Afterburn
Kate Aronoff explores climate denialism, oil companies’ predictions of the future, and the fate of the Green New Deal.
Tag: racism
A Brief History of the Taser, the ‘Less-Lethal’ Police Weapon That Keeps Killing People
Sandeep Sandhu
The police’s most controversial weapon is even worse than you thought.
What White People Can Do Next
Check your privilege. Google it. Stay in your lane. Though Black Lives Matter has politicised a new generation into antiracism, it’s not actually clear what white people are meant to do next. Ash Sarkar is joined by Emma Dabiri to talk about why liberal identity politics are a dead end, why allyship is a nonsense, […]
Total Solidarity With Palestine is the Only Anti-Racist Position
Barnaby Raine
Palestinians have a moral right to self-defence.
Death by Pollution
Do we all breathe the same air? Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was a nine-year-old girl who lived in south-east London and died in 2013. The cause of death was listed as air pollution, now her mother is fighting to make clean air a human right.
What Happened to the Bristol Police?
Rivkah Brown
Many thought Avon and Somerset police were alright, for cops. Now they’re reassessing.
The Tories’ New Discipline Drive Prepares Some Kids for Work and Others for Prison
Sophie K Rosa
Young people say they are fighting 'oppression and authoritarianism' in their classrooms.
Is Britain the World’s Least Racist Country?
Aaron Bastani
Pretending to be best in class may salve the conscience of the establishment but it means systemic inequality can be ignored with a smile.
A Filipino Nurse Is Being Evicted for Having a Less “Durable Connection With the Area” Than Her Landlord’s Daughter
Rivkah Brown
“I feel that I have been disadvantaged because I do not speak with a Scottish accent,” Marjorie said.
Gypsies and Travellers Are Under Attack – And So Are Our Collective Freedoms
Jake Bowers
If GRT culture is stamped out, then everyone else’s liberties will be just one step behind.
Define, Divide and Rule: The Race Report Shows the State is Not Interested in Racial Liberation
Annie Olaloku-Teriba
The race report deliberately misunderstands racism - telling us it is interpersonal, rather than structural, and denying the role of class.
Britain Not Racist Says Government Report
Why the government report claiming Britain is “not institutional racist” is a whitewash, with Michael Walker, Kojo Karam and Dalia Gebrial.
Clearsprings: The Worst Asylum Housing Provider You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Sophie K Rosa
Critics say the company has placed migrants in "inappropriate and inhumane" accommodation.
Stop Asian Hate
Zing Tsjeng on why east Asian hate is also a problem in the UK.
Why All Drugs Should Be Decriminalised. Interview With David Nutt
The criminalisation of drugs has almost no impact on drug use, denies access to proven medical treatments and disproportionately targets people of colour. Yet the idea that drugs are ‘evil’ and that drug users are criminals is entrenched in international and domestic law. How can we begin to shift this point of view? What are […]
How We Win: The Movements
James Schneider
Arguments are won with actions, not words. If socialist ideas are to become reality, we need power, and to generate it, we need movements. The second in the six-part series How We Win.
The Tories Think Decolonising the Curriculum Means Censorship. They Couldn’t Be More Wrong
Ali Meghji
Decolonisation isn't "taking bits out" of history, as one minister recently put it. It's filling in the gaps.
Meghan and Harry’s Oprah Interview
Will Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview end the Royals?