th October. The play has [… read more ]
On 10th July 2018, Shamira A. Meghani came to Portsmouth to contribute to a panel discussion for Hope not Hate Portsmouth on the importance of connection over hate and division. S&C is delighted to share [… read more ]
Many international problems have a local dimension, and the refugee crisis is no exception. Andrew Larder asks whether our city, which has a long and proud tradition of welcoming desperate people from all over the [… read more ]
Mark Wright talks to a South Asian resident of Portsmouth, “Charu Whitlam” – he requested S&C not to use his real name – about the privatisation of the NHS, the ‘fearful’ attitude of many Britons [… read more ]
Portsmouth writer and resident Richard Williams has never been so angry with a politician until now, when Theresa May has managed to avoid scrutiny over her record on counter-terrorism and national security, while elements of [… read more ]
Portsmouth University Reader in Film Studies and media expert Deborah Shaw talks to Mark Wright about the significance of Brexit in this election, the options open to progressive voters and the suspiciously cosy relationship between [… read more ]
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