Political participation

An intervention in a global debate that has been paralysed by the continued use of out-dated categories of political analysis. In it political journalist Matthew D'Ancona proposes a new way of understanding the crises of developed societies in the early 21st century - and plots a way forward.

Instead of cleaning up their acts, many companies are willing to try to understand activists and co-opt or discredit them. Whether you're Union Carbide or just a small-time polluter, the THORP reprocessor or Chernobyl - here's a survival guide.

What does the good life - and the good society - look like in the twenty-first century? Today, our lives are dominated by an ideology of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. But we cannot replace it without a positive vision, on...

We live in an age of fury and confusion. A new crisis erupts before the last one has finished: financial crisis, Brexit, pandemic, war in Ukraine, energy shortages. Prime Ministers come and go but politics stays divided and toxic. It is tempting to switch off the news, tune out and hope things wi...

Barrister Michael Mansfield, KC, has spent his career fighting injustice, persecution and corruption. And be it the Birmingham Six, Bloody Sunday, Stephen Lawrence, the Marchioness, Hillsborough or Grenfell, he has come to learn one thing - that people power is unstoppable. Time and again he has ...

Barrister Michael Mansfield, KC, has spent his career fighting injustice, persecution and corruption. And be it the Birmingham Six, Bloody Sunday, Stephen Lawrence, the Marchioness, Hillsborough or Grenfell, he has come to learn one thing - that people power is unstoppable. Time and again he has ...

Unstoppable comedian Russell Brand wants YOU to join the revolution. Are you like him, fed-up with the status quo? Do you ask yourself why 1% of the world owns nearly half the wealth? Are you appalled that in a year of a double-dip recession, banker's bonuses rose by around 64%? Does it anger you...

Unstoppable comedian Russell Brand wants YOU to join the revolution. Are you like him, fed-up with the status quo? Do you ask yourself why 1% of the world owns nearly half the wealth? Are you appalled that in a year of a double-dip recession, banker's bonuses rose by around 64%? Does it anger you...

Many Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact, they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years. 50 years ago, people in leafy North London and people in working-cla...