Brenna Bhandar

Brenna Bhandar is Senior Lec­turer in Law at SOAS, Uni­ver­sity of London.
Organised State Abandonment: The Meaning of Grenfell

Organised State Abandonment: The Meaning of Grenfell

❝ My family were survivors of life, yeah? This is not the only traumatic thing that’s happened to us that’s been on the news, et cetera, yeah? And we’re fighters naturally, yeah? So who do you argue with? Who do I argue with? This has been my stress this year, this...

Law and Coloniality: An Interview with Brenna Bhandar

Law and Coloniality: An Interview with Brenna Bhandar

English version of interview with Brenna Bhandar* by Olivier Chassaing, translated by Chayma Drira for Période, the French online journal of Marxist theory, available here. Olivier Chassaing (‘OC’): By studying law, one can explore how capitalist societies rest upon...

A Right to the University

A Right to the University

On 4 December, the University of London was granted an injunction from the High Court that prohibits ‘persons unknown (including students of the University of London) from ‘entering or remaining upon the campus and buildings of University of London for the purpose of...

Austerity by way of the Colonies: Workfare in the UK

Austerity by way of the Colonies: Workfare in the UK

The taxi took an alternate route to the airport that day, the day before the Queen’s Jubilee parade, to avoid the very early morning rehearsals of military personnel, horses, and others involved in orchestrating the impending celebrations. Arriving at my destination...