Revisiting the Right to Be Lazy
Paul Lafargue, an early leader of French socialism, believed the working class needed one thing above all: the right to be lazy. It’s a demand that’s as relevant as ever.
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Nicholas Burman
Nicholas Burman is a writer and editor with a focus on the arts and culture.
Is There a Future for Left-Wing YouTube?
In recent years, YouTube has become a bastion of right-wing commentators and subcultures – but the growing presence of anti-capitalist channels suggests the platform is far from a political monopoly.
Amsterdam’s ‘Free Concrete’ Project Is Aiming to Collectivise Housing
Amsterdam’s Vrij Beton or ‘Free Concrete’ project aims to build on the city’s history of squatting and easily available social housing with a collective ownership model for housing in the 21st century.
Bridgwater: Somerset’s Red Exception
Bridgwater is a red island in a sea of blue; a rare exception to the Tory politics which dominate Somerset – and its pioneering 1940s Arts Centre offers an insight into the role of socialism in its past and present.
The Art of Everyday Life
Critic and philosopher Herbert Read was a contradictory figure – an anarchist and a knight, a lover of medieval art and industrial design – but at the centre of his work was the belief that we can all be artists.