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How neoliberalism is normalising hostility
Couze Venn - 11 February 2019
From working conditions to welfare policies, from immigration to the internet – this zero sum game of winners and losers benefits only the far right.
The hostile environment is not just about the Windrush generation in the UK, or the harassment of migrants at the Mexican border in the USA, or the unwelcoming treatment of refugees trying to reach Europe. It has become ubiquitous and widespread. We encounter it in many aspects of daily life. In worsening conditions at work such as zero-hour ‘contracts’. In obstacles to accessing social and health services due to cutbacks, making people’s lives more precarious. Online threats and trolling are other signs of this normalisation of hostility... See more
