With the planned Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill looming, it isn’t hard to argue that Britain is facing a deep-seated democratic crisis. Fewer people than ever have faith in our institutions and governance, and while this feeling is currently at its peak, it didn’t emerge overnight. Rather, we should...
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Two weeks ago, eight people, including six Asian women massage parlour workers, were shot and killed in Atlanta, Georgia in the US. The deaths have resulted in an eruption of discussions about anti-Asian racism in the US – its historical roots and contemporary manifestations, how it relates to other forms...
A t-shirt. A bowl of rice. A warm bath. Each one of these is the final product of a long and fragmented supply chain. Part of contemporary capitalism’s glossy facade is its ability to invisibilise exploitative and extractive mechanisms which are employed from the production of raw materials, all the...
I’m going to start off by mentioning a word that’s probably going to make me lose a good portion of my audience, but bear with me. It’s those who feel irked by the word, offended by it even, who I want to reach most. So here goes. Privilege. Now I...
Mitzi Jonelle Tan reflects on the impacts that typhoons have had on the Philippines this year and how youth climate activists have been villified.
When I fled my country back in 2010 and when I was about to perform in a play about my life in 2017 These were the two most terrifying moments of my life and they have something in common. Me being Trans. Let me explain. I was born in Egypt....