Society, Media and Culture

Claas Kirchhelle traces the history of disease, public health, and international cooperation from cholera to Covid-19.

The health crisis has been a clear moment of rupture but change will depend on the choices, movements, and ideas that define our response.

What strategies does Alternative für Deutschland use to discredit school strikers, and why does climate mobilising generate such a strong reaction on the Right?

The “Greta effect” reveals a great deal about exclusion-inclusion mechanisms in media and discourse. An intersectional approach has more to offer.

Menstrual capitalism reproduces deeply entrenched taboos to profit at the expense of wellbeing, environment and gender equality.

Environmental destruction is inseparable from relationships of racial and colonial domination.

Abundance and Freedom by Pierre Charbonnier is an environmental history of ideas that links changing patterns in land use to political thought as it developed in the modern era.

From policy matters to debates over strategy, this divide shapes political visions with the green camp and beyond. In order to navigate it, its roots must first be understood.

The Green Deal needs a nuanced approach which recognises the historical roots of today’s inequalities.

Changing our relationships with time and work remains a key task for progressive forces everywhere. This an opportunity for green politics to suddenly become urgent.