oppression

A sinister strangeness: City Like Water, by Dorothy Tse, reviewed

21 March 2026 9:00 am

A beloved native city is in a state of flux, slipping from normal into nightmare as freedom vanishes, time collapses and people throw themselves from rooftops

The power of the brown American diva

27 July 2024 9:00 am

Deborah Paredez celebrates ‘bold, beautiful, messy’ stars such as Tina Turner, Celia Cruz, Vikki Carr, Grace Jones and Aretha Franklin as fabulous role models for the oppressed

Let there be blood

1 July 2023 9:00 am

Between his return from exile and his death, Lenin launched – and perverted – the revolution that shapes world politics today