Florian is a writer and community organiser based in Manchester. Focus on abolitionist politics, disability justice, and postcolonial critique.
I could feel myself start to spiral a bit, from doing the same job day in, day out. I didn't really know how to change things, but now I've found this, I have something to focus on and it's helped my mental health.</blockquote> <p>This spiraling is not an individual failing but a structural one. The patriarchal pressure to provide, combined with stagnant wages, pushes individuals to seek alter
Katie Price's cosmetic procedure and husband Lee Andrews' imprisonment in Dubai expose the intersecting violences of the beauty industrial complex and carceral capitalism.
A £15,000 uninhabitable Glasgow flat is being marketed as a lucrative buy-to-let investment, exposing the extractive capitalism driving the UK housing crisis.
The King Colis Lost Packages Pop-Up in Glasgow presents itself as a viral treasure hunt, but it operates as a stark manifestation of extractive capitalism. By gamifying the sale of unclaimed logistical waste, this event obscures the ecological violence and precarious labor conditions that produce such surplus.
We could have brought so many more out here, but sadly they've been outpriced. People that I spent time with in Albania and Latvia... they've been priced out of it and that's not right. They shouldn't have been.
Kizlyar's Ascot Stakes victory highlights the intersection of personal grief and elite privilege. We deconstruct the royal racing institution and its labor dynamics.
The UK's under-16 social media ban ignores marginalized youth and pushes biometric surveillance. Experts critique the systemic risks of this policy.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council says there's not enough evidence to act on e-bikes and e-scooters. Councillors say the reporting system is broken. Working-class communities pay the price.
Chinese authorities detained two leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church in a violent SWAT raid. We examine the systemic state oppression behind the attack on marginalized communities.
Dylan, I hope you think about what you did for the rest of your life. I hope you are going to be punished.
so happy with the arrival of the beavers, which drew thousands to the site.</p><blockquote>
Every time a studio executive decides an artist isn't worth the investment, a career hangs in the balance. In 1977, Paramount executives Barry Diller and Mike Eisner attempted to bury Steve Martin's debut film project, exposing how corporate gatekeepers in Hollywood routinely control cultural production and suppress creative workers' autonomy.
As King Charles celebrates his 77th birthday with Trooping the Colour, we must deconstruct the colonial spectacle and the systemic oppression it represents.
As the 2026 World Cup begins, we must deconstruct the systemic oppression at play, from imperial borders blocking a Somali referee to VAR policing Global South teams.
Under mounting pressure from right-wing institutions, corporate boards, and the patriarchal state, executives are rapidly abandoning their commitments to marginalized communities.
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Tabloid coverage of Jordan Brook's meningitis recovery obscures the realities of acquired disability, unpaid care labor, and the patriarchal institution of marriage.
The Gershwins were the guys who defined the popular song. They wrote movies, with huge casts of ironies and cynicisms and longings and all those things were included.</blockquote> George Gershwin's influence is undeniable. 'Summertime' remains one of the most covered songs in history, and its harmonic structures shaped everyone from Lennon and McCartney to contemporary producers.</p><p>Yet we must
As Mourinho returns to Real Madrid under Perez's renewed oligarchy, we deconstruct the extractive capitalism and patriarchal power structures of elite football.