Society & Culture
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India’s Post-Coronavirus Transition Won’t Be Easy. Here’s Why.
A new world order awaits us on the other side of the pandemic. But India needs to battle its socio-cultural and political contagions before they get the better of her in the new world.
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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Decolonising the University: The Origins and Meaning of a Movement
While inspired by movements in the US and South Africa, British struggles are profoundly shaped by the particular challenges facing students of colour living and studying in the UK.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
- Decolonisation
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In Times Like These, What is the Future of the BBC?
Why we need a reformed and bigger BBC putting information engineering in the public interest at the centre of a new vision for the UK.
- Covid-19
- Media
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Crossing Divides: A Social Experiment for Post-Brexit Britain
Within this turbulent and divisive context, how can the country be brought back together? How can we reunite with a sense of coherent and sustainable national unity?
- Brexit
- Media
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Migration and the Climate Crisis
While climate-induced displacement is no new phenomenon, we are currently witnessing the critical role it plays in migration.
- Environment & Climate Change
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Review: Our City: Migrants and the Making of Modern Birmingham, by Jon Bloomfield
Having worked for the city council on urban policy, Jon Bloomfield wants to tell a positive story about Birmingham.
- Immigration
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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Toxic Friends? A Critique of Blue Labour
A critique of Blue Labour in four key areas – class, economy, family and race. What are the alternative ways forward to forge alliances between the working class and new social movement?
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
- Labour Party
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Lebanon Protests: Why a WhatsApp Tax Sparked a Political Movement
There are deeper undercurrents that explain why the protests in Lebanon are happening.
- Political Parties
- Media
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Brexit and Gastronationalism
‘Gastronationalism’ is the idea that there are distinctive and authentic national food cultures that are threatened by the forces of globalisation. It is a myth.
- Sovereignty
- Brexit
- Trade
- Identity Politics
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"Fiction Gets us to Look at Truths That Politics Can't Get at": Interview with Petina Gappah
Petina Gappah reflects on Zimbabwe's socio-political transformation, the influence of Orwell on her writing, and the enduring power of fiction to reveal the truth.
- Media
