After the tragic murder of Romani man Stanislav Tomáš in the Czech Republic, Sean Benstead reflects on the socio-economic discrimination of the Romani community and explores the history of the World Roma Congress.
In The Invention of Sicily, Jamie Mackay offers a sweeping history of Sicily from ancient times to the present day. Mackay presents Sicily's history as one of an autonomous community fighting for liberation against their oppressors.
The latest episode of the Politics Theory Other podcast.
How the 2016 women’s protests situated reproductive rights within the context of labor rights and class composition.
In the last few days, two Internet controversies have illustrated the political dynamic currently at work in France: a video published by a fascist Youtuber known as ‘Papacito’, which staged the execution of a voter for La France Insoumise; and a tweet by media philosopher Raphaël Enthoven announcing that he would rather vote for Le Pen than Mélenchon.
Returning home after a long absence, N. was greatly alarmed that the people of his country seemed quite as unprepared to deal with the anticipated advent of the Blonde Beast as they had been with the challenge of the pandemic.
The abundance of commodities indiscriminately consumed is becoming calamitous. It makes it impossible to find one's way, and just as in a gigantic department store one looks out for a guide, the population wedged between wares await their leader.
A manifesto written in 1990 by ACT UP.
Phil Jones on the commonplace use of new age references among QAnon supporters, and the historic connections between mysticism and fascism
An interview with Enzo Traverso by Andrea Brazzoduro
Greater Manchester Housing Action is an organisation at the forefront of fighting Manchester’s neoliberal urban development. Members Tom Gillespie, Isaac Rose and Jonathan Silver explore the role that Blairite 'urban entrepreneurialism' has played in both the cynical commodification of Manchester's rich cultural heritage and the burgeoning housing crisis in the city.
Susan Sontag introduces Walter Benjamin by dissecting his own words and the words of his peers. All through the inescapable lens of Benjamin's melancholy.