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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Carceral realism: Is there no alternative?
Punishment and imprisonment are deeply embedded in our thinking but as Oly Durose argues, we are capable of building less violent, more nurturing solutions to society’s problems
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The Tower Hamlets story
After years of false allegations, former Mayor Lutfur Rahman is running on a radical program to tackle the cost of living crisis. Ashok Kumar reports
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Political education for all
Political education is absent from our current system. The left should be providing alternative means of obtaining it, writes Shamime Ibrahim
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Where is the Labour Party’s immigration policy heading?
As the Nationality and Borders Bill becomes law, Sabrina Huck attempts to decipher whether Labour’s immigration policy offers any promise of change for the better
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Pixels and mortar: The politics of video game worldbuilding
With the worlds of architecture and video games becoming increasingly intertwined, Gerry Hart examines how video games communicate through their design
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The long road to gender recognition reform
From bans on trans athletes to violence in the streets and attacks in the legislature, Jamie Jewkes traces the normalisation of transphobia in Britain
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Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in China
Qiuyan Chen sued the Chinese ministry of education over homophobic textbooks. She writes about her battle for LGBTQ+ rights in China and the UK