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"We get well-funded public services, they get saved from the consequences of their own hubris. Whats not to like?"
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Ash Sarkar
Ashna Shamim Sarkar is a British journalist and libertarian communist political activist. She is a senior editor at Novara Media and teaches at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. Sarkar is a contributor to The Guardian and The Independent, and a panelist on the BBC Radio 4 show Moral Maze.
"We get well-funded public services, they get saved from the consequences of their own hubris. Whats not to like?"
"The unfortunate truth is that, sometimes, the only thing that separates an anonymous troll and a journalist is a byline. Some of the worst abuse I’ve received is either from journalists or the direct consequence of their actions in spreading misinformation about me."
"The Titanic submarine is a modern morality tale of what happens when you have too much money, and the grotesque inequality of sympathy, attention and aid for those without it."
"[Asked what makes her tick?] Petty vengeance and hopefulness."
"Mama Sarkar didnt raise a diplomat."
"If the super-rich can spend £250,000 on vanity jaunts 2.4 miles beneath the ocean then they’re not being taxed enough."
"Im literally a communist, you idiot."
"We would ask the BBC to explain why someone who defended the desecration of a memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has been invited to speak on a programme about the rise of the Nazis. Given the outrage her comments have caused, the invitation by the programme makers seems both insensitive and provocative."
"No ones saying that Jewish people don’t experience racism. That’s obviously true, especially online. But unlike me, you can *also* benefit from white privilege."