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The sinister new politics of public space

Your prejudice is showing — Closing parks during a lockdown is inhumane, especially when housing is so cramped and gardens a rare luxury.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

A visual history of Chinese propaganda

From the 1920s to today — Striking posters – taken from the 1920s to the present day – chart the country’s emergence as an economic powerhouse.

  • Art
  • Cassidy George

The Tories still don’t care about you

This is not socialism — It took a global pandemic, but the Conservatives have finally managed to find their ‘magic money tree’. Unfortunately, it only works for the middle and upper classes, writes Tristan Cross.

  • Opinion
  • Tristan Cross

If we can save the airlines, we can save the planet

The jig is up — The Coronavirus has shown that, when the wealthy are at risk, we can mobilise state power and plough public funds. It’s time we did the same for the climate crisis.

  • Opinion
  • Eleanor Penny

In these trying times, we must simply eat the rich

Imagine there’s no billionaires — There’s nothing like a global economic crisis to change minds. And right now, we’re only about three more ‘Imagine’ videos away from a revolution.

  • Opinion
  • Aimee Cliff

A surreal study of injustice in the Brazilian outback

Welcome to Bacurau — Part-Western and part-thriller, Bacurau tells the story of a small town plagued by strange happenings.

  • Film
  • Zoe Whitfield

Coronavirus is exposing the government’s ineptitude

The next casualty? — Science is complex, but it is the government’s role to convey the information the public need in a manner that is understandable. So why aren’t they doing that?

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

Afrobeat legend Tony Allen on the political power of music

‘It's all about control’ — One of the most influential musicians alive, the Nigerian drummer is back with his decade-in-the-making new album, Rejoice.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

Drillminister: ‘I’m the last chance of real democracy’

London’s next mayor? — Despite early criticism, the drill artist has emerged as one of the most passionate and determined candidates in this year’s London mayoral elections. We met him to hear more about his plans for the capital.

  • Activism
  • Jake Hall

What’s so Great about Britain?

Debunking nationalist myths — As the tide of nationalism rises once more, writer Ruby Lott-Lavigna delves into right-wing ideology to dispel the myths and lies that prop it up.

  • Opinion
  • Ruby Lott-Lavigna

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