In my Opinion
Thought-provoking opinion videos from independent thinkers
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Randeep Ramesh says gorwing focus on race, sexuality and gender issues over class has forced mainstream politics into a transformation
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Tania Branigan says North Korea is not as irrational as it may seem
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Mhairi Black says the Tories’ system of benefit sanctions is designed to victimise the most vulnerable in society
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Hugh Muir says the government claims to be poor so it can avoid its moral duties
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Labour peer says the government must replace ‘gender neutral’ budgeting with economic policies that put women first
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Alex Hern says civil partnerships should be extended to mixed-sex couples
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Hanna Yusuf argues that women of colour miss out on critical acclaim because of the white men who set industry standards
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Jonathan Freedland says the essentials of democracy are being undermined by Trump’s administration
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Kathleen Kerridge says we should not judge a person’s need based on the size of their jeans
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Nesrine Malik says the left needs to overcome its narcissism of good behaviour
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Prof Dominic Johnson argues that atheists act on irrational and superstitious beliefs, whether they like it or not
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Kehinde Andrews says global inequality is not an accident – it is designed to keep the hierarchy of race intact
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Gary Younge says while Obama was not sufficient for America, the political system is unable to deliver what the country needs
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Libby Liburd says demonisation of single mothers runs through British society
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Joseph Harker says ethnic minorities deserve better representation in the media
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Catriona Watson argues we live in an ‘econocracy’
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Janet Murray asks why women still feel ashamed to talk about miscarriage
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Britain likes to think it doesn’t do fascism – we beat Hitler, after all. But, asks Rachel Shabi, are we complacent?
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Guardian columnist Natalie Nougayrède asks how France’s presidential election will play out across the country and Europe
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Steven W Thrasher asks how far Donald Trump has to go before people stop seeing him as ‘just another president’
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Owen Jones says the US must draw on its proud history of positive action to avoid a Trump victory
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The idea that all women want to be mothers is outdated and sexist, argues Julie Bindel
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Society sets the bar so high to become a ‘good immigrant’, argues writer Nikesh Shukla, that normal immigrants are demonised
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Across Britain, soldiers’ lives are at risk because they can’t find the right treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, says Matthew Green
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British values are not what won us the fragile freedoms we have today, argues Akala
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Calling Paralympians inspirational superhumans does more harm than good, argues Dr Frances Ryan
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Paul Mason argues that as Theresa May negotiates Brexit, the left should unite in a progressive alliance in parliament
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From opposing the convention of human rights, to telling illegal immigrants to ‘go home’, there are things we should know about our new prime minister, says Owen Jones
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Bernie Sanders has galvanised many people that the Democratic party had lost over 40 years, argues Gary Younge
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The EU referendum debate and result has laid ground for the far right to gain momentum, argues the Guardian’s social affairs editor Randeep Ramesh
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The Guardian’s political editor, Anushka Asthana, says the Leave camp have let a genie out of a bottle, and they must put it back
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Trump’s candidacy was a protest, with his team hoping for just 12% of the Republican vote, argues New Yorker writer Mark Singer
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Rutger Bregman says we can cut out ‘deadly’ overwork by dramatically changing the way we work
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We are being turned into a nation of vigilante terrorist hunters, says writer Reni Eddo-Lodge
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