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


‘We wanted to use a shared love of the beautiful game to stand in solidarity with those living under occupation.’ Kate Hadley reports

The police spend little of their time making arrests, and most crimes are not solved, writes Alex Vitale – their real purpose is social control

Matt Phull and Will Stronge share more thoughts about the post-capitalist potential of the Acid Corbynist project

Siobhan McGuirk celebrates the solidarity – and humour – of a film about when lesbians and gay people backed the miners

Hamza Hamouchene introduces the revolutionary documentary, The Pan-African Festival of Algiers 1969

Selina Nwulu looks back at revolutionary Black Panther Assata Shakur’s autobiography and the ways in which it remains relevant

Mark Perryman puts the case for flying the St George cross at the World Cup, while Mike Marqusee explains why he’ll be rooting for any other country to win it
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