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Slave to Fashion: Q&A with author Safia Minney
It is shocking how little people know about how their clothes are made and the inhumanity of the fashion industry.
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Eye on the prize: why you should vote for Jeremy Corbyn by Ken Loach
Public services are being dismembered, outsourced, closed down, the source of profit for a few and an impoverished society for the many.
Sleaford Mods: We’re going down like BHS
Sleaford Mods’ depiction of the collapsed department store chain BHS as a metaphor for the decline of the country as a whole.
100 years on: a very short history of the Russian Revolution told in 10 objects
Celebrating the cultural achievements of the early Russian revolution which had at its centre a commitment to the politics of socialism.
Ken Loach wins Bafta and slams government’s brutal treatment of poor and refugees
The Tory government is ‘callous, brutal and disgraceful’ says Ken Loach after his film I, Daniel Blake wins the 2017 Bafta award for Outstanding British Film.
Trump has proven beyond doubt that the system is broken, so let’s fix it
The whole system that has to change, says Brian Eno, not just who leads the government but something deeper and more fundamental.
How the fashion industry is a stitch up that swindles us all
Tansy Hoskins strips away the apparel trade’s decorative exterior and then dynamites the foundations of the fashion trade.
Brian Eno: Reasons to be cheerful about 2017 – the start of something big
We need engagement that is not just tweets and likes and swipes, but thoughtful and creative social and political action too.
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings: What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes
RIP 18.11.16 Sharon Jones, iconic US soul singer who was always committed to the causes of peace and justice.
Why I wear a dandelion instead of a red poppy to remember the war dead
WW1 veteran Arthur never talked about the war, except to say, “I’ve seen things no man should have to see.”
Is more ‘ethical’ shopping the way to tame corporate greed and the inequalities of capitalism?
Taking the fashion industry as her example, Tansy Hoskins disputes the claim that corporate power can be tamed by consumer spending.
