From boycotting celebrities to calling out poor behaviour, cancel culture has become a controversial phenomenon in the age of social media. But the ideas behind it have been around for a long time. Today, Waleed Aly on the origins of cancel culture and what’s really driving it.

Guest: Contributor to The Monthly Waleed Aly.

Background reading: Woke politics and power in The Monthly

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