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.
Critical Thought
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.
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.
The thief and the cash cow: Twins from a union of enemies
Whether migrants are vilified as 'Thieves' or supported in terms of their 'contributions', they are at all times thought of as objects. Panos Theodoropoulos surveys these narratives, and writes that anti-racists must step up their arguments.
Stigma: The machinery of inequality – An interview with Prof Imogen Tyler
Imogen Tyler is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University. Her book Stigma: The Machinery of Inequality argues that stigma is deployed by capitalists in order to justify and perpetuate multiple inequalities in today's society. Drawing on her activist work with Morecambe Bay Poverty Truth Commission, Stigma is also
The enduring legacy of Hollywood’s ‘individualist revolutionaries’
Matteo Ciccognani surveys the poverty of Hollywood's attempts to portray revolutionaries and collective struggles, and considers the current state of revolutionary paradigms in popular culture.