Come What May, the latest novel by Palestinian author Ahmed Masoud, introduces us to the essential human story behind daily Palestinian issues and concerns, a story we rarely see in the press or on our TV screens, writes Amanda Huggins in her review.
Any black and brown activist knows activism carries an enormous personal cost, yet our campaigns continue to rely on the sacrifices of a few. The only way we can succeed is by working together, writes Samantha Asumadu.
The Nationality and Borders Bill, which goes to the House of Lords next week, presents a grave danger to Britain’s ethnic minorities. So why has there been so little opposition to it from the UK left? Asks Sam Asumadu.
The logic of asylum housing is simply an extension of the housing system in the UK more broadly. They are both underpinned by profiteering, deregulation, and racism, write Bogumila Hall and Ola Hall.
James Baldwin’s critique of American life remains one of the preeminent interventions of the Civil Rights movement. In the wake of the Trump era and the rise of BLM, Baldwin’s radical vision is more relevant than ever, writes Zwan Mahmod.
Shamima Begum has become the repository of Britain’s self-mythology around the ‘dangers’ of having so many of ‘them’ amongst ‘us’, writes Fatima Rajina.
When Anthony Alvarez was fatally shot five times in the back by a Chicago police officer earlier this year, Mike Friedberg joined the local protests demanding justice and accountability. What ensued is a story of cruelty and impunity which is as disturbing as it is familiar in today’s America, he writes.
More than 75 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a landmark agreement prohibiting nuclear weapons has come into force this week. However, the five original nuclear powers, including the UK, stand in opposition. Steve Shaw reports.
Over several months during lockdown, Dave Prescott became increasingly aware of an urge to see over the hedge of his back garden and across to the hills beyond. Naturally, he began to investigate the concept of an elevated chair.
From Gaza to Grenfell, Forensic Architecture’s latest exhibition, Cloud Studies, documents the perpetration of, and resistance to, slow violence as it is enacted by states and corporations, writes Esther Kaner in her review.
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