Society and people
Explore the social movements offering community, action and solidarity beyond electoral politics – feminist, queer, anti-racist, working-class, pro-migrant and more
Explore the social movements offering community, action and solidarity beyond electoral politics – feminist, queer, anti-racist, working-class, pro-migrant and more
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Why did Americans vote for Trump?
The question commentators won’t ask is simple: what kind of society votes Donald Trump President? Siobhán McGuirk surveys the fragmented USA
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Ten things you can do to combat racism and xenophobia
#PostReferendumRacism has exposed the racist and xenophobic belly of Britain. Luckily, there is a lot that you can do. Siobhan McGuirk has gathered 10 suggestions, feel free to add your own below
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The Brexit nightmare: a scenario
Tom Walker imagines waking up screaming imagining how a hard-right ascendancy might follow a vote to leave the European Union
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The complicity of the white liberal left in the rise of Donald Trump
There are deep reasons for racism in American politics, but the white liberal left has done little to prevent it, writes Mariama Eversley
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‘Faster, faster, faster’: The diary of a hotel cleaner
In the opening post of a new blog project, the anonymous ‘Maid in London’ describes her first day cleaning a luxury London hotel
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Pride in the fight
Siobhan McGuirk celebrates the solidarity – and humour – of a film about when lesbians and gay people backed the miners
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Assata, an Autobiography – review
Selina Nwulu looks back at revolutionary Black Panther Assata Shakur’s autobiography and the ways in which it remains relevant