Journey to Justice Economic (In)Justice series

Journey to Justice

A Journey to Justice podcast series exploring action for economic justice and understanding wealth inequality in the UK. The podcasts are part of our Economic Injustice project, a unique resource housing stories of action, non-violent tactics and expert analysis of the roots of economic inequality. If you’re interested in education for economic justice or community action, visit www.economicinjustice.org.uk. On the site you will find a link to our interactive civil rights exhibition, available at www.jtojhumanrights.org.uk. Donations https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/

  1. 11/20/2022

    Episode 19: Challenging the hostile environment and opportunities for young people

    In this episode our speakers Chrisann Jarrett, Kimberly Garande and Dr. Charlotte McPherson talk about challenging the hostile environment for migrants and young people’s opportunities and futures. Chrisann and Kimberly from the organisation We Belong, who challenge the ‘hostile environment’ and its impact on young migrants tell us how they appeal to common values of politicians across parties, to bridge political divides. They raise awareness of the issues, telling their stories and being strategic, equipping and galvanising young people to become changemakers. By making their action constituency-led and being persistent, We Belong were eventually invited to speak to the Home Affairs Select Committee in the UK Parliament to give evidence of the impact of the ‘hostile environment’ on their lives. Dr. Charlotte McPherson is currently working with Kings College London on a project that looks at the barriers to young people’s opportunities. Here she discusses what makes a society economically just; the effects of Covid-19 on people already experiencing poverty; in-work poverty and the lack of guaranteed income that comes with the gig economy; the importance of a living wage, work, education and the urgency to address the cultural devaluation of young people. Find out more about our speakers: We Belong: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/we-belong/ Dr. Charlotte McPherson: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/structural-economic-injustice/ Keep in touch with us: Email: economic@journeytojustice.org.uk Twitter: @JtoJustice Donate: Please support us. Every penny donated to Journey to Justice goes towards helping achieve our mission https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/ The project is a collaboration between Journey to Justice (creator), Rainbow Collective (film and audio producers) and Vanishing Point Creative (web designers and developers). With thanks to all our participants, volunteers, economic injustice advisory group, partners, and funders (Matrix Causes, Garden Court Chambers, MSN Fund, Lipman Miliband Trust, Diana Whitworth CAF Trust, Heitman, Andreas Welter, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), donations, artist postcards, and walks).

    57 min

  2. 10/30/2022

    Episode 18: Police Spies Out of Our Lives and Professor Gurminder Bhambra

    In this episode our speakers from PSOOL (Police Spies Out of Lives) and Professor Gurminder Bhambra talk about confronting undercover police infiltration and understanding the legacy of Empire. Two of the women who founded PSOOL – Police Spies Out of Lives in 2012 talk about their campaign for justice. The women were political activists and brought a legal case against the Metropolitan Police for deploying undercover police officers into their personal lives, including deceptive intimate relationships with them. PSOOL began as a support group and expanded to campaigning for justice and change to prevent such deception. Gurminder K Bhambra is Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies at the University of Sussex. She discusses the scale of the wealth extraction from former British colonies to fund British institutions; and the idea that an economically just world is about human value and fair distribution. She also explores nationalism during the Brexit referendum in contrast to a view of multicultural Britain helping the nation to get through Covid. Find out more about our speakers: PSOOL: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/psool-police-spies-out-of-lives/ Professor Gurminder Bhambra: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/legacy-of-empire/ Keep in touch with us: Email: economic@journeytojustice.org.uk Twitter: @JtoJustice Donate: Please support us. Every penny donated to Journey to Justice goes towards helping achieve our mission https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/ The project is a collaboration between Journey to Justice (creator), Rainbow Collective (film and audio producers) and Vanishing Point Creative (web designers and developers). With thanks to all our participants, volunteers, economic injustice advisory group, partners, and funders (Matrix Causes, Garden Court Chambers, MSN Fund, Lipman Miliband Trust, Diana Whitworth CAF Trust, Heitman, Andreas Welter, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), donations, artist postcards, and walks).

    56 min

  3. 10/16/2022

    Episode 17: Theatre, class and a redesigned economy

    In this episode our speakers Luke Aaron and Helen Barnard talk about theatre, class and a redesigned economy. Luke tells his story of being from a rural working class area and the lack of access to jobs, housing support, and opportunities that he needed. Now, as a drama student in London, Luke’s experiences inform his work - he uses theatre as a representational tool to give voice to those facing economic injustice. Helen is Deputy Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.  She analyses what makes a society economically just; how the causes of poverty interlink with employment, housing and social security; the need for a redesigned economy and housing market; the effect of the pandemic on low-income families, how the recovery should look and what form effective activism should take. Find out more about our speakers: Luke Aaron: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/theatre-class-and-economic-injustice/ Helen Barnard: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/a-redesigned-economy/ Keep in touch with us: Email: economic@journeytojustice.org.uk Twitter: @JtoJustice Donate: Please support us. Every penny donated to Journey to Justice goes towards helping achieve our mission https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/ The project is a collaboration between Journey to Justice (creator), Rainbow Collective (film and audio producers) and Vanishing Point Creative (web designers and developers). With thanks to all our participants, volunteers, economic injustice advisory group, partners, and funders (Matrix Causes, Garden Court Chambers, MSN Fund, Lipman Miliband Trust, Diana Whitworth CAF Trust, Heitman, Andreas Welter, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), donations, artist postcards, and walks).

    53 min

  4. 10/02/2022

    Episode 16: Economics of waste and the legacy of colonialism

    In this episode our speakers, Georgia Elliott-Smith and Professor Robert Beckford talk about the economics of waste, the morality of extreme wealth and the legacy of colonialism. Georgia talks about how she began a legal case to demand the UK government tax incinerator pollution after recognising that not only is the air pollution produced harmful to the environment, but Black and disadvantaged communities are disproportionately affected. The case  proceeded to the High Court in the UK after Georgia raised £30,000 in crowdfunding. Robert Beckford is Professor of Climate and Social Justice at the University of Winchester and a broadcaster with TV and radio.  Here he discusses some of the roots of social and economic justice in Britain; austerity as a political choice; the pay gap between workers; the gig economy and exploitation, colonialism and economic justice. Find out more about our speakers: Georgia Elliott-Smith: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/economics-of-waste/ Professor Robert Beckford: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/economic-injustice-in-history/ Keep in touch with us: Email: economic@journeytojustice.org.uk Twitter: @JtoJustice Donate: Please support us. Every penny donated to Journey to Justice goes towards helping achieve our mission https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/ The project is a collaboration between Journey to Justice (creator), Rainbow Collective (film and audio producers) and Vanishing Point Creative (web designers and developers). With thanks to all our participants, volunteers, economic injustice advisory group, partners, and funders (Matrix Causes, Garden Court Chambers, MSN Fund, Lipman Miliband Trust, Diana Whitworth CAF Trust, Heitman, Andreas Welter, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), donations, artist postcards, and walks).

    46 min

  5. 09/18/2022

    Episode 15: Trade union action and a recipe for economic justice

    In this episode our speakers, Lola McEvoy and Professor Barry Supple talk about working conditions during COVID-19 and a recipe for economic justice. Lola is a GMB organiser. She talks about the vital role of trade unions for economic justice. During the COVID-19 pandemic Lola contacted the national press to expose the PPE crisis in care homes. Her action led to a government investigation to ensure adequate PPE and full sick pay for everyone working in NHS hospitals who is not paid directly by the NHS. Barry Supple is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge, and a former Director of the Leverhulme Trust. He explains what an economically just society looks like and explores degrees of justice and fairness. He describes three important ingredients for achieving economic justice in society: the provision of education, a well-resourced welfare state and a progressive taxation system. Find out more about our speakers: Lola McEvoy: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/working-conditions-during-covid-19/ Professor Barry Supple: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/a-recipe-for-economic-justice/ Keep in touch with us: Email: economic@journeytojustice.org.uk Twitter: @JtoJustice Donate: Please support us. Every penny donated to Journey to Justice goes towards helping achieve our mission https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/ The project is a collaboration between Journey to Justice (creator), Rainbow Collective (film and audio producers) and Vanishing Point Creative (web designers and developers). With thanks to all our participants, volunteers, economic injustice advisory group, partners, and funders (Matrix Causes, Garden Court Chambers, MSN Fund, Lipman Miliband Trust, Diana Whitworth CAF Trust, Heitman, Andreas Welter, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), donations, artist postcards, and walks).

    33 min

  6. 09/04/2022

    Episode 14: Fashion, social justice and an economically just world

    In this episode our speakers, Professor Helen Storey and Tania Aubeelack talk about fashion, social justice and an economically just world. Professor Helen Storey MBE, RDI is Professor of Fashion and Science at London College of Fashion. Her work includes helping Syrian refugees in the Zaatari camp in Jordan, particularly women and girls, gain creative and economic power through making clothes, growing vegetables, creating businesses, dancing, and poetry. Tania Aubeelack is a human rights campaigner and community worker. She is Journey to Justice Chair of trustees and an aural historian with On the Record. She discusses what makes a society economically just; Covid-19 and the revealing of social and structural inequalities; generation rent, evictions, and the land monopoly; and links between the value of making work more meaningful, leisure and the gig economy. Find out more about our speakers: Professor Helen Storey: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/fashion-and-social-justice/ Tania Aubeelack: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/economic-justice-work-and-leisure/ Keep in touch with us: Email: economic@journeytojustice.org.uk Twitter: @JtoJustice Donate: Please support us. Every penny donated to Journey to Justice goes towards helping achieve our mission https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/ The project is a collaboration between Journey to Justice (creator), Rainbow Collective (film and audio producers) and Vanishing Point Creative (web designers and developers). With thanks to all our participants, volunteers, economic injustice advisory group, partners, and funders (Matrix Causes, Garden Court Chambers, MSN Fund, Lipman Miliband Trust, Diana Whitworth CAF Trust, Heitman, Andreas Welter, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), donations, artist postcards, and walks).

    48 min

  7. 08/21/2022

    Episode 13: Mya-Rose Craig and Lela Kogbara

    In this episode our speakers, Dr Mya-Rose Craig and Lela Kogbara talk about diversity, equality and access to nature and anti-apartheid campaigning and tactics. Dr Mya-Rose set up Black2Nature when she was just 13. Black2Nature houses activity camps in Bristol to help give young people in visible minority ethnic communities access to nature and tackle the lack of diversity in green spaces. Lela campaigned for the anti-apartheid movement in her local area of London, handing out leaflets, encouraging people to boycott South African goods, and building networks with churches and trade unions. Here Lola talks about how she helped organise letter writing to Members of Parliament, national days of action, and music benefit events to raise awareness of the issue. Find out more about our speakers: Dr Mya-Rose Craig: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/black-to-nature/ Lela Kogbara: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/anti-apartheid-campaign/ Keep in touch with us: Email: economic@journeytojustice.org.uk Twitter: @JtoJustice Donate: Please support us. Every penny donated to Journey to Justice goes towards helping achieve our mission https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/ The project is a collaboration between Journey to Justice (creator), Rainbow Collective (film and audio producers) and Vanishing Point Creative (web designers and developers). With thanks to all our participants, volunteers, economic injustice advisory group, partners, and funders (Matrix Causes, Garden Court Chambers, MSN Fund, Lipman Miliband Trust, Diana Whitworth CAF Trust, Heitman, Andreas Welter, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), donations, artist postcards, and walks).

    38 min

  8. 08/07/2022

    Episode 12: Action for affordable and healthy homes

    In this episode our speakers Costa Christou and Hero Austin and Margaret Agyapong talk about the urgent issue of affordable and healthy homes. As Chair of the Lambeth Community Land Trust, Costa who, along with the organisation Advocacy Academy, led a campaign using creative direct action, lobbying local councillors, and taking advice from a range of community members and organisations to ensure affordable housing was available in Lambeth, South London. He talks about how their years of campaigning resulted in a site on which to build affordable housing. Hero and Margaret are from PEACH: People's Empowerment Alliance for Custom House. They talk about tactics used by the group to successfully campaign for their homes to be returned to council ownership and secure repairs and rent reductions for all. Find out more about our speakers: Costa Christou: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/affordable-housing-is-an-urgent-issue/ PEACH: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/peach-peoples-empowerment-alliance-for-custom-house/ Keep in touch with us: Email: economic@journeytojustice.org.uk Twitter: @JtoJustice Donate: Please support us. Every penny donated to Journey to Justice goes towards helping achieve our mission https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/ The project is a collaboration between Journey to Justice (creator), Rainbow Collective (film and audio producers) and Vanishing Point Creative (web designers and developers). With thanks to all our participants, volunteers, economic injustice advisory group, partners, and funders (Matrix Causes, Garden Court Chambers, MSN Fund, Lipman Miliband Trust, Diana Whitworth CAF Trust, Heitman, Andreas Welter, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), donations, artist postcards, and walks).

    55 min
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A Journey to Justice podcast series exploring action for economic justice and understanding wealth inequality in the UK. The podcasts are part of our Economic Injustice project, a unique resource housing stories of action, non-violent tactics and expert analysis of the roots of economic inequality. If you’re interested in education for economic justice or community action, visit www.economicinjustice.org.uk. On the site you will find a link to our interactive civil rights exhibition, available at www.jtojhumanrights.org.uk. Donations https://localgiving.org/charity/journey-to-justice-london/

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