Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel
Stone Men explores how Palestinian labour built the land of Israel, and how to use this history in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.
Palestine Must be Free Reading List
A reading list on Palestine's fight for liberation and struggles against colonialism around the world.
Prophecy and computation
Franco “Bifo” Berardi responds to Hito Steyerl's book Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War
Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War by Hito Steyerl
German filmmaker, visual artist, writer, and innovator Hito Steyerl mediates on the function of art in the era of digital globalization. In this excerpt Steyerl explains the future of the design of killing, taken from her chapter: ‘How to Kill People: A Problem of Design’.
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"Is Art a Currency?" An Excerpt from Duty Free Art
In this excerpt from Duty Free Art, Hito Steyerl questions the emerging role of contemporary art as currency in the age of planetary civil war: an era marked by rising inequality and rapid technological change.
What is urban planning’s role in the maintenance of capitalism?
In his new book Capital City, Sam Stein describes how one of the tasks of urban planners is to make capitalist development appear to be in the rational best interests of workers and bosses alike.
The Future of Trans Politics
Jules Joanne Gleeson and Nathaniel Dickson present eight theses on the future of trans politics.
James Meek on Brexit and the myth of St. George
Brexiteers succeeded because they found a ready-made myth; a dream-vision that fitted onto the psyche of enough voters. In this edited excerpt from Dreams of Leaving and Remaining, James Meek presents a masterly portrait of an anxious, troubled nation.
Foucault's Immanent Contradictions
From Habermas to Honneth, critics have been keen to portray Foucault as a paradox-prone thinker. Thomas Lemke argues that we should embrace the recurring contradictions in Foucault's thought as symptoms rather than inherent problems.
