Hope as a discipline
With the world in dire straits, R. L. Elson argues that hope as a practice is critical. It must be cultivated and it forms an unavoidable first stage of action.
Interregnum
Dogs of war
Understanding the police, military or prison dog as a form of legal terror. Many people of colour carry fear/trauma relating to a dog: why is that?
As Gaza is dying, we are dancing on mass graves
As we witness the unfolding genocide in Gaza, solidarity is essential. However, solidarity is a process, not a singular act. It involves both cultural and political forms of struggle. Above all, it requires confronting the overarching sense of impotence in the face of horror.
IBM, the Holocaust and the hacker
The history of International Business Machines (IBM), how they were used by the Nazis, and how one statistician gamed the system to save thousands of Jewish lives.
Capitalism kills the creativity in every person: Interview with David Asphalt
After a ten year break, the German rapper David Asphalt is due to release a new album within 2024. He spoke to Interregnum about music, capitalism, and revolution.
Stand up for the right to fail
In a world in which creative activity finds itself in the stranglehold of capital, there can be no artistic innovation. There is a need for space. Space to play, and space to fail.
Saltburn review: A love/hate story about class
Sam Button examines the class dynamics which are at play in Emerald Fennell's controversial new film Saltburn.