Abolish England?
Movements for Northern Independence and London Home Rule might for now have limited appeal, but they share a common idea – ending today’s centralised and hyper-capitalist England.
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Owen Hatherley
Owen Hatherley is a writer and editor, whose latest book Walking the Streets/Walking the Projects: Adventures in Social Democracy in NYC and DC is out now.
The Making and Unmaking of the Council Estate
The 1970s saw seismic changes in Britain’s cities, as new ideas about class, crime and public space reshaped the built environment – and bred both resignation and resistance in its council estates.
So This Is the Aftermath
Trip-hop pioneer Tricky’s autobiography, ‘Hell is Round the Corner,’ is a powerful statement of working class creativity – and all the forces that are ranged against it.
Inside the People’s Republic of Britain
Carl Neville discusses his new novel ‘Eminent Domain,’ which imagines an alternative Britain where Thatcherism didn’t prevail – and socialism shaped society instead of the market.
Britain Could Be Great – But It’s a Long Way From it
There is beauty in Britain, but there is far more misery. That is not a natural or inevitable state of affairs – but a consequence of our miserable ruling class and their ruthless commitment to capitalism.
Reading Neal Ascherson
In the first ‘What Our Editors Are Reading,’ culture editor Owen Hatherley reviews the Observer columns of Scottish writer Neal Acherson.
The Newham Enclosures
Researcher Joy White speaks about her new book ‘Terraformed – Young Black Lives in the Inner City,’ which outlines the deliberate marginalisation of working class black youth in the London borough of Newham.
Bertolt Brecht in Dark Times
A new set of translations of the socialist poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht reminds us that the greatest of writers often lived through the darkest of times.
Bertolt Brecht in Dark Times
A new set of translations of the socialist poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht reminds us that the greatest of writers often lived through the darkest of times.
Architecture in Global Socialism
Łukasz Stanek talks to Tribune about his book on how architects and planners in Eastern Europe designed and built towns and cities across the world between the 1950s and 1980s.
Saving the Buildings of Red Ukraine
The authors of a new book on Soviet Modernism talk to Tribune about decommunisation, demodernisation and the fight to save the remnants of late Soviet architecture in Ukraine.
The Twittering Machine
Socialist author Richard Seymour discusses his origins on the Left, his latest book and the role of social media in shaping our political environment.
Defend Emma Dent Coad
The Observer might want rid of Emma Dent Coad – but we don’t. In a new interview, we speak to the Kensington MP about housing, her constituency and the campaign of lies run against her by the Lib Dems.
The Right to Housing
In this election, Labour can turn the entire debate about housing upside down. It must not miss that chance.
Steal as Much as You Can
An interview with Nathalie Olah about class, culture, television, home improvement, bad taste and revolt.
A Dialectical Fairyland
Hannah Proctor and Sam Dolbear talk to Tribune about Arcades Materials, a series of pamphlets sparking off from Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project.
Red Library: Workers and Capital
In this month’s Red Library, we look at some ‘workers inquiries’, both new and old
What Do We Mean by Europe?
This month’s Red Library explores Europe’s borders, from Ireland to the Balkans, and the prospects of a pan-European left.
The Sweden Democrats’ Nazi Roots
The far-right Sweden Democrats became the country’s third largest party in last year’s election. A new book uncovers their unrepentant Nazi past.
Savage Messiah
Artist and writer Laura Grace Ford on her zine Savage Messiah, counter-culture and unearthing the kernels of possibility in working-class life.