Why are we Pretending? A Final Inventory Check upon Leaving Europe
Why should radicals look to 'pretenders' for inspiration? Amy Westwell and Cailean Gallagher trace the history of wild and illegitimate claims to power and...
“Freedom-loving Brits” Taking Back Control: Post-truth in the COVID Era |...
‘Post-truth’ has become a buzzword in the recent years but it has also created ambiguity pertaining to the term ‘post’. The association of ‘post’...
Seizing the moment? Scotland, Coronavirus and the question of Independence |...
A recent poll from Panelbase for the Sunday Times provided some heady tonic for the Westminster establishment and Unionists regarding the current mood in...
Our Finest Hour – A very British response to crisis |...
The coronavirus has quite predictably, though understandably, invaded all forms of media which we consume. Every newspaper is dominated by updates on the battle...
Challenging “Gender Ideology”: (Anti-)Gender Politics in Europe’s Populist Moment | Jenny...
In this long-read article for The New Pretender Jenny Gunnarsson Payne offers an in-depth analysis of the emergence and power of so-called “Anti-Gender” movements and campaigns both here in...
In Mexico City a woman wrote on the torn side of...
In Mexico City a woman wrote on the torn side of a cardboard box: “They took so much from us that they also took...
On Strike Against Reality: Conspiracy Thinking as the Popularisation of Critical...
Conspiracy theories and post-truth politics have figured prominently in the popular consciousness throughout 2020; growing steadily alongside public health responses to the Covid-19 pandemic....
The Underbelly of a Littlebury Lawyer
Who are the elite capital-owning class, and how do they think about precarious work? Cailean Gallagher offers a case-study of the tycoon behind the...
Black Lives Matter, Covid-19 and the Scene of Politics | Hasret...
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will” – Frederick Douglass
“I feel that if we don’t take seriously the ways...
Reflections on Violence against Women and Mainstream Media in Ireland
We Rise, We Chant and We March, and still We are not Heard
Ana Kriegel, Jastine Valdez, Joanne Ball, Natalia Karaczyn. These are the names...