Society
In the UK and beyond, austerity and the erosion of state welfare systems have made sectors like health, housing and education increasingly precarious within our society.
Our analysis looks at the intersections of gender, race and class, and how social movements – old and new – can offer support, action and solidarity beyond electoral politics.
In the UK and beyond, austerity and the erosion of state welfare systems have made sectors like health, housing and education increasingly precarious within our society.
Our analysis looks at the intersections of gender, race and class, and how social movements – old and new – can offer support, action and solidarity beyond electoral politics.
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New elite or old right-wing defence tactics?
Rhian E Jones examines the right-wing narrative of the ‘new elite’ imposing a progressive agenda upon the majority – and why such claims are nothing new
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Rethinking approaches to tackle human trafficking
Sallie Yea reports on the realities of labour migration and the shortcomings of anti-trafficking policies
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The colonial roots of the Metropolitan Police
The Met’s institutional racism is inevitable given its key inspiration: the policing model used to quell Irish anti-colonial resistance, argues Kate Bermingham
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They are welcome here
The welcome given to refugees by local people in Folkestone undercuts the narrative that the public wants our borders to be closed, argues Bridget Chapman
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Solidarity across borders
As governments borrow ideas from each other to expand their anti-migrant regimes, movements to defend migrants’ rights must likewise share strategies of resistance. Hear from five activists on the ground
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Birthing while black
Anna Horn describes her own experiences in giving birth and how maternity services fail black women in particular
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On the coming of age
Old age and the ageing process cannot be divorced from the system as a whole, writes Jane Shallice