From religious orthodoxy to free thought
One woman's journey from Muslim orthodoxy in Pakistan to questioning and self-discovery abroad - with a narrow escape from marriage along the way.
Year in review: 2023
The editorial team looks back at the major issues debated in the Freethinker this year.
In the fight against authoritarianism, the culture wars are a distraction
How Hongkongers are setting aside their differences to deal with the much bigger problem of Chinese state control.
Jackboots in Manchester 暴政踐踏之下的曼徹斯特
'If the UK and other liberal countries do not resist China’s acts of totalitarianism on their home ground today, they will legitimise them. Future generations will suffer the consequences.' With a Chinese translation provided by the author.
Hong Kong Exodus, 2021-22
Let’s leave this town, for they are hare-brain’d slaves…