Harvard, elite privilege and the weaponisation of anti-Semitism
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Culture wars are ideological clashes surrounding cultural and social beliefs between groups, generally divided across the socially conservative and liberal line. The term derives from the German Kulturkampf (‘culture struggle’), referring to the clashes between the Catholic Church and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the late nineteenth century. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis on culture wars here.
The Australian Liberals gambled on the culture wars, and lost
Desperate to win big, Peter Dutton has tacked right and attacked woke. It might have cost him the election.
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David Rieff foretells the fate of woke
Rieff offers the American left a path beyond the culture war and towards a more generous, genuine humanism.
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The DEI trend cycle
Even Disney has become an apparatchik in Trump’s war on woke.
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How DEI cleaves American politics
Why has Diversity, Equity and Inclusion become Donald Trump’s favourite political weapon?
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The dawn of the anti-woke era
Having rejected the Democrats’ progressivist dogma, the American electorate is undergoing a social and demographic revolution.
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Musa al-Gharbi’s dire diagnosis for the woke elite
The sociologist on Ivy League hypocrisy, the four “great awokenings”, and what Kamala Harris got wrong.
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Kamala Harris and the perils of identity politics
The Democrats’ decision to choose a vice-president for tokenistic reasons was always destined to backfire.
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The end of Tory England
Labour may refuse to believe the polls, but regime change is coming.
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How the National Trust won the war on woke
The charity has outsmarted and outmanoeuvred its critics, who are all too easy to caricature as furious cranks and bigots.
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The Royal Society of Literature has failed us
As a former chair of the RSL, it is sad to see its mission being undermined by a new censoriousness.
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The culture war claims Claudine Gay
How the Ivy League hearings on anti-Semitism reveal the wounded American elite.
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Capitalism and culture wars won’t save Tories or Republicans
On both the sides of the Atlantic, the right thinks it’s better to blame migrants than to protect incomes.
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The Conservatives are bringing the culture war to the NHS
The Health Secretary’s conference speech focused on trans issues and union relations rather than waiting lists and staff shortages.
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Cancel culture comes to GB News
Lawrence Fox and Dan Wooton have nowhere left to hide.
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Whether Ibram X Kendi wasted millions is not the point
The author’s misguided ideas matter more than the inquiry into his Center for Antiracist Research.
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The maternity unit is no place for a culture war
Britain’s maternity services are underfunded, understaffed and divided by an ideological battle over the best way to give birth.
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Capitalism is driving the culture wars
In a world of insecurity, the masses are trying to assert dignity and choice through battles over identity politics.
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You Ask Us: will Labour stop the culture wars?
And does the government control what journalists report?
The real cause of generational warfare
The internet has collapsed the space between young and old and exposed previously hidden divides.
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