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    Beyond the Elections Bill: The battle against voter suppression

    As the Elections Bill 2021 passes through Parliament, Mayowa Ayodele sees voter suppression as a Conservative goal while Lara Parizotto argues for radical pro-democracy reform

  • Who decides what counts as ‘political’?

    Government demands for public sector ‘neutrality’ uphold a harmful status quo. For civil servant Sophie Izon, it’s time to speak out

  • After the ‘Arab Spring’

    Despite the carnage of Syria and Libya and ruinous stalemate of Yemen, the euphoric appeal of the ‘Arab Spring’ continues to feed revolutionary processes across the region, argues Toufic Haddad

  • Political blackness and Palestinian solidarity

    Political blackness and Palestinian solidarity

    The question of Palestine has become a black political litmus test, argues Annie Olaloku-Teriba, defining the very nature of black identity and politics

  • A man at a pro-EU protest holding a European Union flag photographed against a blue sky, with Big Ben in the background

    The migration system isn’t ready for Brexit – and EU citizens will suffer

    The future is uncertain for the three million EU nationals living in the UK, writes Jack Gevertz

  • A group photo of people waving, with children in the foreground and adults in the background wearing fluorescent yellow vests

    Christmas with the gilets jaunes

    The ‘yellow vests’ revolt in France has targeted centrist president Macron, but left wing opinion has been divided over its unclear politics. Paul Cudenec reports from the protests – and finds a community spirit that bears little resemblance to the media’s depictions

  • Prison is not the answer

    Prison is not the answer

    A humane society shouldn’t be caging up vulnerable people. Jasmine Ahmed of CAPE (Community Action on Prison Expansion) argues for radical alternatives.

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