Our superb new columnist, comedian and writer Josie Long, on her political awakening and not having a smock.
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Our superb new columnist, comedian and writer Josie Long, on her political awakening and not having a smock.
Filed in: Social Change
On the day St Paul’s protesters are refused permission to appeal against eviction, Jamie Kelsey-Fry says it will not affect the movement’s momentum.
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The future is unknown, but we can learn on the job, says Maria Golia.
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On 15 November, six Palestinian activists challenged Israeli ‘apartheid’ policies by boarding a segregated bus…and were promptly arrested.
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As the the radical sociologist’s life is commemorated in a new film, Horatio Morpurgo wonders what words of encouragement he might have had for the #Occupy movement.
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Three good doctors have helped to put Tunisia’s body-politic firmly on the road to recovery, says Larbi Sadiki.
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Ilaria Vecchi reports from the 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting in Tunisia, where solidarity is key despite the Palestinians being refused entry visas.
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Police infiltrating activist groups? They should be watching the bankers, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
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How to strengthen the #Occupy movement is of much greater concern than Democrats jumping on the bandwagon, says Mark Engler.
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New Internationalist’s Jamie Kelsey-Fry reports from the highly-organized, diverse and inspirational anti-capitalist protest camp in London’s financial heartland.
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Stefan Simanowitz spends a week with the protesters in New York.
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Mari Marcel Thekaekara is appalled by the tactics used by a website to raise money for poor Indian children. But do the ends justify the means?
‘I was the fall guy’: Julian Assange in his own words
With capital punishment debates resurfacing since the Breivik trial, Tony Mckenna argues the death penalty brutalizes not just the individual but the whole society.
In some Indian communities a girl's first period is treated with great fanfare, in others it is a carefully kept secret, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara visits an organization fighting for children's rights in Delhi and hears some distressing stories.