The reasons for the marginalisation of the working class have been economic and political, not a cultural loss.

Kenan Malik is a London-based writer, lecturer and broadcaster. His latest book is The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics. Previous... books include From Fatwa to Jihad (2009), shortlisted for the 2010 George Orwell Prize. He writes at Pandaemonium: www.kenanmalik.wordress.com
The reasons for the marginalisation of the working class have been economic and political, not a cultural loss.
Whatever the result of the referendum, it will not stem popular disaffection with mainstream political institutions.
The campaign against cultural appropriation is part of the broader attempt to police communities and cultures.
If the refugees are a cause of crisis, how does the EU imagine that offloading them to Turkey is any less of a crisis?
We need to find a means of revitalising the democratic process.
Rhodes Must Fall campaigners are letting the past recolonise them.
The Syria debate has also become a focus for the infighting in UK’s Labour party.
Holding refugees and Western foreign policy responsible foments anti-immigrant hatred, further polarising Europe.
The whole point of the deal is to allow the EU to push refugees beyond its borders.
Radicalisation is a process born out of alienation and our atomised world.