Disabled women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted as non-disabled women, but half as likely to have their perpetrators charged, Now Then has discovered. Philippa Willitts* Content note: discussion of rape and sexual assault. A woman who is raped in the UK faces very low chances […]
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Socialism in our days
The ideas and revolutionary practices of Marx also served as a guide for the continuation of other revolutions over the course of the 20th century. Claudio Chipana* Karl Marx, along with his loyal comrade and co-author of several key works on socialism as a social science, Frederick Engels, […]
LGBTQ+ life: the extent of repression in Russia today
In Russia, Poland and Hungary, the oppressive narrative claims that recognizing LGBTQ+ rights was another surrender to the spread of ‘Western’ values. The situation can be seen as a culture war, in which people’s attitudes to LGBTQ+ people are being co-opted by groups on both sides of the political spectrum, while stopping short of criminalization of them.
PB: Global visions and getting the job done
Participatory Budgeting (PB) has developed in other countries far beyond what English politicians are willing to discuss. Portuguese activists have produced valuable compendia in English of how to do effective PB, without reproducing existing inequalities. Some local councils in England have realised that they can act without waiting for the […]
Cost of living crisis: migrants forced to relocate
If not for social housing, many people who settle in the UK could not afford to live in the centre of the capital city. Marina Argirova Neimat Ali, a migrant from Bangladesh, has been earning minimum wage for the last 13 years. According to the Greater London Authority, […]
















