Tag: UK politics
Vito Laterza , June 7th, 2017
Tomorrow’s general election in the UK will have an impact beyond the narrowing borders of the growing white nationalist parochialism that has infected Britain from left to right….
Vito Laterza , March 16th, 2017
Check out my latest piece in Africa Is A Country on South African prominent white politician Helen Zille’s tweets in defence of colonialism. I talk about southern African…
Vito Laterza , February 27th, 2017
An imaginary conversation with the Labour leadership. Me: “Was it right to push your MPs to vote for Brexit with no conditions attached? None of your amendments have…
Vito Laterza , January 23rd, 2017
The poor showing at Trump’s inauguration, and the massive turnout at the Women’s Marches, together with Trump’s popular vote defeat by nearly 3 million votes, prove that chasing…
Vito Laterza , July 6th, 2016
Today Sir John Chilcot released his report on the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath (you can download the report here). He summarised his findings…
Vito Laterza , June 22nd, 2016
Tomorrow the British will go to the polls to decide whether UK should stay within the European Union or not. I truly hope that the majority will vote…
Vito Laterza , December 31st, 2015
With best wishes for a healthy and productive 2016! 1 – WHITE PRIVILEGE UNDER ATTACK Debates and struggles around race have taken centre-stage in 2015, with an intensity…
Vito Laterza , December 27th, 2015
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn could soon sack major figures of the shadow cabinet that are opposed to his agenda, especially the principled anti-war stance on the Syrian…
Vito Laterza , December 2nd, 2015
Tonight’s vote in the Commons about Cameron’s plans to bomb Syria has a relevance well beyond the UK borders. Things are heading towards a full military invasion with…
anthropologyworks , May 17th, 2015
Disenchantment and British politics Emma Crewe, social anthropologist and research associate at SOAS, the University of London, published an op-ed in the Times Higher Education (U.K.) on how…