How ‘woke’ became a dirty word | Owen Jones Beyond the Culture Wars

How ‘woke’ became a dirty word | Owen Jones Beyond the Culture Wars

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By 2020 everything from the proms to sausage rolls were said to be at risk from 'woke' online warriors. But what does it even mean to be woke? Who were the original anti-woke campaigners? And who benefits and suffers when these manufactured culture wars divide us? Owen Jones – often described as 'too woke' himself – tries to find out

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