Society and people
The erosion of state welfare systems have made life increasingly precarious within global society – especially for people who experience marginalisation.
Explore how social movements old and new are offering community, action and solidarity beyond electoral politics.
The erosion of state welfare systems have made life increasingly precarious within global society – especially for people who experience marginalisation.
Explore how social movements old and new are offering community, action and solidarity beyond electoral politics.
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Grace Byron on cultural criticism, transphobia and Trump
Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin speaks to writer Grace Byron about trans representation, artificial intelligence, and the role of criticism in an age of moral panic.
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Elections 2026: Immigration, employment and the limits of Holyrood
Despite Scotland’s lack of power over immigration policy, migrant justice remains central to the 2026 election, writes Cailean Gallagher
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Key words: Conjuncture
Chris Goldie unpacks the concept of conjuncture, and how theorists from Louis Althusser to Stuart Hall use it to analyse social formations
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Teaching in and against the state
Should fascists ‘fear’ US public school teachers? Potentially, argues Ranita Ray. First, we must address educators’ complicity with state racism and violence
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Cape Fever – review
Nadia Davids’ gothic tale evokes the suffocation of domestic service as a psychological duel unfolds between madam and maid, writes Fifi Bat-hef
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We Grow the World Together – review
We Grow the World Together’s collected essays are a vital resource on caregiving and abolition for those hoping to build a better world for future generations, writes Gracie Mae Bradley
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Rethinking racism
The left has forgotten our traditions of anti-racist analysis and organising. We must abandon liberal analyses, says Gargi Bhattacharyya, and see racism as an exercise of power