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Sorry for being so quiet, but Interregnum is on holiday!
Holidays have a history. Before the industrial revolution, breaks from work were intended to take time away from ‘useful toil’ for the purposes of religious education. More recently, it was the actions of radicals that won us the right to time off. In our somewhat more secular societies, these are
Autonomy, Anarchy, and Plastic Surgery
R.L Elson analyses the decisions, impacts, and outcomes of having cosmetic surgeries and procedures through the concepts of feminism, anarchy, and choice.
WTF just happened?! A cautious reflection on the French elections
The world is still trying to understand what happened last night in France. Panos Theodoropoulos writes a preliminary reflection on what yesterday's election results mean for antifascist resistance and the wider struggle against neoliberalism.
UK election autopsy: Zombie democracy shambling towards fascism
Sam Lawton-Westerland articulates the two routes that lie ahead for Labour in preventing a far-right takeover at the next UK general election, and why Starmer will choose the stupid option.
Breaking the borders: The story of The Bojangles
Hedvanio Wysten writes about The Bojangles and the power of music to forge connections across ethnic and cultural boundaries.
Breaking the Borders Vol. IV
Breaking the Borders is back in Glasgow on June 22nd, 2024.
Introducing Vital Signs, a magazine for a revolutionary orientation in the health sector
To imagine a world that is organised beyond the constraints of capitalism, we must start from where we find ourselves. The Angry Workers collective recently launched Vital Signs, a magazine that attempts to contribute to the revolutionary organisation of the health care sector.
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.