Barnaby Raine Last updated July 25, 2025 English historian and writer (born 1995)
Barnaby Raine
Raine in 2024
Born (1995-05-04 ) 4 May 1995 (age 30) [ 1] Alma mater Years active 2010–present
Barnaby Raine (born 4 May 1995) is an English historian and activist. He is known for his left-wing and anti-imperialist political commentary. In recent years he has become known for speaking out in favor of the Palestinian people. Raine was raised in London's Jewish community . [ 2]
Early life and education Raine grew up in North London in a family described as 'committed Zionists'. [ 2] His mother is now an academic specialising in health care inequalities. [ 3] His father was an executive for the payday lender Wonga.com . [ 4]
Raine attended Westminster School in central London. [ 5] He subsequently studied at Wadham College, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics in 2016. [ 6] In his final year at Oxford, Raine sat on the National Executive Committee of the National Union of Students (NUS). [ 7]
After graduating from Oxford, Raine went on to complete a Master of Arts in History at Columbia University , New York, in 2018 and is currently writing his PhD at the same institution on "the decline of thinking about the end of capitalism". [ 8] He was awarded a 2020 International Dissertation Research Fellowship by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). [ 9]
Career Raine became a teacher at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research in 2020. [ 8] [ 10] In 2023, Raine became a member of the editorial team of Salvage , a subscription-based journal of 'revolutionary arts and letters' [ 11] and had previously contributed to publications such as The Guardian , [ 12] Jacobin , [ 13] n+1 , Vashti Media, Red Pepper , New Internationalist , RealClearPolitics , Socialist Worker , and Politics/Letters . [ 14] [ 15] He often makes appearances on Novara Media 's news livestreams on YouTube , and has occasionally guest-hosted the content. [ 16] In 2023, Raine participated in The World Transformed [ 17] as well as a Symposium on the Frankfurt School at the Goethe Institut . [ 18]
Activism Raine became interested in politics and activism at a young age. He gained media attention following a 2011 speech protesting the planned increase in university tuition fees . [ 19] [ 20] He also took part in the Coalition of Resistance, Occupy London and anti-war in Afghanistan protests , [ 5] and volunteered with Stop the War Coalition and Liberty . [ 21] In a 2011 interview with DeWereldMorgen , he acknowledged his privileged background, and said he wanted to use his privilege to speak on behalf of those in society who "have no voice". [ 22]
In 2014, while at Oxford, Raine led a boycott of the Oxford Union in light of allegations made against its then president Ben Sullivan. [ 23] He also protested against Marine Le Pen 's visit in 2015. [ 24]
In a 2017 interview with Al Jazeera , Raine described himself as a "firm anti-Zionist", and called Israel "instilling [oppression] with gruesome violence" a "betrayal" of Jewish values, which he believed to be "mending the world" and standing "at the forefront of struggles against oppression and exploitation". [ 25]
References ↑ Raine, Barnaby [@BarnabyRaine] (May 5, 2025). "Yesterday I turned 30, today Marx turns 207" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . 1 2 Mandhai, Shafik (2 November 2017). "What Balfour means to Jewish critics of Israel" . Al Jazeera . Retrieved 8 March 2024 . ↑ "Rosalind Raine - UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences" . UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences . Retrieved 4 June 2024 . ↑ "The Londoner: Jeremy Corbyn collects a curious clique" . Evening Standard . 9 August 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2024 . 1 2 "LONDON: Starbucks, Star Pupils and Protest" . Eric Ellis . 5 February 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2022 . ↑ Raine, Barnaby (7 December 2013). "Barnaby Raine: Tolerance and Liberalism: The Politics of Permission" . The Oxford Left Review . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ Reisz, Matthew (17 February 2016). "Should there be a right to offend on campus?" . Times Higher Education . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . 1 2 "Barnaby Raine" . Brooklyn Institute for Social Research . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ "Fellows & Grantees: Barnaby Raine" . Social Science Research Council . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ Oshan Jarrow (7 December 2020). "Capitalism and the Self with Barnaby Raine" . Music Mind . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ "About" . Salvage . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ Raine, Barnaby (2019-02-12). "Ilhan Omar should be more radical about Israel, not less" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-05 . ↑ Raine, Barnaby. "The Anti-Colonial Revolt Was Key to Lenin's Vision of Revolution" . Jacobin . Retrieved 2024-02-05 . ↑ "Barnaby Raine" . MuckRack . 18 November 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2022 . ↑ Blakeley, Grace (27 April 2022). "A World to Win 78. War and Inter-Imperialism w/ Barnaby Raine" . Tribune . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ Fortune, Rowan (30 November 2021). "The Patel Police State" . ACR . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ "Anti-imperialism in the 21st century" . TWT23 . 10 August 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ "100 Years Later: the Frankfurt School and the Now — Symposium Schedule and Participants" . The Brooklyn Institute . 22 June 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ Bell, Matthew (20 February 2011). "Class action: The new faces of student protest" . The Independent . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ "Barnaby Raine Makes Sense Of The Police, Media, And The Student Fees Protest" . Anorak . 12 December 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ "Jewish Historian Barnaby Raine on Zionism, Gaza and Liberation (interview, podcast)" . YouTube . Islam Channel. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024 . ↑ "Barnaby Raine, de Mozart van de speech" . DeWereldMorgen (in Dutch). 12 April 2011. ↑ Fenton, Siobhan (28 May 2014). " 'Rival Union' organised by boycotting students" . The Tab . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ Henley, Jon; Ullah, Areeb (5 February 2015). "Marine Le Pen's Oxford university speech delayed by protesters" . The Guardian . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . ↑ Mandhai, Shafik (2 November 2017). "What Balfour means to Jewish critics of Israel" . Al Jazeera . Retrieved 26 October 2023 . This page is based on this
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