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S2 E2: Migration, Marginalisation and Mobilisation: Leicester's South Asian Diaspora and Labour Rights Activism

S2 E2: Migration, Marginalisation and Mobilisation: Leicester's South Asian Diaspora and Labour Rights Activism

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 Leicester is home to a large South Asian community and often praised for being one of the most diverse cities in the UK - presented as a model of multicultural integration. However, labour exploitation strongly impacts the poorer demographics in the city, especially people with a recent history of migration that are employed in garment manufacturing. In May 2024, we dedicated an episode of our podcast to the Imperial Typewriters Strike of 1974 to mark the 50th anniversary of this seminal event in the political history of the South Asian diaspora in the UK and of Leicester's trade union movement. The following September, Francesco Sani moderated a roundtable of activists and trade unionists to understand what has changed in the city and what has stayed the same. Drawing from their experience of community and political activism, our guests Kaenat Yussufo (Labour Behind the Label), Shaista Jakhura (Panahghar) and Tom Barker (A Unison trade unionist from Ashfield Academy, Leicester) unpack the major dynamics that have led to the current state of affairs. For more information on Labour Behind the Label: https://labourbehindthelabel.org. You can read Labour Behind the Label's 2020 report on Boohoo here: https://labourbehindthelabel.org/report-boohoo-covid-19-the-people-behind-the-profit. For info about the campaigns Labour Behind the Label is currently engaged in: https://labourbehindthelabel.org/good-jobs-for-garment-workers (Petition in support of Leicester garment workers); https://labourbehindthelabel.org/supermarkets-back-leicester (ASDA, Tesco, M&S: support UK garment workers!). For more info on Panahghar: https://www.safehouse.org.uk For more information on the history of the Ashfield Academy trade dispute: https://socialistalternative.info/2024/03/20/new-socialist-alternative-publication-how-workers-can-win-lessons-from-the-strike-victory-at-ash-field-academy The text quoted in the podcast comes from Giulio Palermo, "Counter-power: a Marxist View— An Ontological Enquiry" Cambridge Journal of Economics 48-5 (September 2024), 843–868. For some additional perspectives on political activism, labour rights and decolonisation in the UK context: Preeti Dhillon, The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown People Fought for Change in the United Kingdom (London: Dialogue Books, 2023); Adam Elliott-Cooper, "Abolishing institutional racism" Race & Class 65-1 (April 2023), 100-118. We also recommend the blog series Decolonising Economics: https://developingeconomics.org/blog-series-decolonising-economics. Guests: Tom Barker, Shaista Jakhura, Kaenat Yussufo Host: Francesco Sani Produced by Weyland McKenzie-Witter at Nello and the People's Production LtdTwitter/X: @weylandmck Web: weylandmck.comWeb: nelloandthem.co.uk Music: AyChibs @AychibsImage: And Still She Rises by Marcus DoveDesign: Angy Ebrahim Stay connected with the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre:www.dmu.ac.uk/slrc Twitter/X: @SLRC_DMUJoin the mailing list by emailing slrc@dmu.ac.uk Stephen Lawrence Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH. United Kingdom © 2025 Stephen Lawrence Research Centre
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