Monthly Archives: December 2014

Do They Know Its Christmas in Birmingham? The Politics of Austerity

Posted on December 13, 2014 by

Date: Tuesday December 16th 2014 Time: 7-9pm Place: New Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies @ The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Birmingham, B6 4UU Since May 2010 the UK has found itself under the auspices of austerity, undergoing cuts to the state and … Continue reading →

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Policing the plantation: Legalised killings of the ‘Bad Nigger’

Posted on December 8, 2014 by

The event ‘Black People vs Niggas: Race, class and the N word’ held at the Drum, drew a large crowd and intense debate about the word, its history and the appropriateness of using it.  We were fortunate to have to … Continue reading →

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