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    A short, sordid history of brands and warfare

    Burger King’s foray into recent conflict in Azerbaijan is part of a historical trend of corporations weighing in – and benefitting from – conflict, writes Tommy Hodgson

  • A sunflower lanyard produced by Sainsbury's for people with hidden disabilities such as autism

    Autism-friendly brands and performative awareness

    As autistic people become more visible in public life, Errol Naeem examines how brands are seeking to repackage themselves as ‘autism friendly’

  • A photograph of the exterior of the Bank of England

    Fighting the inequality pandemic: the case for a super-tax

    Keval Bharadia argues for a super-tax on financial markets to curb extreme inequality in the wake of Covid-19

  • A group of cyclists with Deliveroo bags on their backs and holding protest flags travel in convoy during the day in Berlin

    Gig work during the coronavirus crisis

    How long are we willing to turn a blind eye to the vulnerabilities of essential workers on the bottom of the employment hierarchy, asks the Fairwork Foundation

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    The battle for England’s waterways

    Nick Hayes on the fight for riparian rights, with anglers and kayakers as its focal point

  • The front entrance to Broadcasting House, the former headquarters of the BBC

    BBC: the case for reform

    Perceptions of bias at the BBC are on the rise. Natalie Fenton of the Media Reform Coalition puts forward the case for reform

  • A figure in a brown hoodie walks through a green field holing a eco-anarchist green and black flag with a skull and cross bones on it

    The battle of Hambacher Forest

    Activists have occupied Hambacher Forest for six years to prevent environmental destruction through coal mining. Now, state, police and corporate forces are combining to oust them for good, writes Andrea Brock

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