Opinion

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To Solve Britain’s Mental Health Crisis, We Must Fundamentally Change Society

Mark Brown

Progressives still wishfully think that upping budgets will solve the problem. We need to think much, much bigger, writes mental health journalist Mark Brown.

Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Without safe ways to come to the UK, migrants will keep drowning in the Channel, writes Zoe Gardner.

Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language

Liam O'Dell

It’s 2021 and the UK still has no sign language GCSE. Deaf journalist Liam O'Dell asks: could the Tories care less about us?

Why I Was Wrong to Write Off Extinction Rebellion in 2018

Chris Saltmarsh

In 2018, Chris Saltmarsh penned a controversial column for Novara Media explaining why he wouldn’t be joining Extinction Rebellion. Three years later he reconsiders his view in light of progress made inside the organisation.

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Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

Sophie K Rosa

Tired debates about disability and sex work too often focus on the morality of a disabled man buying sex. Why aren’t we talking about disabled sex workers? Sophie K Rosa reports.

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Disabled People Don’t Want the Right to Die – We Want the Right to Live

Penny Pepper

Assisted suicide bills like the one currently in parliament hinge on the idea of choice. But in our age of perma-austerity, we should question who gets to make what choices, writes disability rights activist Penny Pepper.

How to Solve the Cost of Living Crisis? Pay Rises, Now!

James Meadway

With inflation in the UK hitting a ten-year high, a significant squeeze on living standards lies ahead, writes James Meadway. The most obvious way to stop this is to pay workers more.

Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD

Jay Watts

The psychological violence of welfare applications is destroying our mental health - and an increasingly two-tier benefits system won’t help, writes clinical psychologist Jay Watts.

The West Botched Cop26, Then Blamed China

Aaron Bastani

During Cop26 alone, the EU backed new oil and gas projects worth €13 bn. While Western commentators blame India and China for the conference failure, the West is the real climate culprit, argues Aaron Bastani.

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In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

The Labour leader’s anti-Palestinian racism is classic colonialism with a contemporary twist, argues Barnaby Raine.

Yes, Mental Health Counts As Disability

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Even people who live with mental distress are often reluctant to recognise it as disability, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll. But doing so could help us understand that many of our problems are caused by the way in which society is constructed - and to organise together to change it.

So What’s the Problem With Peter Singer?

Lucy Burke

The work of utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer contributes to a culture in which the value of disabled peoples’ lives is viewed as a matter for debate rather than a given. A failure to recognise this reflects a broader failure to engage meaningfully with disability activism, writes Lucy Burke.

Disability Politics Are Anticapitalist Politics

Ellen Clifford

Impairments aren’t what make us disabled, our profit-driven society is, writes disabled activist Ellen Clifford.

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Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea

James Meadway

With coronavirus cases rising, the government could still introduce vaccine passports in England - a decision that comes with major implications for our privacy and freedom, writes James Meadway.

Union Jacks and Churchill Quotes Won’t Save Insulate Britain

Blyth Brentnall

Insulate Britain's comms strategy aims to enter "the Right’s side of the culture war". But nationalist parochialism will alienate many social housing residents while doing little to blunt the anger of motorists, argues Blyth Brentnall.

Cop26 Is Little More Than a Cop-out

Ell Folan

World leaders have once again gathered at COP and promised action. But they’ll go home and do virtually nothing. These climate gatherings aren’t fit for purpose - and won’t be until politicians start taking responsibility instead of shifting the blame.

Bogus ‘Nature Based Solutions’ Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

Kirtana Chandrasekaran

'Nature-based solutions’ to the climate crisis are the talk of the town at Cop26. But while they’re an intoxicating idea, they’re really a wolf in sheep’s clothing, argues Kirtana Chandrasekaran.

The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab

Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron

The Tories' recent proposal for a new era of 'community-powered Conservativism' is an audacious, though ultimately hollow, bid to park tanks on the left's lawn.

Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language

Liam O'Dell

Why I Was Wrong to Write Off Extinction Rebellion in 2018

Chris Saltmarsh

Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

Sophie K Rosa

Disabled People Don’t Want the Right to Die – We Want the Right to Live

Penny Pepper

How to Solve the Cost of Living Crisis? Pay Rises, Now!

James Meadway

Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD

Jay Watts

The West Botched Cop26, Then Blamed China

Aaron Bastani

In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

So What’s the Problem With Peter Singer?

Lucy Burke

Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea

James Meadway

Union Jacks and Churchill Quotes Won’t Save Insulate Britain

Blyth Brentnall

Cop26 Is Little More Than a Cop-out

Ell Folan

Bogus ‘Nature Based Solutions’ Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

Kirtana Chandrasekaran

The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab

Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron

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To Solve Britain’s Mental Health Crisis, We Must Fundamentally Change Society

Mark Brown

Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language

Liam O'Dell

Why I Was Wrong to Write Off Extinction Rebellion in 2018

Chris Saltmarsh

Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

Sophie K Rosa

Disabled People Don’t Want the Right to Die – We Want the Right to Live

Penny Pepper

How to Solve the Cost of Living Crisis? Pay Rises, Now!

James Meadway

Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD

Jay Watts

The West Botched Cop26, Then Blamed China

Aaron Bastani

In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

Yes, Mental Health Counts As Disability

Micha Frazer-Carroll

So What’s the Problem With Peter Singer?

Lucy Burke

Disability Politics Are Anticapitalist Politics

Ellen Clifford

Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea

James Meadway

Union Jacks and Churchill Quotes Won’t Save Insulate Britain

Blyth Brentnall

Cop26 Is Little More Than a Cop-out

Ell Folan

Bogus ‘Nature Based Solutions’ Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

Kirtana Chandrasekaran

The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab

Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron

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