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angry, listen to what your anger says about
what matters to you. Channel your frustration
intowhatphilosopherMarthaNussbaum
callstransitionalanger– theenergytocreate
somethingpositive.
Wecan’tmarchortaketothestreetsright
now.Butwhatseemssmallercaninfactbe
bigger.WhenenvironmentalactivistGreta
ȃƿűĚĩƢłƷŻŦĢʼnĩƢŁŻŦŦŻǜĩƢƪƷŻ þǛŻŎĢƢþŦŦŎĩƪþűĢ
ȀűĢűĩǜǜþǢƪƷŻ þĢǛŻěþƷĩŁŻƢ ěʼnþűłĩ᠄FƢŎĢþǢƪ
ŁŻƢ FƿƷƿƢĩ'ŎłŎƷþŦǜþƪĚŻƢű᠐ȃĩ᠈'ŎłŎƷþŦ®ƷƢŎţĩ
onlineprotestnowconnectsyoungpeople
rightaroundtheworld,growingthemovement
exponentially,strengtheningglobalbondsand
ĚƿŎŦĢŎűłþ ƪƷƢŻűłĩƢůŻǛĩůĩűƷ᠐
®ŻůĩǛĩƢǢĩDzŁĩěƷŎǛĩþěƷŎǛŎƪƷƪƪƷþƢƷĩĢŻűŦŎűĩ᠐
FŻŻĢěþůƟþŎłűĩƢdþěţrŻűƢŻĩƪƷþƢƷĩĢĚǢ
writinga blog,Cookingona Bootstrap. Amika
GĩŻƢłĩƪƷþƢƷĩĢƷʼnĩ᠈FƢĩĩ£ĩƢŎŻĢƪěþůƟþŎłű
aged 17 withanonlinepetition.Creating
ĢŎłŎƷþŦěŻűƷĩűƷŎƪ þ łƢĩþƷǜþǢƷŻ ȀűĢǢŻƿƢǛŻŎěĩ᠄
ʼnŻűĩǢŻƿƢůĩƪƪþłĩþűĢȀűĢǢŻƿƢþŦŦŎĩƪ᠐űĢ
therehasneverbeensuchanaudiencefornew
thingstoreadandgetinvolvedin,norsuch
anopportunityforpreviouslymarginalised
łƢŻƿƟƪƷŻ Ěĩ ʼnĩþƢĢ᠐Ãf£þƢŦŎþůĩűƷŻƢłþűŎƪŎűł
virtualcommitteemeetingsanddebatesvia
videolinkisthestartofa movetodigitalthat
ŻDzŁĩƢƪěʼnþűěĩƪŁŻƢ ĢŎƪþĚŦĩĢƟĩŻƟŦĩ᠄ƷʼnŻƪĩǜŎƷʼn
long-termillness,carersandotheroverlooked
łƢŻƿƟƪƷŻ ȀűþŦŦǢƟþƢƷŎěŎƟþƷĩŎű ƟŻŦŎěǢůþţŎűł᠐
AtYoungWomen’sTrustwe’reholdingweekly
virtualmeetingsbetweenMPsandyoung
ǜŻůĩűŎű ȀűþűěŎþŦěƢŎƪŎƪþƪ þ ƢĩƪƿŦƷŻŁ Ʒʼnĩ
ĩěŻűŻůŎěŎůƟþěƷŻŁ ŻǛŎĢᠸ ژ᠐ȃĩFþǜěĩƷƷ
Societyrecentlyheldanoversubscribed
livestreamdebateonhowwomenare
ĢŎDzŁĩƢĩűƷŦǢþDzŁĩěƷĩĢĚǢ ƷʼnĩěƢŎƪŎƪ᠐ȃĩȀƢĩŻŁ
rebellionisbright,andspreadingfast.
Butlockdownactivismisn’tjustdigital.
Isolationisconnectingmanyofusmoreclosely
toourcommunitiesthanfreemovement,from
sharingpicturesofrainbows,toclappingfor
carerstoorganisingsupportviaWhatsApp
groupsfortheillandelderly(thechancesare
thatyouknowatleastsomeofyourneighbours
ůƿěʼnĚĩƷƷĩƢűŻǜᠨ᠐FƢŻůƪʼnŻƟƟŎűłŁŻƢ ĩþěʼn
otherwecanstarttomakea planwitheach
otherabouthowwewantourcommunitiesto
ŦŻŻţǜʼnĩűŦŻěţĢŻǜűŎƪ ŦŎǼƷĩĢ᠐
ȃĩƢĩþƢĩƢĩþŦěʼnþŦŦĩűłĩƪŎű ƷƢǢŎűłƷŻ
mobiliseoradvocateforthoseindeepestneed.
ȃŻƪĩǜŎƷʼnŻƿƷĢŎłŎƷþŦþěěĩƪƪ᠄ŁŻěƿƪŎűłƪŎůƟŦǢ
onsurvival,forwhomrainbowsandclapping
feellikefrippery.AtYoungWomen’sTrustwe
haltedsomeplannedprojectstofunnelmoney
directlyintoanemergencyfundsoyoung
ǜŻůĩűŎű ěƢŎƪŎƪěþűþDzŁŻƢĢŁŻŻĢþűĢƢĩűƷ᠐àĩ
ŦþƿűěʼnĩĢþ ƪƿƢǛĩǢƷŻ ȀűĢŻƿƷĩǡþěƷŦǢǜʼnþƷ
thoseyoungwomenneednext.We’reasking
thosewhowishtojoinustohelpfundthese
projectsandbrainstormcampaigntacticsto
builda virtualactivisttrainingprogrammeand
network.Otherorganisationsaredoingthe
ƪþůĩ᠐NĩŦƟƿƪ᠐NĩŦƟƷʼnĩů᠐
Activisminlockdownisa challenge,
butit’snotimpossible.A crisisisa
chanceforchange.Let’sseizeit.FŎǛĩ ¦ƿŦĩƪ ŁŻƢ¦ĩĚĩŦŦŎŻűbySophie
Walkerisoutnow
(IconBooks,£12.99)Top 5 books about
policeproceduralsthose for whom every day pre-pandemic feltlike
an emergency because policymakers didn’tsee
them. A recent tweet I received read: “We haveto
ĩűĢƷʼnĩŦŻěţĢŻǜűĚĩěþƿƪĩƷʼnĩŦĩǼƷþƢĩĩűŠŻǢŎűł
this crisis.” One commentator recently wrote
of minimum income for the poor: “Money for
nothing will not buy happiness.”
Covid-19 renders certainties into uncertainties.
If we want something new from the fall of
the old order we have to grab for it now. I
became an activist over 10 years of fundraising,
lobbying, campaigning and learning. I started
ŻDzŁĚǢƢƿűűŎűłůþƢþƷʼnŻűƪ᠐SʼnĩŦƟĩĢĚƿŎŦĢþűĩǜ
political party, the Women’s Equality Party.Now
I lead Young Women’s Trust in a new phaseof
campaigning for women’s economic justice.We
don’t have 10 years to do this next bit. But weare
learning a lot and we can apply it quickly.
FŎƢƪƷᠵłĩƷǢŻƿƢʼnĩþĢŎűƷʼnĩłþůĩ᠐ ĩěŻůŎűł
þűþěƷŎǛŎƪƷŎƪþƟʼnŎŦŻƪŻƟʼnǢŁŻƢŦŎŁĩ᠐ÃűĢĩƢƪƷþűĢ
that philosophy and it will see you throughmany
ĢŎDzȀěƿŦƷŎĩƪ᠐SǜŻţĩƿƟƷʼnŎƪůŻƢűŎűłþűĢěƢŎĩĢ
ĚƢŎĩǴŦǢ᠃ŎƷᡒƪǜĩĩţŁŻƿƢŻŁŦŻěţĢŻǜűþűĢƷʼnþƷᡒƪ
daunting. But recognising the problem is the
ȀƢƪƷƪƷĩƟƷŻȀǡŎűłŎƷ᠐æŻƿƢƪþĢűĩƪƪŎƪǢŻƿǜþűƷŎűł
more. So get in touch with it. And when youget
ɔɕ
Dublin Murder Squad
series
by Tana French
An unusual series, in that each
ěżżŤŊÿƫÿģŏdzłĪƣĪŲƸŲÿƣƣÿƸżƣÿŲģŏƫ
as much about that narrator as it is
about the crime. Incredibly strong
character voices, stunning writing
and social commentary make these
books stand out.ɔɖ
Manon Bradshaw
series
by Susie Steiner
¼ŊŏƫƫĪƣŏĪƫŏŲĜŧǀģĪƫǝżŲģĪƣłǀŧŧǣ
drawn characters with little details
ƸŊÿƸŰÿŤĪƸŊĪŰŧĪÿƠżdzłƸŊĪƠÿŃĪ᠇
®żŰĪżłƸŊĪŰÿŏŲĜŊÿƣÿĜƸĪƣᡉƫ
observations have me laughing out
loud, and the crimes are current and
intriguing too.ɔɗ
Cat Kinsella series
by Caz Frear
¼ŊĪƫĪÿƣĪłƣĪƫŊ᠁ŰżģĪƣŲ᠁ĜŊÿƣÿĜƸĪƣᠵ
driven procedurals which again
ŊÿǜĪÿǝżŲģĪƣłǀŧŧǣłǀŲŲǣÿŲģƣĪÿŧ
main character who I love spending
time with. The books are packed
with tension, humour and irony. The
plotting is also excellent.ɔɘ
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by Harry Bingham
hŏŤĪÿŧŧŰǣłÿǜżǀƣŏƸĪƫ᠁ƸŊĪƫĪÿƣĪ
ěĪÿǀƸŏłǀŧŧǣǝƣŏƸƸĪŲÿŲģŏŲƸƣŏĜÿƸĪŧǣ
ƠŧżƸƸĪģ᠇¼ŊĪǣłĪÿƸǀƣĪÿǝŏƸƸǣ᠁
memorable and downright weird
ŰÿŏŲĜŊÿƣÿĜƸĪƣǝŊżƫǀdzłĪƣƫłƣżŰÿ
rare medical condition which means
ƫŊĪłĪĪŧƫÿƠÿƣƸŏĜǀŧÿƣÿdzǿŲŏƸǣǝŏƸŊƸŊĪ
dead. Compelling reading!ɔə
Inspector Chopra
series
by Vaseem Khan
àŊżĜżǀŧģłÿŏŧƸżŧżǜĪÿěżżŤŏŲ
ǝŊŏĜŊƸŊĪģĪƸĪĜƸŏǜĪᡉƫƫŏģĪŤŏĜŤŏƫÿŲ
elephant? The main character is a
recently retired detective, struggling
to adapt to retirement and societal
changes, who accidentally acquires a
baby elephant which helps him solve
ĜƣŏŰĪƫ᠇ǀŲŏƢǀĪłĪĪŧŃżżģƫĪƣŏĪƫ᠇'ĩþĢrþűᡘƪ'þƿłʼnƷĩƢby Roz
Watkins
is out now
(HQ, £8.99).
ƿƷƷŻƷʼnĩ
Żűĩ is out
on June 25
(HQ, £12.99)Illustration:
Joseph Joyce
Roz Watkins