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SIMON PARSONS recommends a play which questions the perceived ubiquitous and concealed nature of the intrusive Prevent Strategy apparatus
(L to ) Halema Hussain as Xara, Vaneeka Dadhria as Ruqaya, Asha Hassan as Sabi
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
Liberation Squares
The North Wall/Touring
THE Prevent Strategy to counter terrorism and radicalisation probably came to most people’s attention in 2021 when a primary school pupil was referred to the government’s controversial programme after a teacher mistook the word alms for arms during a classroom discussion.
Updated in 2011 to nebulously include anyone expressing “vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values,” whatever they may be, it provided guidelines to sectors and institutions “where there are risks of radicalisation,” including schools and hospitals.
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