The colonial breach and the colonial bind Siraj Izhar explores the colonial imagination that drives the genocide in Gaza, and what underlies our difficulties of confronting it.
'Your third eye is open, but the other two are blind': Interview with Def Ill Interregnum catches up with Austrian rapper Def Ill to talk politics, culture, and the history of hip hop.
Don't let the wolf in the door: Electoral politics and fascism Sam Lawton-Westerland considers the dilemmas that Western liberal politicians face once fascists have had their brief terms in office.
Late capitalist culture stripped bare by Willy's Chocolate Experience Sam Lawton-Westerland overthinks the meme.
While eyes are on Rafah, violence runs rampant in Masafer Yatta As the world is focused on the atrocities being enacted in Gaza, activists are blowing the whistle in Masafer Yatta. R.L. Elson shares reports from comrades on the ground.
Those days Writing from Vienna, Christopher Hütmannsberger grapples with the current state of confusion in the German-speaking Left around the genocide currently unfolding in Gaza, and argues that this is a litmus test for understanding how people respond to oppression.
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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.
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 Lawton-Westerland examines the class dynamics which are at play in Emerald Fennell's controversial new film Saltburn.