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Why Woke 2.0 is taking on Trump and establishment politics | Nesrine Malik | Radical Thinking podcast

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The Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik discusses how immigrants and their descendants are reshaping Western societies, and where never-ending culture wars in the West and real wars in the Middle East have left people of colour, on the latest episode of Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty.

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The Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik has been diagnosing how immigrants, their children and grandchildren are reshaping politics and western societies, particularly regarding race.

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Today’s political conversation is dominated by one topic above all: race. The Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik has been way ahead of the pack in diagnosing how immigrants, their children and grandchildren are reshaping not just politics but western societies. On the latest episode of Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty, Nesrine talks about where never-ending culture wars in the West and real wars in the Middle East have left people of colour.

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