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John Berger's 1967 essay of materialist art criticism.

What is the nature of the gilets jaunes protests that have rocked France over recent weeks? In this interview, originally published in Libération, Chantal Mouffe analyses the protests and the chances for them coalescing into a left-wing political movement.

John Berger presents his singular engagement with one of his greatest enduring influences, the eclectic German critic and thinker Walter Benjamin. 

The Feminist Anti-Fascist Assembly is inviting all women, queers and migrants to lead the ‘No to Tommy Robinson, No to Fortress Britain’ demonstration on Sunday, 9th December, 11am-3pm at BBC Portland Place.

A selection of key works on or by one of the most influential authors of our time, John Berger

Joshua Sperling digs beneath the moments of controversy to reveal a figure of remarkable complexity and resilience.

Following Étienne Balibar's article in support of the Rosa Parks Collective's strike action and mass 'disappearance', Labour's Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott MP sends her own message of solidarity to those mobilising against the Far Right, Islamophobia and institutional racism in France today and tomorrow. 

Everywhere we turn, technology promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? 

In these videos James Bridle discusses how, despite the apparent accessibility of digital information, we’re living in a new Dark Age.

Sophie Oudin-Bensaïd died last week at the age of 71. In this article, Paul Alliès remembers Sophie as an ardent internationalist who tirelessly fought for her convictions up to the very end. 

Racial inequality is not only systematic; it is also actively encouraged or passively tolerated by the state. Through strike action and demonstrations, the anti-racist 'Rosa Parks' collective seeks to challenge racial inequality in the name of the equality of all those affected by precariousness and abuses of the state. For this reason, argues Étienne Balibar, it is crucial to support the collective in the two days of action it is organising this Friday and Saturday. 

Socialism won't just improve the material conditions of society. It will also better the souls and creative impulses of everyone in it.