I’m not from the UK. I have a British passport, but I don’t feel “British”. In fact, I don’t really feel like my nationality should really define my identity at…
Rhetoric, ridicule and oppression: tactics of the Nastier Party, UKIP
‘We’re not career politicians, just people asking to be elected and paid as MEPs.’ The ethos of York’s UKIP public meeting was not going to be pleasant – and that…
5 rules to protect you from racism.
When you’re growing up brown in a white country, you’re taught a few techniques of self-protection. Some of these are things you learn from your parents, others are those you…
If a person speaks and no-one listens, do they have a voice?
Everyone has a right to free speech but only a few are heard. As World Social Forum 2013 opens its doors in Tunis today, I mused on how little the…
Is this the end of Europe?
When we speak of a place, we don’t mean its “real” geography, but the idea of it. In this sense we comprehend it by it being lived in, our understandings…
Biofuels, the UK’s false solution to Climate Change
First published on the ActionAid Blog as part of their series on Biofuels When we were promised the “Greenest Government ever” by the coalition last year, we were desperately hoping…
It’s not a “food” crisis, it’s a Hunger Crisis
According to the World Food Programme, 925 million people across the world currently do not have enough to eat. That number is increasing. Our problem is not food scarcity, but…