Always the Ramsay MacDonalds: Lessons from 1931 for Labour today
On September 13th 2015 at a packed TUC fringe event at the Brighton Corn Exchange, ex-Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis delivered a stirring speech on
On September 13th 2015 at a packed TUC fringe event at the Brighton Corn Exchange, ex-Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis delivered a stirring speech on
This is an extract from a work-in-progress – No Less than Mystic: What do Lenin and the Russian Revolution mean to the 21st Century left? by John
Hug a Tory ‘From the early records of Greek and Latin slang, where [words for pig] were used to describe the female genitalia through to
This is the edited text of a talk given by Alex Niven at the NewBridge Project, Newcastle-upon-Tyne last week. I’d like to start with a
Dissent is and always has been entwined with media depictions of it, whether it wants to be or not, and whether that coverage is beneficial
Excellent and important piece by Adam Harper at the Fader putting some of the most exciting artists currently making music into political context: It’s no wonder that
This is an edited extract from JD Taylor‘s forthcoming book, Island Story: Journeying Through Unfamiliar Britain Morning on the Acklam Garden City Estate, Middlesbrough, surrounded
By Pablo K (reposted with permission from The Disorder of Things) Blair and company argue that the Tories crave a Corbyn win, but the trap has been
Jeremy Corbyn has today taken the lead in the Labour leadership race – something that seemed unlikely even a few weeks ago. Whatever your views
In the May 7th issue of the LRB, Dawn Foster demolished the arguments in favour of free schools. In particular, she highlighted how huge amounts of public
Listen to Jam City’s NTS mix [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/jam-city-1st-june-2015/ width=660 height=208 hide_cover=1 hide_tracklist=1] I have zero time for the common refrain of middle-aged music journalists, “why
A new mix and a new tumblr, Base Consciousness from kpunk/Mark Fisher. Quick mix to explore some of the moods in the wake of the
The Austin Psych Fest was last weekend, but in the UK we were fully focused on the elections and associated depression/stoicism/recriminations/reinvigoration (delete as appropriate). So
So, the election results are in and it’s 1992 but with “Ed Sheeran and Rudimental rather than Rufige Kru”. Depressing? Yup. But where do we
New post on the elections by Mark Fisher, (cross-posted from his blog, k-punk ). A grief without a pang, void, dark, and drear, This was the front page
New post on the elections by Mark Fisher, (cross-posted from his blog, k-punk ) – TS Normal capitalist realist service was resumed on Thursday, on the BBC Question Time
This piece was originally posted on Rhian E. Jones’ excellent blog, Velvet Coalmine. Reposted here, with thanks. “We’re secure in the knowledge that we already
New post on the elections, capitalist realism and left populism, by Mark Fisher, (cross-posted from his blog, k-punk ) LIMBO IS OVER Tony Blair’s brief appearance in this
This post is by Carl Neville, author of Resolution Way. Austrians Everywhere In 1990 body-builder-turned-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, an ex Mr Olympia and probably the biggest box
