Mitchell Plitnick / 22 May 2026
Will He Stay or Will He Go?
Netanyahu at the Precipice
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government almost made it. It almost completed a full term, a rare feat for Israeli governments.(...)
Editorial
Josh White / 18 May 2026
Britain’s Downward Spiral
The Keir Starmer Doom Loop
The United Kingdom is caught in an existential struggle between neoliberal centrism and national populism.
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Charlie Bertsch / 14 May 2026
Returning to the 1980s
Ezin Atera, by Orsini
With their new EP Ezin Atera, Bilbao band Orsini illuminates the tension between history, aesthetics, and politics.(...)
Revealing Human Rights Abuses
Israel and The New York Times
A 3500-word op-ed in The New York Times on cases of sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israeli security forces and settlers paints a grim picture of the Jewish state.(...)
Slavoj Žižek / 13 May 2026
Against Melania Palantir
Trumpian Freedom of Speech
For Donald Trump and his allies, freedom of speech means the power to humiliate and offend those who are weak.(...)
Ari Paul / 12 May 2026
Evicting the Truth: Republicans and Their Media
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
In American restaurant and bar speak, the word “86” means to evict a customer from the premises: “Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”(...)
Josh White / 11 May 2026
Replacing Labour
The 2026 UK Election
Labour's disastrous performance in the UK elections has created an opening for radical politics.
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Duncan Simpson / 08 May 2026
The Politics of Field Recording
Notes on Outsidergrad, Part I
As a London native, I am used to noise. Traffic, aircraft, construction, people, machines, both mechanical and electronic; all the sounds familiar to anyone who lives in a major city.(...)