Who do we think we are?

From Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, to the Windrush deportation scandal citizenship and the responsibilities of the UK government to the people of Hong Kong, it seems that citizenship and migration in Britain are never far from the headlines. Who do we think we are? explores all of this and more. Join Professor Michaela Benson and her guests as they debunk taken-for-granted understandings of who is a citizen and who is a migrant in Britain today.

S3 E11 Labour’s new immigration plan is anything but Brexit 05/23/2025

S3 E11 Labour’s new immigration plan is anything but Brexit Michaela and Nando get together to discuss the UK’s Labour Government 2025 promise to restore control over immigration by reducing net migration. The resonance with Brexit rhetoric couldn’t be clearer in the language and narrative surrounding this. Yet, Brexit remains the elephant in the room. They reflect on several key elements of the paper: health and social care visas, shifts in qualification levels and income requirements, student visas and e-visas. As their conversation highlights, the new immigration plan embeds further the criminalisation of certain migrants—and seeks new ways to do so—while offering no reflection on the absence of safe routes. From the announcements that surrounded the paper to the plans for reforming who can come to the UK and on what terms, what they reveal is the continuing significance of the far right anti-immigration politics in shaping the migration regime in Britain today. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website In this episode we cover … 1 2025 White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’ 2 Brexit and migration 3 Net migration Seminar questions 1. What does the term ‘island of strangers’ signal to you? 2. What are some of the main changes that the Labour Government are planning to make to the immigration system? 3. Why might it be important that we think about Brexit when considering migration to the UK in 2025? Find out more about … The Listen to .. Us talking on about how EU leaders want to copy the Rwanda Plan with Migrant Rights’ Network’s Fizza Qureshi on ‘safe routes’ and the Rwanda Plan Nando’s podcast Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our . To find out more about Who do we think we are? On our , , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/36687595

S3 E10 Migration and the making of Global Britain 03/15/2024

S3 E9 (Not so) safe routes 02/15/2024

S3 E8 Fortress Britain? 01/18/2024

BtH2 E2 Beyond the headlines … Care Activism with Ethel Tungohan 12/14/2023

S3 E7 Families at the borders 11/16/2023

BtH2 E1 Beyond the headlines … at Manchester Museum with Senna Yousef and Caitlin Nunn 11/10/2023

S3 E6 Migrant Rights 2.0 10/12/2023

S3 E5 Migration, diaspora, diplomacy 09/14/2023

S3 E5 Migration, diaspora, diplomacy What role do diplomacy and the power play between states play in the development of migration policy? And how can turning our attention to the significance of foreign policy within migration governance help us in understanding the post-Brexit migration regime in the UK? In this jam-packed episode, we consider how foreign policy and geopolitics shapes migration and mobility regimes. Catherine Craven explains what we mean when we talk about migration diplomacy. Fiona Adamson, Professor of International Relations at SOAS, invites us to think about how migration and diaspora feature in inter-state relations, with a particular focus on the EU. Through the discussion of the UK’s new humanitarian visas and the citizens’ negotiations, Nando and Michaela reflect on the relationship between migration diplomacy and the UK’s shifting position on the world stage after Brexit. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website In this episode we cover … Migration diplomacy and the geopolitics of migration Hong Kong BN(O) and Ukraine Visa schemes Brexit and the citizens’ rights negotiations Active listening questions What does ‘migration diplomacy’ mean? What actors do and can engage in migration diplomacy? What diplomatic instruments can states use to govern international migration? Which new visa routes and trade and mobility agreements has Britain negotiated and/or implemented since Brexit? Find more about …   The uses of Why are here to stay How the Our podcast picks ... Explore background debates and concepts in International Relations theory more generally at NPR’s Throughline on Call to action  on all major podcasting platforms or through our .  Get all the latest updates from the   on  and  Follow Who do we think we are? on ,  or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/28022409

S3 E4 A New Plan for Migration? 08/10/2023

S3 E4 A New Plan for Migration? What’s changed in the UK’s approach to migration since Brexit? How has this impacted on migration flows? Who is and isn’t migrating to the UK ? In A New Plan for Migration? we consider the shape and structure of the UK’s regulation and governance of migration since leaving the European Union. Catherine Craven explains what we mean when we talk about Migration Regimes, and shows how this works in practice. Barrister, author and Founder of Colin Yeo, shares his thoughts on what has and hasn’t changed in terms of laws and policies on UK immigration since Brexit. And our presenters Michaela Benson and Nando Sigona consider the politicisation of migration, and how this is reflected in rhetoric and the framing of new legislation, policy and guidelines, and what EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU have to say about it. And they ask the question is the post Brexit regime just? You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website Who do we think we are? In this episode we cover … Migration regimes New plan for migration Post-Brexit borders and immigration controls Active listening questions: How would you define a migration regime? What do migration regimes do for states? In what ways has the UK’s migration regime changed since Brexit, if at all? Find out more about … in Michaela and Nando’s piece for Open Democracy The injustices inherent in the UK’s current immigration system from Colin’s book An early call for the institution of a fair global migration regime in article by Stephen Castles Podcast recommendations: Colin on the Politico podcast: Listen to the for regular updates and commentaries on UK immigration law Check this episode of where Colin joined Michaela and Ala Sirriyeh to discuss Suella Braverman Call to action  on all major podcasting platforms or through our .  Get all the latest updates from the   on  and  Follow Who do we think we are? on ,  or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/27646905

S3 E3 Bye, Bye Britain 07/07/2023

S3 E3 Bye, Bye Britain Understandings of migration are invariably reduced to immigration, framed by the policy agenda of receiving states. But what about the people who leave? And why does it matter that we remember, as French-Algerian sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad stressed, that ‘every immigrant is also an emigrant’? From the role of emigration in the making of the British empire and other European colonial powers to its neglect in public and political conversations about migration today, this episode explores what is opened up when we turn the spotlight onto those leaving the sovereign territory of a nation. Elena Zambelli explains what we mean when we talk about emigration. Mukti Jain Campion, founder of the independent production company Culture Wise, reminds us of the relationship between emigration and the making of the British Empire. Nando and Michaela reflect on why we need to talk about emigration today. We look into how states engage with emigration from its role in net migration figures through to policies and concerns over brain drains. And we turn to consider who is leaving Britain today, drawing on what British citizens and EU nationals taking part in our research told us about the significance of Brexit to their emigration decisions. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website In this episode we cover … Emigration and colonisation Leaving Britain today Brexit and Brits Abroad Active listening questions Do you have any family members who have emigrated from their country of origin? What do you know about their reasons for leaving? What do you think understanding emigration can add to our understandings of migration? What is the relationship between British emigration and British colonialism? And how does this shape the experiences of British citizens emigrating today? What relationship does your country have with its citizens who have moved abroad? Hear more from Michaela and Mukti about Learn about The Migration Museum’s Explore the of British citizens living in the EU Our podcast picks ... – 400 Years of Emigration from Britain BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, Call to action  on all major podcasting platforms or through our .  Get all the latest updates from the   on  and  Follow Who do we think we are? on ,  or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/27355185

BONUS Interview with Elspeth Guild 06/22/2023

S3 E2 Free Movement, limited 06/02/2023

S3 E2 Free Movement, limited We’re talking Freedom of Movement, its role in the formation of an EU–wide imagined community, and the experiences of people who have lost their FOM rights due to Brexit. Catherine Craven explains what we mean when we talk about Freedom of Movement within the EU, its institutional underpinnings and social implications. Elspeth Guild, legal scholar and counsel, joins us to talk about the history and evolution of Free Movement rights within the EU, what Freedom of Movement does for Europeans and the meaning of EU citizenship, as well as the significance of the external EU border and the politicisation of asylum in the story of EU Free Movement. Nando and Michaela reflect on changes to who moves within Europe, how mobility within the EU relates to feelings of identity and belonging, as well as the inequalities that exist amongst EU citizens when they exercise Free Movement rights, and the impact of Brexit on those people who have lost their rights to FOM since Brexit. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website In this episode we cover … 1 Freedom of Movement 2 EU citizenship, identity and belonging 3 What Brexit and the loss of FOM has meant for British citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the UK Active listening questions How would you describe Freedom of Movement? What factors might shape people’s experience of moving within the EU? And relatedly, what challenges or opportunities might people face when they move within the EU? What role does migration play in creating and maintaining a ‘community of Europeans’? In what ways has Brexit changed how you - your family & friends - can move to or within the EU? Find more about … How migration and asylum relate to the “European way of life” from Elspeth’s in the European Law Journal How British People of Colour experience Brexit in Michaela Benson and Chantelle Lewis’ article in What Brexit means for British citizens in the EU-27 in this What place has got to do with identifying as European in this on Brexit, emotions and belonging by Nando Sigona and Marie Godin And why is London the (best) place to be for Roma? Watch this on European belongings and political participation beyond Brexit. Our podcast picks ... – Free Movement on Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our . Get all the latest updates from the on and Follow Who do we think we are? on , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/26961339

S3 E1 Of Kings, Songs and Migrants 05/05/2023

S3 E1 Of Kings, Songs and Migrants What does Eurovision have to do with the Coronation? We’re talking about what we learn about ‘Global Britain’ and its imagined community from looking at how migrants understand major cultural events. Elena Zambelli explains what social scientists mean when they talk about the imagined community. Laura Clancy, sociologist of the royal family, joins us to talk about the missing voices in conversations about the future of the British monarchy. Co-hosts Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson reflect on what British citizens living abroad, EU citizens and others who have made the UK their homes told them about how they understand Britain and their place within it following Brexit. And consider what hearing from them about the monarchy, the Commonwealth Games and Eurovision makes visible about the new borders of political membership and symbolic boundaries of belonging. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website In this episode we cover … 1 The imagined community 2 The monarchy and the myth of the British nation 3 Eurovision, the Commonwealth Games and Royal Events Active listening questions What imagined community, or imagined communities, do you feel that you belong to? Are there public events during which you do or could celebrate your belonging to this or these communities? Which ones? Who do you think is excluded from this imagined community and how? And what does this tell us about the symbolic boundaries of this community? Find more about … What EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU think about the monarchy in in the Sociological Review Magazine The concept of imagined community in Benedict Anderson’s and the critique offered by Partha Chatterjee’s Laura’s sociology of the royal family in her book and the Surviving Society podcast miniseries Our podcast picks for this episode are: Academic Aunties on ‘’ The Allusionist on Coversations with IRiS on Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our . Get all the latest updates from the on and Follow Who do we think we are? on , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/26719149

[SWAP] Uncommon Sense: Security, with Daria Krivonos 04/21/2023

[SWAP] Uncommon Sense: Security, with Daria Krivonos Too often, talk about security seems to belong to politicians and psychologists; to discussions about terrorism and defence, individual anxiety and insecurity. But how do sociologists think about it? And why care? Daria Krivonos – who works on migration, race and class in Central and Eastern Europe – tells Alexis and Rosie why security matters. What’s the impact of calling migration a “security threat”? How does the security of the privileged rely on the insecurity of the precarious? And, as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, what would it mean to truly #StandwithUkraine – from ensuring better job security for its workers abroad, to cancelling its debt? Plus: pop culture pointers; from Kae Tempest’s “People’s Faces” to the movie “The Mauritanian” – and Alexis’ teenage passion for Rage Against the Machine. Guest: Daria Krivonos Hosts: Rosie Hancock, Alexis Hieu Truong Executive Producer: Alice Bloch Sound Engineer: David Crackles Music: Joe Gardner Artwork: Erin Aniker Find more about Uncommon Sense at . Episode Resources Daria, Rosie and Alexis recommended Kae Tempest’s song “People’s Faces” Rage Against the Machine’s song “Without a Face” Kevin Macdonald’s movie “The Mauritanian” From The Sociological Review – Michaela Benson and Nando Sigona – Brenna Bhandar – Susan Marie Martin By Daria Krivonos “Racial capitalism and the production of difference in Helsinki and Warsaw” (forthcoming) Further readings – Alison Mountz – Danish Refugee Council World Food Programme and statistics – UN Secretary-General – Diane Taylor – Nira Yuval-Davis, Georgie Wemyss and Kathryn Cassidy Anthony Giddens’ ; including /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/26588016

S2 BONUS Behind the Scenes 03/31/2023

S2 E10 In dialogue 03/24/2023

S2 E9 East-West inequalities and the remaking of unequal Europeans 02/17/2023

S2 E9 East-West inequalities and the remaking of unequal Europeans What does the characterisation of those from Europe’s east as migrants by politicians and in some corners of the media make visible about the politics of migration? What is distinctive about the ways in which they are migratised and racialised? And what does this offer to understandings of racism and racialisation? We’re joined by Aleks Lewicki (University of Sussex) to discuss how critical race theory and postcolonial scholarship can deepen our understandings of repertoires of racism as these play out between ‘Europeans’. Presenter Michaela Benson explores how borders within Europe shifted over the course of the twentieth century. Podcast researcher George Kalivis goes back in the archive to consider the 2003 EU Accession Treaty. And Aleks introduces us to her work about how those from Europe’s east are migratised and why we need to carefully consider what their racialisation makes visible about the distribution of power, past and present, within Europe. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website In this episode we cover … 1 Unequal Europes and unequal Europeans 2 The 2003 EU accession treaty 3 Capitalism and the formation of European nation-states Quote ‘Postcolonial approaches draw our attention to the longer durée of precarious labour mobility … there were parallel processes of extractivism occurring. Where Europe ventured out as part of colonialism, and positioned the colonies subsequently as peripheries, at the same time, there was also an extraction of resources and cheap labour from Europe's east, which thereby became positioned as a semi periphery. If we consider these longer histories, it becomes apparent what this meant for the region … generation after generation of people had to at some point, move west to make a living and engaged in various forms of precarious labour mobility’. —Aleks Lewicki Find out more about … Aleks’ and her paper on If you liked this episode, check out our previous episodes on this topic with Bolaji Balogun and Marius Turda on , Nando Sigona on , and Manuela Boatcă on Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our . To find out more about Who do we think we are? On our , , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/25939563

S2 E8 Who is a migrant? 01/20/2023

S2 E8 Who is a migrant? There is nothing politically neutral about classifying and categorising people as migrants. This is a process through which certain individuals and populations are defined as migrants, whether they have crossed borders or not. It has political consequences and impacts for those who find themselves labelled as such. In this episode we turn to this always-political question to consider what this means for how we study and research migration. Researcher George Kalivis goes back to the 1970s to consider the Grunwick industrial dispute. Presenter Michaela Benson considers what the UK’s post-Brexit immigration system, makes visible about class and migration. And Bridget Anderson Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship at the University of Bristol joins us to talk about why we need to turn our attention to how the distinctions between citizens and migrants are made and to what ends, and what conceptual tools might be useful in excavating the connections between migrants and citizens as we consider the always-political question ‘Who is a migrant?’ You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website In this episode we cover … 1 Migrantisation and racialisation 2 Grunwick Dispute 3 Post-Brexit immigration regime Quote Given that ‘migrant’ is a social as well as a legal construction, then we as researchers are part of making the subordinated character of the migrants … migrants and migration, migrant and citizenship are not just neutral descriptors, they make power relations between each other and between a person and state. —Bridget Anderson Find out more about … Bridget’s and Read Bridget’s work on and We also recommend Alyosxa Tudor’s work on Michaela’s research on The Grunwick industrial dispute from the and the Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our . Visit us via our , , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/25656564

BtH1 S8 Beyond the headlines … with İdil Akıncı-Pérez 12/23/2022

S2 E7 European Identities from the Aliens Act 1905 to Brexit 12/09/2022

S2 E7 European Identities from the Aliens Act 1905 to Brexit Who is unquestionably European? From Brexit to the war in Ukraine, this question has come to the fore as people of colour have found themselves disproportionately questioned as they try to exercise their rights as European citizens. We’re joined by Bolaji Balogun (University of Sheffield) and Marius Turda (Oxford Brookes) to discuss the longer history of migration between Europe the UK, how this history interplays with the development of immigration controls in the UK (and elsewhere), and the development of European identities from the early twentieth century to the present-day. George and Michaela consider the disproportionate challenges that European people of colour have faced in securing their post-Brexit status through the EU settled status scheme. In our explainer, Michaela explores the social and political context that led to the development of the 1905 Aliens Act. And in conversation, Bolaji and Marius introduce us to the role of eugenics and race science in the development of early immigration controls in the UK and how this set the stage for the racialised exclusions at the heart of contemporary immigration controls and governance practices across Europe. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website In this episode we cover … The Aliens Act 1905 Eugenics, race science and immigration controls European identities and Whiteness Quote The ways in which migration and citizenship are processes of inclusion and exclusion at the same time. As a citizen you think you're actually free to move around. But the same process of citizenship has been used to actually exclude and to reduce also, what you can have access to and what you canot. And actually eugenics provided tools for that to actually happen. —Bolaji Balogun We attach so much importance to historical myths of origins. And those continue to fuel, often negatively, fantasies of belonging. And white supremacy and whiteness is based on the fantasy of belonging, these ideas have never gone away. — Marius Turda Find out more about … Bolaji and his , follow him on , and read his paper Marius’s work on , follow him on , and read his paper Dahaba Ali Hussen’s , the organisation documenting systemic racism in the EUSS scheme Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our . To find out more about Who do we think we are? On our , , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/25200366

BtH1 S7 Beyond the headlines … with Hannah Lewis 11/25/2022

S2 E6 Imagining a new Britain, 20 years on 11/11/2022

BtH1 E6 Beyond the headlines … with Cecilia Menjívar 10/28/2022

S2 E5 What can we learn about what British and EU citizenship from Brexit? 10/14/2022

S2 E5 What can we learn about what British and EU citizenship from Brexit? As people find themselves queueing up at border controls in EU member states, as their passports are stamped, there have been questions about why these things are happening. It’s all because of Brexit, and more specifically, the end of free movement between the UK and EU which means that British citizens are no longer EU citizens. But what do you know about EU citizenship is and isn’t? In this episode we’re joined by Nando Sigona, Professor in International Migration and Forced Displacement at the University of Birmingham, to talk Brexit, EU citizenship and what this makes visible about British citizenship. Michaela’s explainer offers a whirlwind tour of EU citizenship from the Maastricht Treaty to Brexit, highlighting its emergence in the context of ambitions for European integration and considering what the loss of EU citizenship means for British citizens and their families. George experiences déjà vu as he uncovers how some politicians and parliamentarians in the UK responded to the idea of EU citizenship when it was mooted in 1992. And Nando helps us unpack what we can learn about citizenship from looking at Brexit as a political transition, its impacts on the lives of EU citizens living in the UK but also considering this in the context of racialised bordering practices, past and present, in the UK and EU. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on the . In this episode we cover … The Maastricht Treaty, EU citizenship Freedom of Movement Brexit and EU citizens Quote In a sense Brexit was a laboratory for seeing the redefinition and rewriting of citizenship in action but was not new in itself, actually there is almost an institutional memory of how to do these kind of things in the case of Britain. — Nando Sigona Find out more about … Nando and his work , follow him on , read his book This episode’s primary source for Michaela’s work including with Chantelle Lewis Call to action on major podcasting platforms or through our . Follow us on , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/24675741

BtH1 S5 Beyond the headlines … with Colin Yeo 09/30/2022

S2 E4 What do family migration rules reveal about British citizenship today? 09/16/2022

S2 E4 What do family migration rules reveal about British citizenship today? You start a relationship with someone living abroad. As the relationship gets serious, you decide to take the next steps and live together. But there's a border in the way. We’re joined by , senior lecturer in sociology at Lancaster University to talk about how borders disrupt and remake families, why as a British citizen your non-British family members are not exempt from immigration controls and what this tells us about British citizenship today. George Kalivis goes back into the archive to look at the secret deportation of Chinese merchant seamen from Liverpool after WW2 and how this shattered families and left many unanswered questions for their wives and mixed-race children left behind. Michaela Benson looks at the 2012 changes to the UK’s immigration rules and their impact on non-British family members, the ‘Surinder Singh’ route which exempted from the UK’s domestic immigration controls for some family members under EU free movement directives. And Ala talks to Michaela about how family migration rules exclude people on the grounds of race and class, and the creative ways in which people try to overcome these in order to simply live together. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on the . In this episode we cover … The secret deportation of Chinese Merchant Seamen Family Migration Rules The right to family life, the Surinder Singh Route and Brexit Quote In looking at the impacts of these family migration rules shows us the blurring of the migrant-citizen divide … The kind of hierarchies of citizenship are not simply about being citizen or migrant but are based in much more complex and less stable ways … around a kind of hierarchy around axes of race and class. — Ala Sirriyeh Find out more … about Ala and her work , take a look at her books and , and follow her on . Further Resources Ala’s article . Dan Hancox’s Guardian articles on and . Michaela’s co-authored works on and how . If you liked this episode, you might also enjoy our episodes on and . Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our . To find out more about Who do we think we are?, including news, events and resources, follow us on , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/24385077

S2 E3 How do protest and resistance make citizens and citizenship? 08/19/2022

S2 E3 How do protest and resistance make citizens and citizenship? Over the past few years, international media has been full of reports of protest among them the global Black Lives matter protests, the uprisings in Hong Kong, and Extinction Rebellion. Beyond these social movements, we have seen community action aimed at resisting immigration raids and standing up for trans- and migrant rights among others. These acts of resistance and protest reveal another side to citizenship, where those not granted rights take matters into their own hands and claim their right to claim in their struggles against injustice. In this episode, we consider citizenship through a lens onto resistance and protest. Presenter Michaela Benson introduces the idea of citizenship as a site struggle, as always in the making. Podcast researcher George Kalivis reflects on recent protests in London. And we’re joined by Engin Isin, Professor in International Politics at Queen Mary University of London, to explain what acts of citizenship are and the potential of these to challenge dominant framings of who counts as a citizen through examples that include Rosa Parks, Tiananmen Square and the Windrush Deportation Scandal You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on the . In this episode we cover … 1 Acts of citizenship and citizenship struggles 2 Resistance, protest and social movement 3 Rosa Parks, Tiananmen Square and the Windrush Deportation Scandal Quote As long as there was notion of citizenship or some form of the dominant virtue of a dominant person, there was resistance to it, there was never a moment where the alternative of citizens just dropped arms and stopped resisting it, it's impossible to think so that resistance itself is, is hope, but also inspiration. — Engin Isin Where can you find out more about the topics in today’s episode? Find out more about Engin and his work on citizenship We particularly recommend his work on and the Visit the journal George consulted the in The Observer about resistance to immigration raids in Peckham Listen to Étienne Balibar talk about the unfinished history of citizenship Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our . To find out more about Who do we think we are?, including news, events and resources, follow us on , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/24068571

BtH1 E4 Beyond the headlines … with Alison Phipps and Tawona Sithole 08/05/2022

BtH1 E4 Beyond the headlines … with Alison Phipps and Tawona Sithole In June 2022, the headlines in the UK were full of news about the Rwanda plan. As an ECHR ruling halted the first deportation flight scheduled to depart from Rwanda, from the Prince of Wales to the Archbishop of Canterbury it was the high-profile opponents of the scheme to offshore the UK’s responsibilities to those seeking asylum that caught the attention of the press. But this public outpouring of resistance to bordering did not emerge from nowhere. It sits on years of resistance and protest from the grassroots and within local communities. , UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow, and Sitholé (AKA Ganyamatope), Poet-in-Residence for the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network join Michaela and Ala to go beyond the headlines to look into the roles of local communities in resistance to bordering. Taking local community action in Glasgow as a starting point, they explore everyday acts of resistance, the connections between solidarities movements around the UK, and the political potential of poetry and storytelling. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on the . In this episode we cover … 1 The Rwanda Deportation Scheme 2 Glasgow and the Kenmure Street Protests 3 Migrant solidarity across the UK Quote [I]t isn't the stopping of the Rwanda flight that led to the publication of the Bill of Rights … that bill should have been unthinkable. And it has been thinkable because vested interests wish to see the removal of human rights from large swathes of the population, in the interests of vested in offshored capital, and outsourcing as a way of thinking about human beings and human beings not as human beings, but as human capital. — Alison Phipps Where can you find out more about the topics in today’s episode? Our headline ‘’ was published in The Guardian, 14 June 2022 Alison Phipps is on at . Read her thoughts on the Rwanda Plain in this blogpost You can also hear more from her here Tawona Sitholé (AKA Ganyamatope) is on or at . Find more of his work at . The poems performed in the episode are words and To learn more about activism in Glasgow we recommend, article on ‘The festival of resistance’ a year on from Kenmure Street protests, article on the protests against the Rwanda plans and blog on the Glasgow girls and Roza Salih’s journey to becoming a candidate for the Scottish Parliament election. Call to action on all major podcasting platforms or through our RSS Feed. To find out more about Who do we think we are?, including news, events and resources, follow us on , or . /episode/index/show/whodowethinkweare/id/23956479

*EPISODE SWAP* Surviving Society E147 Aleema Gray: Notes on the Rastafari Movement in Britain 07/22/2022

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