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Anna Chen guest interviewee at Resistance is Fertile hosted by Benji and Indica. 13th May 2026

China and US: Resistance is Fertile podcast with Anna Chen

In Episode 12 of Open Mind on China, hosts Benji and Indi sit down with Anna Chen, a British journalist of Chinese heritage raised by Marxist parents, to unpack the historical roots and contemporary mechanisms of Western propaganda against China. What emerges is a powerful analysis of how dehumanization functions not as a bug but as a feature of imperial power — and how resisting caricature is itself a radical act.

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The Red Dagger by Heathcote Williams: what the power elite do when the poor play up

Part 1 of The Red Dagger, a fascinating history of the poor from Heathcote Williams. When the power elite clamped down on the masses, Wat Tyler led a challenge and was martyred for it. I’m not saying we’re heading back to feudal times, but … Narration and montage by Alan Cox. Madam Miaow says …

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Ken Loach’s ‘The Spirit of 45’ review: ethnically cleansing history

A picture you won’t find in The Spirit of 45 by Ken Loach  There have been black people in Britain at least from Roman times; some historians claim that north Africans were here 3,000 years ago. The first Chinese visitor we know of was Jesuit priest Shen Foutsong, who communicated in Latin when he worked

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The Steampunk Opium Wars at the National Maritime Museum

National Maritime Museum18.30-22.00Thursday 16th February 2012 A satirical extravaganza about China, Britain, imperialism and drugs in the 19th century in verse & music. See narco-capitalists & Chinese lawmakers slug it out, take part in a poetry slam, and watch the weirdest tea ceremony ever. What do the humble cup of tea and the opium poppy

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