Politics and International Relations
Criminal barristers across England and Wales have taken industrial action over a criminal legal aid pay dispute. Daniel Newman and Roxana Dehaghani share insights into the demise of criminal legal aid and why barristers are striking.…Read more
Fran Amery discusses the impact of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on access to abortion and how the work done by grassroots organisations like AidAccess and Women on Web will have a vital role to play moving forward.…Read more
The current economic and political system is broken. Neoliberal ideas and practices that have dominated politics for the last 40 years has undermined democratic accountability. Stephen McBride explains how only institutional changes in our economy and politics can lead to a sustainable future. …Read more
Our rules of democracy are out of date and urgently need to evolve to fit with a changed world. In this episode, Marcial Bragadini Bóo, author of 'The Rules of Democracy', explains why it’s time to make democracy better again.…Read more
This World Refugee Day, Evan Easton-Calabria reveals how, in a quest to foster self-reliance among refugee communities, states and agencies are neglecting to notice that refugees are struggling to survive. …Read more
Madelaine Adelman and Eliza Byard, contributors to the Global Agenda for Social Justice, show why stakeholders of all ages and at all levels must address the social problem of anti-LGBTQ+ bias in school communities.…Read more
One of our Commissioning Editors, Rebecca Tomlinson looks at Marcial Bragadini Bóo's book 'The Rules of Democracy' which publishes this June.…Read more
In this episode, Ivan Kalmar, author of 'White But Not Quite', explains illiberal democracy in Central Europe, the role ‘whiteness’ plays in illiberalism, and the dynamics of racism by and towards Central Europeans.…Read more
Thom Brooks looks at the need for a new Citizenship Test in the UK and exposes the flaws in the current system. …Read more
Ivan Kalmar, author of 'White But Not Quite', argues that dismissive attitudes towards Eastern Europeans are a form of racism and explores the close relation between racism towards Central Europeans and racism by Central Europeans: a people white but not quite.…Read more