Arun Kundnani

Arun Kundnani’s latest book, ‘What is Antiracism? And Why it Means Anticapitalism’, is published this month by Verso. He is also the author of ‘The End of Tolerance’ (Pluto Press) and ‘The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic war on terror ’ (Verso). He tweets at @ArunKundnani

The hidden class politics of the UK’s immigration debate

Liberals preach cultural tolerance to the working classes while inflicting death-by-policy on migrants

By Arun Kundnani

/ 28 Jun 2023

The hidden class politics of the UK’s immigration debate

What could a progressive alternative to the failed “war on terror” look like?

Fifteen Terrorism acts in the last 20 years have created an oppressive and racist legacy. The left must not shy away from promoting a new vision of "security", argues a new report out this week.

By Arun Kundnani

/ 5 Sep 2019

What could a progressive alternative to the failed “war on terror” look like?

Ripping back the veil: an interview with Arun Kundnani

Trump promises politics in its naked form: the seizure of power for his clan, and be damned with all the rest. As the centre ground collapses, we must not cling to it.

By Arun Kundnani and Phoebe Braithwaite

/ 19 Nov 2016

The way out of the Labour Party’s ‘anti-Semitism crisis’ requires a politics of solidarity

Accusations of systemic anti-Semitism in the UK Labour Party obscure the party’s actual history of anti-Semitism, which is rooted in its support for empire and nationalism, not in anti-Zionism.

By Arun Kundnani

/ 11 May 2016

Violence comes home: an interview with Arun Kundnani

ISIS’s recruits are not corrupted by ideology but by the end of ideology. More radicalisation, in the genuine sense of the word, is the solution, not the problem.

By Arun Kundnani

/ 22 Nov 2015

There’s no such thing as a liberal anti-racist

The liberal demand to depoliticise culture, to abandon “dangerous ideas”, is highly political and leads liberals to consider all manner of coercive initiatives to engineer the liberal subjects they feel are missing among oppressed groups.

By Arun Kundnani

/ 3 Nov 2014