Culture
Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices
Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices
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Twilight of the Soviet Union – review
Kate Clark’s memoir offers an insightful and tragic first hand account of the last years of the Soviet Union, writes Jonathan Steele
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Ending the horror of immigration detention
Felicity Laurence reports on Refugee Tales, an action-based campaign publicising the voices of people held in immigration detention centres and subject to horrifying conditions
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Fossil Free Books and the power of authors as workers
Workers can transform the publishing industry for the better, argues Jessica Gaitán Johannesson, not only through justice campaigns but by collective organising that radically challenges the status quo
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Geeks united: The power of board game clubs
A teacher at a Midlands secondary school, reports on the positive impacts of a board games club
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Radical board games: a history
Agitators, educators and organisers have long created board games to promote radical values. Red Pepper spotlights some playful examples – including one transformed by capitalism
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Why would feminists trust the police – review
Cowan’s book provides a blueprint for feminists to reject carceral thinking and build a more liberative politics, writes Isabella Yasmin Kajiwara
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The ‘progressive’ musicians putting profit over Palestine
As artists pressure music festivals to cut ties with Israel, prog-rockers like Radiohead and Nick Cave keep rejecting calls to boycott. Their stance is morally bankrupt, argues Aisling Walsh
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