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Pyramid Schemes and Revolutions - ‘Cursed Objects’ featuring Jack Shenker
Audio, Egypt, Political Crisis, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 9/18/23 Audio, Egypt, Political Crisis, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 9/18/23

Pyramid Schemes and Revolutions - ‘Cursed Objects’ featuring Jack Shenker

The ‘Cursed Objects’ podcast meets journalist Jack Shenker, and his broken revolutionary mug

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Inside the campaign at COP27 to free Egypt’s most famous political prisoner
Print, Egypt, Climate, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 11/17/22 Print, Egypt, Climate, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 11/17/22

Inside the campaign at COP27 to free Egypt’s most famous political prisoner

What happened when Sanaa Seif tried to shame the authorities into releasing her brother?

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Hostile Environment: Inside Britain’s Home Office
Audio, Britain, Borders, State Violence, Investigation Jack Shenker 8/15/22 Audio, Britain, Borders, State Violence, Investigation Jack Shenker 8/15/22

Hostile Environment: Inside Britain’s Home Office

On asylum, the UK’s political class has failed everyone - again and again. This audio deep dive into the making of the modern Home Office finds out why

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Ten Years On: “Young People Were Watching Their Futures Disappear Before Their Eyes”
Print, Britain, State Violence, Community, Resistance, Political Crisis, Cities Jack Shenker 8/6/21 Print, Britain, State Violence, Community, Resistance, Political Crisis, Cities Jack Shenker 8/6/21

Ten Years On: “Young People Were Watching Their Futures Disappear Before Their Eyes”

When the 2011 riots broke out, they were widely dismissed as plain criminality. A new work by artist Baff Akoto tells a different story – and shows how the civil unrest implicates us all

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Egypt’s Dystopia is a Lesson for the World
Print, Egypt, State Violence, Resistance, Political Crisis, Inequality, Cities Jack Shenker 1/25/21 Print, Egypt, State Violence, Resistance, Political Crisis, Inequality, Cities Jack Shenker 1/25/21

Egypt’s Dystopia is a Lesson for the World

Ten years after the revolution, Tahrir Square is sanitised, the dictatorship in place harsher than the one it replaced. But while the revolutionary generation came from ruins, it is not ruined

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Fortress Britain
Print, Audio, Britain, Community, Borders, State Violence, Political Crisis, Investigation Jack Shenker 1/4/21 Print, Audio, Britain, Community, Borders, State Violence, Political Crisis, Investigation Jack Shenker 1/4/21

Fortress Britain

From military barracks to private security guards: what kind of country awaits asylum seekers reaching the UK?

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Death at the Ministry
Print, Audio, Workers, State Violence, Resistance, Investigation, Britain Jack Shenker 7/6/20 Print, Audio, Workers, State Violence, Resistance, Investigation, Britain Jack Shenker 7/6/20

Death at the Ministry

How the coronavirus pandemic struck at the heart of Britain's government - and what it revealed about whose lives matter to those who govern us

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Conversations with Stuart Hall: Unravelling and Resistance
Print, Britain, Egypt, Political Crisis, Inequality, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 6/21/20 Print, Britain, Egypt, Political Crisis, Inequality, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 6/21/20

Conversations with Stuart Hall: Unravelling and Resistance

A keynote lecture given for the Stuart Hall Foundation's Third Annual Public Conversation at Conway Hall, London

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The Bullet Mistakenly Came Out of the Gun
Print, Egypt, Cities, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 11/30/17 Print, Egypt, Cities, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 11/30/17

The Bullet Mistakenly Came Out of the Gun

For the London Review of Books - Dystopian realities in Sisi's Egypt

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John Reed: The Journalist and the Revolution
Print, Egypt, Elsewhere, Political Crisis, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 10/16/17 Print, Egypt, Elsewhere, Political Crisis, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 10/16/17

John Reed: The Journalist and the Revolution

A hundred years on from the Russian Revolution, exploring John Reed's 'Ten Days That Shook The World' on the banks of the Nile

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Coming Home to the Counter Revolution
Print, Egypt, Cities, State Violence, Resistance, Inequality Jack Shenker 8/4/17 Print, Egypt, Cities, State Violence, Resistance, Inequality Jack Shenker 8/4/17

Coming Home to the Counter Revolution

For Granta magazine - A weird relationship with a wondrous city gets weirder still

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Marikana: After the Massacre
Print, Elsewhere, State Violence, Resistance, Community, Inequality, Investigation Jack Shenker 4/3/15 Print, Elsewhere, State Violence, Resistance, Community, Inequality, Investigation Jack Shenker 4/3/15

Marikana: After the Massacre

A series of special reports exploring the legacy of the Marikana mineworker massacre, in South Africa and beyond.

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The Corridors of Counter-Revolution: Sharm el-Sheikh and the International Elite
Print, Egypt, State Violence, Inequality, Resistance Jack Shenker 3/15/15 Print, Egypt, State Violence, Inequality, Resistance Jack Shenker 3/15/15

The Corridors of Counter-Revolution: Sharm el-Sheikh and the International Elite

As XR shifts away from radical action and the UK government restricts the right to protest, the climate movement is asking tough questions

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Beyond the Voice of Battle
Print, Egypt, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 8/19/13 Print, Egypt, State Violence, Resistance Jack Shenker 8/19/13

Beyond the Voice of Battle

In an arena of guns and certainties, other fault lines fade to darkness. This latest wave of state violence aims at destroying the very conditions of audibility in which revolutionary voices can be heard

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The ‘Left to Die’ Boat Scandal: How Dozens of Migrants Were Left By NATO Military Units to Perish at Sea
Print, Elsewhere, Borders, State Violence, Investigation Jack Shenker 3/1/12 Print, Elsewhere, Borders, State Violence, Investigation Jack Shenker 3/1/12

The ‘Left to Die’ Boat Scandal: How Dozens of Migrants Were Left By NATO Military Units to Perish at Sea

An exclusive investigation for the Guardian that provoked international outrage, and forced a policy change across Europe

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An Escape From the Arab Uprisings: One Migrant's Voyage to Europe
Print, Film, Elsewhere, Borders, Political Crisis, State Violence Jack Shenker 5/9/11 Print, Film, Elsewhere, Borders, Political Crisis, State Violence Jack Shenker 5/9/11

An Escape From the Arab Uprisings: One Migrant's Voyage to Europe

Mohamed Munadi's Tunisian village was barely affected by the uprising, but when Libya erupted he was one of many who fled to new shores

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Egypt 2011: ‘The World Turned Upside Down’
Print, Audio, Film, Egypt, State Violence, Political Crisis, Resistance Jack Shenker 1/25/11 Print, Audio, Film, Egypt, State Violence, Political Crisis, Resistance Jack Shenker 1/25/11

Egypt 2011: ‘The World Turned Upside Down’

A selection of news, comment and analysis from Jack Shenker’s award-winning Guardian coverage of Egypt’s revolutionary uprising

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Gaza Laid Bare
Print, Elsewhere, State Violence Jack Shenker 5/1/09 Print, Elsewhere, State Violence Jack Shenker 5/1/09

Gaza Laid Bare

December 27th, 2008: Operation Cast Lead and a society unstitched.

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