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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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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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  • 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 graphic of a woman slumped in front of her laptop from stress

    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