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  • An illustration of seven raised fists set against a bright yellow sun

    Mutual aid – review

    Revisiting a modern classic ahead of its anticipated expanded edition, Darcy White explores the contours and applications of mutual aid, which for Dean Spade must be grounded in shared understandings of systemic injustice

  • A woman in a black sari

    Mother Mary Comes to Me – review

    In her first memoir, Arundhati Roy grapples with the complex forces, both global and close to home, which formed her – including her remarkable and often-abusive mother, writes Nandita Lal

  • British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood at a lectern in front of Number 10 Downing Street

    The Starmer Symptom – review

    As anger and disillusionment with Labour increase, a new collection from Mark Perryman asks some bold and urgent questions about dialogue on the left, writes Kevin Davey

  • A collection of front pages of Big Flame, collaged together as part of the front cover of Big Flame Building Movements, New Politics

    Big Flame: Building Movements, New Politics – review

    Max Farrar and Kevin McDonnell’s book demonstrates how much Big Flame has to teach the modern left, writes Kevin Davey

  • Shelf life: The return of print media?

    Jake Thompson details how physical media is once again integral to modern media operations – with a new purpose in the digital age

  • A painting of Algerian anti-colonial leaders Sherif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer leading their troops

    In Defence of Barbarism – review

    Long used as a pejorative, Louisa Yousfi transforms the term ‘barbarian’ into a weapon against colonialism, Sophie Marie-Niang writes

  • Tariq Ali speaking at Subversive Festival in Zagreb

    You Can’t Please All – review

    Tariq Ali’s second memoir demonstrates his depth as a radical writer and thinker, writes Sheila Rowbotham

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