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art \ Author: Chiraz Aich \ Author: Esther Carrera \ Review \ V &A
Disobedient Objects, an Archeology of the people’s struggles
by Esther Carrera (words). and Chiraz Aich (pictures) It is the first week of January, and its back-to-work, back to reality. And, we may wonder if there is any good news? Well, […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ Emily Thornberry \ Islington \ Labour
Every Labour Rose has it’s Thornberry: Islington MP told to get on her bike
by Jim Jepps Prepare yourself for the most outrageous, offensive tweet in human history. Ed Miliband said this tweet made him angrier than at any time during his leadership – […]
Author: Benali Hamdache \ immigration
Let’s tell MPs that immigrants are welcome here
by Benali Hamdache I alongside many thousands of others regularly complete YouGov quizzes in the vain hope of eventually accruing enough points to earn £50. In pursuit of that rather […]
Author: Jen Izaakson \ Film \ Review
Review: Nightcrawler, a fantastic rendering of capitalism
by Jen Izaakson The Nightcrawler works as a contemporary insight into working conditions in the post-economic crisis West, one still reeling from the 2008 crash. Lou Bloom (Jake Gyellenhaal) relentlessly […]
Author: Louis Bayman \ Book review \ Books \ Fascists \ History \ immigration \ Refugees \ Review
Book review: Beaten But Not Deafeated
Book Review of Beaten but not Defeated: Siegfried Moos – A German Anti-Nazi who Settled in Britain by Merilyn Moos. Chronos Books, Winchester 2014. £17.99 by Louis Bayman You might […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ David Cameron \ Ed Miliband \ Fawcett Society \ feminism \ Nick Clegg
The rise of T-Shirt feminism?
by Jim Jepps David Cameron refused to pose wearing the Fawcett Society T-Shirt “This is what a feminist looks like”. It’s an existential poser to ask whether someone who’s obviously […]
Author: Istanbul Feminist Kollectiv \ conference \ feminism \ Turkish
Turkish Feminists on why they’re coming to speak in London
from the Istanbul Feminist Kollectiv There will be a session this year in Feminism in London Conference named Fighting Against Patriarchy in Turkey – with the Istanbul Feminist Kolectiv. We, […]
Mental health support has been slashed and trashed, and it will take more than Clegg’s pittance to fix that
Written by Charlie Smoke. Today is World Mental Health Day. This week, Nick Clegg announced a £120 million increase in funding for mental health care in a package that includes […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ immigration \ London Independence \ Scottish Independence
After Scotland: Is it time for London independence?
by Jim Jepps “If the Scots want to show some solidarity with the people in England who feel trapped in a centralised state where cheap credit, privatisation and deregulation are […]
art \ Author: Louis Bayman \ Camden \ Camden Market \ grafitti \ The Real Art of Protest
Exploring Camden Market’s Street Art
Louis Bayman takes a guided tour of some of Camden’s street art. “It was activism that got me here. Too much of entertainment is a factory world. I attended protests […]
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