To address the complex threats and opportunities of the 21st century needs a change of mindset and daily political practice – away from the mindset of the machine and the engineer and towards the mindset of the garden and the gardener.
Maternal health advocates demand answers after pubs and shops reopen but some women in England’s least-hit areas are still required to attend vital scans alone.
Prisons and police don’t protect women – particularly women of colour – from male violence. In fact they expose them to it. We need to support alternatives.
Those most affected by the COVID-19 crisis have been woefully under-represented at the daily briefings, and it's contributed to the government's failure to address the needs of BAME people, women and the working class.
It only took a sub-microscopic pathogen to confirm that, when a crisis strikes, it is the national framework that becomes crucial in offering a sense of security to disoriented masses.
