Esther Stanford-Xosei on the Case for Climate Reparations
We can’t transition into a green future unless we reckon with our past, argues reparationist Esther Stanford-Xosei.
Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language
Liam O'Dell
British sign language is being decimated by Tory neglect.
How We Won: The Local Activists That Took on Big Oil on the Isle of Wight
Florence Wildblood
‘It proves that David can overcome Goliath.’
The Tory Plan to Privatise the NHS
Tomorrow MPs will vote on Sajid Javid’s Health and Care Bill. Does it threaten to privatise the NHS by the back door? We speak to Dr Bob Gill.
Why I Was Wrong to Write Off Extinction Rebellion in 2018
Chris Saltmarsh
XR’s internal frictions have largely propelled it forward.
Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights
Sophie K Rosa
There's a reason so many sex workers are disabled: the industry is far more accessible than most others.
Why Are All the Baddies Disabled?
From ancient myths through to the Batman trilogy, pop culture is littered with disabled people and those with facial differences being cast as villains. Why does disability feature so heavily in literary and cinematic traditions, and how has this hypervisiblity had the ironic effect of erasing the experiences of disabled people? Ash Sarkar is joined […]
Chile Was the Birthplace of Neoliberalism. This Election Could Bury It
Michael Chessum
A radical socialist runs for president against a Pinochet-imitator.
Planet B: Jayati Ghosh on Escaping the Debt Trap
Fighting climate breakdown means facing up to the imperial hierarchies of debt, as development economist Jayati Ghosh explains.
Disabled People Don’t Want the Right to Die – We Want the Right to Live
Penny Pepper
Society already happily assists our dying.
Boris Johnson Betrays the North
Boris Johnson’s broken promises on high speed rail have led to accusations that he has betrayed the North. We ask HS2 expert Jon Stone about whether that’s true.
How to Solve the Cost of Living Crisis? Pay Rises, Now!
James Meadway
Leave interest rates out of it.
Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD
Jay Watts
Smile, you’re on universal credit.
The West Botched Cop26, Then Blamed China
Aaron Bastani
The EU spent €13bn on new oil and gas projects during Cop26 alone.
In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count
Barnaby Raine
Keir Starmer is a racist endeavour.
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Debt
In the final episode, we ask why climate reparations could be crucial to securing a global Green New Deal.
The Capitalist War Being Waged on Disabled People
Ellen Clifford speaks to Michael Walker about her book “The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of Human Catastrophe”, including an explanation of the Social Model of Disability, the history of the Disabled People’s Movement, and the disastrous consequences of austerity policies.
Yes, Mental Health Counts As Disability
Micha Frazer-Carroll
Just as our society is constructed around people whose ‘physical’ bodies work a certain way, it is also built to centre people who think, feel and act a certain way.