What is #DemandANewNormal, why is it needed, how did it come about.

We talk to two members of Plan-C as they describe how the project came to be.

"This project is a response to the moment  we saw the world stop and we saw that things could change rapidly and dramatically. That inspires you to think well if we can do it for this why can't we do it for the climate crisis, for systemic racism and why can't we revolution our society... We wanted people to think not just about this important moment of change but also about a future beyond capitalism "a new normal". Lots of radical demands for change and resistance opened up in this crisis and this project is trying to make sure that those stories are not lost and for us to be able to learn and work with those stories to recognise our power"

Join us to discuss what our new normal should be post pandemic and post 2020


https://www.weareplanc.org/blog/the-time-has-come-to-demand-a-new-normal/


https://www.demandanewnormal.info/

The first of a multipart series.

We are joined by teacher and NEU member Chris Hall, join us as we discuss how the NEU played its role in safeguarding us all during the pandemic and how the government were forced to take some serious U-turns during the process.  We go on to talk about the lack of a national education plan to help our schools and children recover post pandemic, and how schools are further being let down by the funneling of funds to multi academy trusts..,.

We talk to the Atamai tutor Centre,  a grassroots organisation offering extra curricular tuition to pupils of Bristol.  We talk about the need to include creativity, a decolonised curriculum, and decreasing the education qualification attainment gap.

Part 2 of a 2 part series,  Sam Berkson (Angry Sam) joins us as  we discuss the merits of our police force, the creation of a delinquent class, institutional racism, the war on drugs and more.

Sam's work can be found at :
myspace.com/poetthug
angrysampoetry.wordpress.com

Associate Professor David Harvie (as part of the University and College Union) discusses the inevitable consequences of the commodification of education .

We speak about the repercussions of precarious work, asset sweating, long term prospects for students saddled with debt, mental health in academia  and how we arrived at this situation in the first place

This is part 2 of a 2 part series...

The Problem with Universities Part 1.

Associate Professor David Harvie (as part of the University and College Union) discusses the inevitable consequences of the commodification of education .

We speak about the repercussions of precarious work, asset sweating, long term prospects for students saddled with debt, mental health in academia  and how we arrived at this situation in the first place

This is part 1 of a 2 part series...

I talk to SWARM (The Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement).

We ask them about their vision of a new normal post pandemic and post 2020, we discuss the hardship fund and their response to Dame Diana Johnsons Sexual exploitation bill, which aims to introduce the contentious Nordic Model.

 https://bcfmradio.com/bristolagenda.

Osei Johnson joins us from the  ACA - Afrikan Caribbean Assembly Youth Chapter as we discuss race politics across generations, across class and across our city.

We talk candidly about our Bristol elders, the work towards autonomous governance for the Afrikan Carribean community and beyond, base building and increasing our collective power, we touch on reparations and how you can support the movement.