No More Lost Futures
A new book making the case for internet-centric electronic musicians like SOPHIE, FKA Twigs and Oneohtrix Point Never is part of a growing wave of thinkers consigning the ‘lost futures’ discourse of the 2000s to the past.
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Glasshouse Communism
In leafy Chingford, a workers’ co-operative has combined socialist principles with organic horticulture to create a long-lasting hub for community activism and productive labour.
The End of Illusions
Keir Starmer’s cuts to foreign aid represent a historic break with Labour tradition. But restoring international solidarity today needs new institutions of the exploited, not a revival of the dying professional aid industry.
Palestinian Prisoners: ‘There Will Be a Rebellion’
In Israel’s jails, Palestinian people — often held without trial — face murder, disease, sexual assault and some of the most extreme torture on earth. During the genocide in Gaza, these human rights abuses have reached an all-time high, a prisoners’ organisation leader says.
The Wrong Crusade
The Labour government is waging a moral crusade in reverse by embarking on the biggest attack on welfare in a generation. It should tax high earners and multinationals instead.
The Left’s Cafeteria
For decades, The Gay Hussar was the Labour Left’s integral Soho spot for organising, gossip, and goulash.
The People of Turkey Against the ‘Palace Regime’
As Turkey’s far-right government attempts to stifle democratic opposition yet again, massive protests have erupted across the country – showing that a new generation will not accept Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule.
Cut Up: The Radical Collage of Linder Sterling
A new exhibition places Manchester artist Linder Sterling not just in the post-punk scene of her home city but in a wider history of female Surrealist art.
Don’t Buy Apartheid
A new national campaign is channelling the anger felt by millions towards Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza into a mass boycott of Israeli goods — and companies like Coca-Cola that prop up apartheid.
Palestine vs. FIFA
Palestinian football has been at a standstill since October 2023, and now campaigners are demanding that FIFA sanctions Israel's FA. Does the organisation’s failure to do so make a mockery of its own statutes?
Imagining the Progressive Restaurant
In a country where so many people live increasingly lonely, bland, and digitised lives, food institutions can — and should — be bodies that place communal enjoyment before the whims of consumerism.
Splitting Games
Ash Sarkar’s debut book Minority Rule ventures into the badlands of the contemporary culture wars to show how identity politics has come to obscure class struggle — and helped to dismantle left unity.