Simple populist answers to complex problems will fail all of us
I sat and listened this week to Reform’s plans to lead the British population to a future of milk and honey with a mix of unease, resignation and anger. There is of course nothing new in what Farage and Yusuf announced. It is a direct lift from the National Front leaflets of the 1970s with an added sprinkle of a promise to leave the European Commission for Human Rights and other international treaties
The Michaela School Ruling: Religion, Education and ‘British Values’
On 16 April 2024 a female Muslim pupil lost her High Court challenge against the banning of Muslim prayers at Michaela Community School, a secular secondary ‘Free School’ in London.
My Visit to Israel
Nira Yuval-Davis reflects on the ongoing war that has reached “a new and dangerous stage that can reverberate not only across the region by across the globe”.
Rushdie’s Right to Write
Feminist Dissent stands in solidarity with Teesta Setalvad who has been jailed for her defence of human rights