Art beyond oil: on Ai Weiwei, Ali Ferzat and Ahmed Bassiouny
‘Not if but when: Culture Beyond Oil’ is a new publication from PLATFORM, Liberate Tate, and Art Not Oil which sets out to discuss oil sponsorship of the arts. In…
If in six months they say they didn’t know, they’ll be lying
Seve Cockburn writes from Dakar. This piece first appeared on his blog. Sometime last February I sat in a meeting when people were talking about how there was going to…
UK Uncut response to retirement of HMRC Chief Dave Hartnett – 17th December Day of Action
As Dave Hartnett announces his retirement as head tax chief and HMRC feels renewed pressure inside parliament over tax dodging, UK Uncut plans to pile the pressure on the high…
Creating a New Union: Myths about Marriage Equality in Scotland
by Mairi Campbell-Jack Last week there was a lot of bluster in the Scottish papers. Exactly the sort of bluster you hear when a group, which used to be in…
We Don’t Need Martyrs
In this response to Pete Spellar's article "Why I don't mask up", majsaleh defends the tactic and argues that solidarity is different from martydom. It is unsurprising that people are…
Disciplined by Birmingham University because I was assaulted…
by Simon Furse Last week I took part in a peaceful sit in to try and raise awareness and dialogue about the effects of the white paper. My university responded…
New attacks on LGBT rights in Russia
By Nigel Warner In recent years state authorities in Russia have repeatedly tried to prevent LGBT people from campaigning publicly for their rights. This has been most evident in relation…
Think you live in a free country? Think again…
by Richard Openshaw Last week saw US campus police use pepper spray in an attempt to end a patently peaceful student Occupy protest at a University of California campus and…
Disentangling population reduction and women’s empowerment
By Fiona Ranford There are growing murmurings amongst environmental activists that, despite the obvious unease around the subject, it's time to tackle the population issue. These concerns have been exacerbated…
Why privatisation is wrong – from a parent of a child with special needs.
This post is published as a series of blogs about privatisation and in support of the ‘Week of Auctions organised by an alliance of anti-cuts groups across the UK. The…