Policing the Silence
From Black Lives Matter to the death of the Queen, the fierce arguments generated by minute silences in football reflect how the game has become a battleground where fans contest their political and cultural identities.
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David Swift
David Swift is a historian and author. His new book The Identity Myth is out now, published by Constable.
The Lessons of London’s Great Dock Strike
In 1889, during one of capitalism’s prolonged crises, casualised dock workers in London came together in a 130,000-strong strike for better pay – and helped ring in a new wave of socialism and industrial militancy across the country.
The Real Divide Isn’t Generation – It’s Class
The media tries to pit the old against the young in a generation war – but the dividing line that really defines our society is the one between classes.