Category Archives: POLITICS

Oliver Chan: Why I’m taking on the Politics & Economics Editorship

My aim as Politics Editor for Impolitikal has been to strip away the pantomime theatrics of parliamentary debates, pundit panels and saviour worship and distill politics down to power and its distribution between parliaments, communities and interest groups, and how values built into powerful political and cultural institutions prioritise some voices and ideas over others.

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Q&A | Tom Gillespie on creating an urban commons in Manchester, with Partisan

Tom Gillespie is a founding member of Partisan, a collective and community space for socially-minded people and projects in Manchester. The group host events and meet-ups, and provide a work base for organisations like Global Justice Now. Tom is also an urban geographer, and by day lectures in international development at the University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute. Sarah found out more.

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