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The Borders Bill is a violent solution to an imaginary crisis

Welcome refugees — Priti Patel’s Nationality and Borders Bill relies on falsehoods around the illegality of channel crossings and will only endanger refugees. We must resist the government’s scaremongering tactics, writes JIWC’s communications officer, Nadia Hasan.

  • Opinion
  • Nadia Hasan

A visual celebration of the revolutionary Angela Davis

Power to the people — A new exhibition is celebrating the activist, abolitionist, and feminist, and exploring how she utilised her image as a tool in the fight for freedom.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Young UK Muslims on growing up in the shadow of 9/11

20 years on — To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Gen Z Muslims reflect on how the tragedy spurred on Islamophobia in Britain, and the impact it’s had on their lives.

  • Activism
  • Mishti Ali

How a four-day week could transform society

Demanding change — In a new book, authors Will Stronge and Kyle Lewis make the compelling case for reducing the working week. They tell us how this vital demand could advance multiple social causes.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glover

Common is starting his own beautiful revolution

‘Biden must be held to account‘ — Ahead of the release of his new album, the 49-year-old rapper talks mixing his art with politics, and working alongside music’s greats.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

How unions could transform work under capitalism

Make bosses pay — Author Eve Livingston discusses her new book, which makes the case for seizing on the collective power of unions to revolutionise the workplace.

  • Activism
  • Katie Goh

We must defy Starmer’s undermining of Young Labour

Rising up — After attempts to bar Jeremy Corbyn and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign from the Labour Party’s annual conference, activists are speaking out about the leadership’s continued silencing of Young Labour.

  • Activism
  • Mark Montegriffo

Shon Faye: ‘Transphobia is a direct product of capitalism’

The Transgender Issue — Ahead of the release of her new book, the author talks to writer Robin Craig about how transgender healthcare must change, sex worker solidarity and what it will take to achieve trans liberation.

  • Activism
  • Robin Craig

An Afghan student on the horror of the Taliban takeover

‘The world is abandoning us’ — A university student awaiting an evacuation flight from outside Kabul airport describes his experience of the crisis in Afghanistan and his fears for the future of his country.

  • Activism
  • Jessie Williams

A year after the Beirut blast, the fight for justice continues

Rebuilding from the rubble — On 4 August 2020, a large quantity of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of Beirut, killing 218 people and injuring 7000 others. A year on, protestors still fighting for answers gathered together on the streets.

  • Activism
  • Matt Kynaston

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