News
Climate Activists Bring Trojan Horse to British Museum in BP Protest
Activists from the theatrical protest group BP or not BP? dressed as warriors to protest against corporate sponsorship deal with oil firm. (read more)
Activism
Features
Photojournalist Raises Fears About Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has described his ongoing fight to clear his name after he was detained last year by police in Dhaka. (read more)
News
Art on the Streets Exhibition
The posters invite the viewer to consider the role that visual activism can play in our everyday experience, highlighting the power of images to challenge and empower. (read more)
News
Chelsea Manning In First UK Appearance
Chelsea Manning to be honoured at this year’s annual Friends of the Institute of Contemporary Arts dinner, marking her first public appearance in the uk. (read more)
Society
The Capitalist Mindwash and Oprah For President
Enough of the rags to riches celebrity graft narrative – Oprah for President? Please, no. (read more)
Society
Let Loose the Orange Beast and Good Riddance to Capitalism
The age of Reagan reaches its apogee in Donald Trump. Now, bring on the fall. (read more)
Society
Self-Medication or Self-Anesthesia: It’s No Wonder We Tune Out
Beneficiaries of the system promote their lies; the sane seek solace where they can get it (read more)
Sound
Loitered Lens: Billy Bragg and Sean McGowan
Activist singer-songwriters go head-to-head at Islington’s Assembly Hall (read more)
News
Exclusive Colleges Make For More Inclusive Colleges. Whut?!
Student-led protests for inclusive campuses are more likely at selective universities (read more)
Society
Nick, Find a Cave and Hide Your Face
What could Po$$ibly make a $eemingly $en$itive arti$t $uch a$ Nick Cave Play I$rael? (read more)
Sound
Loitered Lens: UK Subs and The Angry Agenda
Grassroots garage punk brings a dose of righteous anger to The Flag (read more)
Sound
Death (Sentence) Metal: Not a Crime [Tarantist]
Iranian Metal goes one step further – TarantisT now sing in Farsi (read more)
Society
Darkness at the Edge of Town
Mass shootings are a reflection of a culture that used guns to create itself (read more)
Society
Capitalism. Either it Goes, or We Do
The city’s pantheon of possibility has been scoured away. Whither now? (read more)
Society
Hurricanes are Real, Even if You Deny Climate Change
Post-Irma, the desperate pseudoscience of deniers is a cacophony of crazy (read more)
Society
Opportunity Can’t Be Looted
Nobody loves a looter, but industrial-scale corruption is just fine (read more)
Society
Culling Yet More ‘Savages’: North Korea in Context
If you wish to inflict genocide on a people, it’s OK as long as you term them ‘savages’ (read more)
Sound
I haven’t jumped on the Corbyn express: Chris T-T: Interview (Part Two)
‘If you sing about anything other than universal themes, you put people off’ (read more)
Sound
‘I hope I can turn it down.’ Chris T-T Contemplates a Quieter Life (Interview)
Like holding back the tide, folk singer and reluctant activist Chris T-T struggles to adapt to a life without opinions (read more)
Society
Requiem4Grenfell – Images and Verse
Scenes of community, hope, defiance and care from the wreckage of Grenfell (read more)
Society
Tune in, Turn On, Don’t die with your novel still in you.
One man’s wisdom is another man’s trite platitude, but who wants to spend their life guarding dust? (read more)
Art
Sunflowers and Daguerreotypes: Rencontres d’Arles
At the opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles international photography festival (read more)
Society
The Better Part of Valour. On Leaving the USA (or Anywhere)
Sometimes the best thing to do is up sticks and go (read more)
Society
An Attempt at a Productive Conversation with a Conservative: A Fantasy Saga
How do you chat politics with a Tory (without frothing at the mouth)? Invent one. (read more)
Society
Trump’s Antics Abroad Would be Scary – If He Held the Strings
Novelty Handshakes, Ketchup on Steak – Trump on Tour is Not Where the Power Lies (read more)
Society
They Might Be Dragons! Inventing Trauma for Population Control
State manufactured fear is a phantom which can never be fought. But it can be ignored. (read more)
Society
War Profiteering and the Business of Slaughter. Ker-Ching!
Let’s call the oligarchy of the elite what they are. Murderers. Cold blooded, remorseless murderers. (read more)
Society
Madam Hillary, Time to Go Home
In US politics, dignity is a rare commodity. Which doesn’t stop Madam Hillary burning what’s left of hers. (read more)
Sound
Coldcut team with On-U Sound and Roots Manuva
A spiky rallying cry for Britain’s indestructible musical melting pot. (read more)
Art
Fight Fire with Fire: Cie Carabosse at Womadelaide (Interview)
Cie Carabosse go beyond firepots and flashworks with their Exodus of Forgotten Peoples installation (read more)