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While people in cities across the Global North are unable to access affordable housing, their comrades in the Global South are dispossessed of houses that…
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
An elaborate ARG has revealed two deleted scenes from Doctor Who Season 2, prompting fans to argue whether they would have made it better.
These two charts tell a story. First, the top .1%. Next, the top 1%. This chart is only to 2023. Now what you’ll notice is that the top .1% holds about half the wealth of the top 1%. It’s like this all thru the economy. Everything is flowing to the top, because that’s how the […]
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If you’ve ever been at a Dutch PhD ceremony, you’ve come across the toga – which is, unfortunately not a Greek or Roman toga as pictured here. Instead, it’s a kind of black gown, made from heavy cloth, with velvet facings, accompanied by a white collar and a velvet hat that resembles the mortarboards that […]
In science — and economics — one could argue that there are basically three kinds of reasoning available: (1) Deduction Premise 1: All Chicago economists believe in the Rational Expectations Hypothesis (REH). Premise 2: Robert Lucas is a Chicago economist. Conclusion: Robert Lucas believes in REH. Here we have an example of a logically valid deductive […]
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
Should deaf parents be able to select for a deaf child? On the ethics of parental choice and ‘designer babies’
- by Aeon Video
One woman's husband was taken from his job as an ambulance paramedic two years ago. She waited after the ceasefire, but he never came home.
The post Dozens of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared in Israeli Detention appeared first on The Intercept.
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?
- by Jeff Sebo & Andreas L Mogensen
Renaissance artists paid uncommon attention to Jesus’ nether regions. What does this breach in modesty reveal about art?
- by Sam Dresser
Some people watch history pass by. Others high in ‘historical consciousness’ truly live it – and seem to benefit as a result
- by Şebnem Ture
This autumn’s conference season seemed to shift the standing of most parties by less than the margin of error. Reform maintained its consistent lead over Labour, the Conservatives continued to struggle in third place, and the Liberal Democrats remained in their small-to-medium-sized comfort zone. In a notable exception to the rule, there was new impetus […]
For as long as socialism has existed in Britain, it has been defined by disagreements over the role of the state. From the early days of the Labour Party, through the post-war settlement and the rise of neoliberalism, socialists have debated whether the capitalist state could ever be used to build socialism. The issue has […]
On my regular commute from Liverpool Central train station to the University of Liverpool, I pass several physical reminders of the Merseyside Women’s Liberation Movement (MWLM). Walking up Bold Street, I see that the News from Nowhere radical bookshop still stands on my right, a flourishing non-profit women’s co-operative and long-standing focal point for non-sectarian […]
In the early hours of 29 January 1996, three peace activists cut through the perimeter fence of the Warton Aerodrome of British Aerospace (now bae Systems) in North West England. They proceeded to gain access to military hangar 358, and meticulously damaged the radar and targeting systems, cockpit, nose cone, and metal panels on a […]
The great and lamented urban historian Eric Hazan described the Parisian café as being ‘much more than just a backdrop: it illuminated its denizens’ physique and soul’. To Hazan, there could be no proper understanding of the relationship between his beloved city and its artists and writers without an understanding of that venerated French institution […]
I recently heard about something called the radar relationship check-in, a method people use to work through issues with their partners. Seeming to originate from the popular US relationship podcast Multiamory, radar is an acronym that describes the different stages in the process: Review, Agenda, Discussion, Action points, Reconnect. I brought this up a few […]
There’s a rough version of the history of architecture, politics, and society since the Second World War that goes something like this. After war and fascism, cash-strapped and devastated countries directed modern architects to design new social buildings, in which form (minimal, without ornament, ‘truthful’ to its construction materials) followed function (mass public housing, schools, […]
Jeff Young has been widely acclaimed in recent years for his radio essays, drama-documentaries, and site-specific playwriting. His first book, 2020’s Ghost Town, focused on his native city of Liverpool, evoking the disappearing streets of the twentieth century with elegiac style. In contrast, Wild Twin — published last year — is a dérive through the post-punk era […]
In September 2015, I moved back to the North East of England after having lived elsewhere for several years. A couple of notable things happened in the days that followed. Perhaps the most notable was the election of Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the Labour Party, after a summer of building optimism that this […]