As Donald Trump violates both human rights and democratic norms and fascism has become a mainstream ideology in Europe again, the moment to mount progressive, collective resistance has never been more urgent. From the weekend to contraception, universal suffrage to maternity leave everything working people have in this country they have fought for. Gary Younge argues that today those rights are under attack as never before and to keep them we will have to draw on our radical traditions and new alliances. This event will be chaired by Emy Onuora.
Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester. Formerly a columnist at The Guardian, he has written six books, most recently Dispatches From the Diaspora. Winner of the 2023 Orwell Prize for Journalism and the 2025 Robert. B. Silvers Prize for Journalism, he has written for the New York Review of Books, Granta, GQ and The New Statesman, among others, and made radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from gay marriage to Brexit. His fifth book, Another Day in the Death of America, won the J. Anthony Lukas Prize from Columbia School of Journalism and Nieman Foundation.
Emy Onuora holds an MA in Ethnic Studies and Race Relations from the University of Liverpool and has lectured extensively on race and sport in higher education. He was the co-editor of What’s the Score, a Merseyside-based football fanzine, and is the author of Pitch Black: The History of Black British Footballers. Emy currently serves as the Race Equality Project Manager at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
Given the urgency of the global situation, Gary feels it imperative to talk about how we resist, right here and right now. If you are intrigued about The Man Who Photobombed De Gaulle, Gary will touch on him that at the beginning of the event.
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Public Transport:
Bus: From the city centre, buses 14 and 79 go up Brownlow Hill around every 5 minutes. The buses leave from the side of the Adelphi Hotel at the bottom of Brownlow Hill and stop outside the Victoria Gallery & Museum at the top of Brownlow Hill
Nearest train station(s): Liverpool Central (Approx. 15 min walk), Liverpool Lime Street (Approx. 15 min walk)
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Victoria Gallery, University of Liverpool, Ashton Street, Liverpool L69 3DR
£10.00
Date: May 16, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Ends: 9:00 pm