What Do We Do Now?

Four suggestions from the founder of UK-based Larger Us: “1. Don’t see ‘we’ as the left; 2. Empower young men; 3. Embrace relational activism; 4. Build power everywhere.” For the third, Evans says “two places we could start are with tackling loneliness, and bridging divides…loneliness can make us more self-centred, less empathetic, and more vulnerable to extremism – and hence that it’s something totalitarian regimes actively want”. And for the fourth: “a big part of what drives the process is stories. Stories that bring communities together, that keep us going as we come to terms with how much won’t go ‘back to normal’, and that over time help us to make sense of where we are, where we’re trying to get to, how to get there – and underneath it all, who we are… When we’re ready, there’s work to do.”