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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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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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  • Pimlico Academy, where students protested racist and discriminatory policies in March 2021. Credit: ClemRutter

    Banned words and racism in schools

    Continued use of ‘standard English’ in schools is a key means of upholding racial inequality. Furzeen Ahmed and Ian Cushing take a look at the history of banned words and racism in schools.

  • A poster on work suicides by the Hazards Campaign Group

    Work-related suicides: the UK’s invisible crisis

    There is no regulatory oversight of suicides at work in the UK. Sarah Waters makes the case for change

  • A painting showing witches performing a ritual surrounded by magical items and creatures

    Morality tales

    From cowardly men to wayward wives, pre-modern superstitions transmitted social norms as well as scares, writes Eleanor Janega

  • The global spectres of ‘Asian horror’

    Bliss Cua Lim looks at how the female ghost subgenre illuminates efforts to globalise ‘Asian horror’

  • Banner outside office building reading 'Care & Support Workers Organise'

    Tax hikes or not, social care is broken

    Social care worker Billie Cooper argues that recent discussions on funding social care are a distraction from more fundamental reform of the sector

  • A section of the exhibition showing an arrangement of monochrome portraits

    War Inna Babylon – review

    Tara Okeke explores an important exhibition that offers a compelling history of Black life in Britain through the lens of people, place and struggle

  • A photo of a polling station sign

    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

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