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‘If more of us start speaking up hopefully more of us will start shouting’
Sociologist, activist and writer LISA MCKENZIE talks to the Star about class politics, morality
and middle-class hypocrisy
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
The UN blames gangs for Haiti’s turmoil, while ignoring decades of foreign intervention and support for an unelected government that lie at the heart of the country’s continuing crisis, says RUBEN BRETT
Interview by Faye Lipson
DR LISA MCKENZIE is on the warpath. When we meet in her office at the London School of Economics (LSE), the class activist, writer and sociologist is freshly indignant from a morning encounter at Parliament — a forum on climate change.
As we make coffee she recalls the Nottingham tongue-lashing she bestowed on a fellow speaker who interrupted the debate to claim that all social issues paled in significance to climate change.
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