The Guardian reports on marches and protests across the globe to celebrate International Women’s Day. Three cheers for all feminists who took to the streets today to remind us that women’s rights should never be taken for granted; in fact, as The Guardian discusses, women’s rights are under severe pressure. And given the rise of […]
Activism
Two months ago, I saw No Other Land in a large movie theatre in Brussels. No Other Land is a documentary made by a team of two Palestinians and two Israeli. We follow their reporting on the years-long destruction of Masafer Yatta, a village on the Palestinian Westbank, by Israeli forces. The Israeli State, backed […]
Yasmine Ahmed talks to Lala Soueif who has spent almost 150 days on hunger strike in protest over her son's imprisonment in Egypt
Campaigners are challenging the lawfulness of restrictions brought in by the former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman
If enough people are talking with each other about why the rule of law, strong democratic values and human rights are worth defending, the demagogues will fail
The union believes it "may have been a targeted break-in, possibly linked to corporate espionage"
Here’s a virtual toast to your flourishing in 2025. But more so than any other year, our wishes should not just be from person to person, but rather wishes for societies – and the society of societies, global humanity. I haven’t felt so gloomy about politics, broadly defined, in a very long time. A genocide […]
Claims of bullying and harassment have erupted into public view as Britain's biggest union faces strike action and internal unrest
A few weeks ago, seven political philosophers at my department, who regularly meet to discuss issues related to sustainable futures, met to discuss Hannah Ritchie’s book Not the End of the World. That book quickly appeared on the bestseller’s lists. For everyone who read her book, or is perhaps thinking about reading her book, here’s […]
Union leader accuses the Labour Government of "trying to face both ways" amid threatened strikes over orders for civil servants to return to the office