The London Circle

| The London Circle | 25 April 2024

With the UK General Elections taking place in the next few months, never before has the vigour for real change been greater. Whilst many have chosen to stand as candidates, driven by the apathy towards the main parties, the challenges ahead of them seem considerable.      

Gaza has amplified the effects of an overall failure of traditional politics, and hence driven many to consider avenues of real transformative change in the way politics is run. The absence of morality as a lack of clear political direction, resulting in tremendous problems affecting millions and millions of ordinary citizens every single day, is driving many to back independents rather than main political parties.

Anas Altikriti discusses with Sameh Habeeb and Emma Dent Coad the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of their respective campaigns, as well as the prospects for politics in the UK and across the West in light of the public response to Gaza.

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Guests:

| Sameh Habeeb, Independent Candidate for Ealing North

| Emma Dent Coad, Independent Candidate for Kensington & Bayswater

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| The London Circle | 17 April 2024

Many would agree that the state of British politics is in crisis, but what options do people have, indeed what options do British Muslims have amid the Gaza genocide and spiraling Institutional Islamophobia?

The state of western democracy leaves much to be desired, with extremely limited choice in the face of mounting problems on every level imaginable. However in the aftermath of the Gaza genocide, and the absence of a moral response from most politicians, a new urgency was felt that a real change was much needed.

The Muslim Vote is one of several platforms that were established to organize the voices of those wishing for something new.

How much impact are they likely to have, and what kind of response are they getting when advising the electorate to stay away from the major parties? And what is the long-term vision?

Anas Altikriti talks with Abu Bakr Nanabawa of The Muslim Vote. 

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Guests:

|  Abu Bakr Nanabawa,  The Muslim Vote

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| The London Circle | 28 Mar 2024

It goes without saying that Gaza has exposed the hypocrisy and double standards of the international community, but to what cost?

Whilst few would disagree that Gaza and the reaction of the world thereto has led to the exposition of the international community as grossly hypocritical and international law as largely ineffective, the question remains: at what cost to the West and at what cost to the future generations who have woken to these facts?

With the declaration of smaller nations that they will no longer abide by the status quo, are on the edge of a major change in global geopolitics? How real are the prospects of the move towards a multi polar world that is far more intricate and complex than the uni-polar system which dominated that last 30 years?

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Guests:

|  Marco Carnelos,  Former Diplomat and Freelance Journalist

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| The London Circle | 20 Mar 2024

No country has to come to the fore of the world’s attention and admiration in recent times than South Africa. Its own struggle and triumph against Apartheid was historic enough, but its recent stand for Gaza and Palestine at the ICJ won it countless new friends globally.

Fasiha Hassan is South Africa’s youngest parliamentarian, a lawyer and a firebrand who led student protests against university tuition fees. In this episode, Anas Altikriti talks with her about her generation’s impression of South Africa’s legacy and struggle against Apartheid, both its own, as well as the Palestinian.

Discussed too is the issue of the youth of today and the manner in which they have responded to Gaza and how that might impact the future around the world.

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Guests:

|  Fasiha Hassan,  South African Parliamentarian

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| The London Circle | 21 Feb 2024

Since the Gaza began in October 2024, the mainstream media has by far deserted its long-claimed standards of professionalism, integrity and truth, in favour of a pro-Israeli narrative that has had and warns of grave risks not only to the portrayal of a serious war ongoing, but to the state of democracy itself.

It is clear that the war in Gaza has had far reaching implications, amongst which is the performance of the western media and what is otherwise termed as the mainstream media. Projecting a largely pro-Israel narrative, accompanied by a concerted omission campaign, the response has been in the driving away of large swathes of audiences who now receive their intake of news and information from alternative media sources, including social media.

What long term impact does that have on the forthcoming elections in the UK and the US, and indeed on the state of democracy itself?

Anas Altikriti discusses these and other related issues with Asa Winstanley.

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Guests:

|  Asa Winstanley,  Investigative Journalist, Electronic Intifada

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| The London Circle | 14 Feb 2024

Why is Israel targeting Gaza’s health sector, and deliberately demolishing hospitals, killing doctors and nurses, as well as shelling ambulances, regardless of the civilian toll? What impact does that have for the UK and what kind of future can we foresee not only for Gaza and Palestine, but for the UK and the US who both have elections to look forward to?

It is clear that Israel is deliberately attacking Gaza’s health sector, both in terms of infrastructure as well as personnel. The thousands killed as a result of attacks on all of Gaza’s hospitals, including babies, make it impossible not to be an act of design and decision with the element of pre-meditation.

Despite countless witness testimonies from doctors and observers, the world has remained silent, and on some occasions, egged on Israel to create even more destruction to a sector considered protected in International law.

The impact has been nothing short of devastating on Gaza but promises to be equally devastating for the façade of Western democracy and international law.

Anas Altikriti discusses these and other related issues with Dr. Omar Abdel-Mannan, founder of Health Workers for Palestine.

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Guests:

|  Omar Abdel-Mannan,  Founder, Health Workers for Palestine

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| The London Circle | 07 Feb 2024

With the scenes of war crimes committed against the people of Gaza, it’s almost inconceivable that a reasonable human being can be so oblivious and so uncompassionate….Until the web of interests is looked at more closely.

The complex web of interests that link politicians with the business, media and the security sectors, tells of the possible reasons how so many decision-makers can see so unempathetic amid the war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza.

A corruption on levels that are beyond the vast majority of ordinary citizens is taking place at the risk of the soul and morality of society as a whole.

Anas Altikriti has a conversation with Lowkey about this as well as about his career, take on the music industry and the future as seen by the youth today.

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Guests:

|  Kareem Dennis,  AKA British Iraqi Rapper Lowkey

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| The London Circle | 31 Jan 2024

The genocide committed by Israel against Israel, which approaches its fifth month has had a significant impact on the entire world, not least on public opinion and awareness regarding the case of Palestine.

The effect that Gaza has had on the entire world has been extremely significant, not least on Public Opinion, and especially that of the younger generations who receive their news and information from social media and alternative sources to mainstream news channels.

The impact on politics, the media, legal institutions and many others has been indelible, and the Palestinian narrative has dominated its Israeli counterpart. However, how far will this impact last and to what extent will it prove to be transformative of realities that have been uncovered as immoral, hypocritical and worse?

Anas Altikriti talks with Chris Bambery about the present and the future amid Gaza.

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Guests:

|  Chris Bambery,  Author and Political Activist

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| The London Circle | 24 Jan 2024

As the world is focused on the genocide taking place in Gaza, Sudan enters its tenth month of a civil war that has consumed the entire country and created a crisis of significant proportions.

With the Rapid Support Forces dominating the armed clash with the Sudanese Armed Forces, and overtaking vital strategic positions, news of massacres, looting, rape and gross abuse continue to emerge.

Sudan, a country renowned for its natural and mineral riches, despite its poor infrastructure and mis-management over several administrations, is witnessing a civil war that has resulted in millions displaced and the country brought to a halt, while various local, regional and even international forces play havoc with its stability, security and future.

Anas Altikriti discusses this catastrophe in detail with Dr. Mohammed Al-Amin Othman.

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Guests:

|  Dr. Mohammed Al-Amin Othman, Sudanese British Political Analyst

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| The London Circle | 17 Jan 2024

Following a genocidal campaign committed by Israel against the people of Gaza, that has claimed thousands and thousands of lives, mostly children and women, how seriously does the world hold the notion of Human Rights?

Indeed, since 9-11 and the introduction of terrorism laws that have disproportionately targeted Muslims, one could claim that Human Rights is very much a stick with which to beat third-world countries and ethnic and religious minorities, rather than a pillar of Western civilization, as the claim goes.

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Guests:

|  Masoud Shadjareh

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