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MIKE COWLEY welcomes half a century of remarkable work, that begins before the Greens and invites a connection to — and not a division from — nature
Tories may want to, but can’t cull us like badgers
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ANDREW MURRAY recommends a volume of essays that nail the visionless, racist and neoliberal character of policy under Starmer’s Labour Party
JONATHAN TAYLOR appreciates how, for a black British musician, to walk onstage can be a rebellious act
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
Like dictators of the past, Trump is seeking an enforcement agency answering only to him, asserts CJ ATKINS
From tens of thousands left abandoned to a militarised ‘looting’ crackdown, Hurricane Katrina laid bare racial inequities and government neglect, writes NATALIA MARQUES
There are some words and phrases in the English language, rich, vibrant and spectacularly convoluted as it is, whose meaning can oscillate wildly depending on the context in which they are delivered.
On the face of it they can appear wholly innocuous, and in most circumstances they are.
“Trust me, I’m a doctor,” for example. If you are stuck in a car wreck or stretched out on an operating table those words are full of reassurance and exude professionalism. If, however, you happen to be manacled to a cellar wall and the individual in question has just laid out an array of sharp implements with ne’er an anaesthesiologist in sight…
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