John Foster / 22 May 2020
Product of the System
Tony Woods’ Russia Without Putin
Everyone loves a good villain, especially one whose presence validates overlooking our own failings. (...)
Capitalism
John Foster / 11 May 2020
Poor and Poorer
Coronavirus and the EU
The term “crisis” is applied all too freely in politics and journalism. It has become a common designation for the Coronavirus outbreak as well. (...)
Ernst Stetter / 03 Apr 2020
Collective Resilience
Lessons From the Coronavirus Crisis
The end of the tunnel is nowhere in sight. Coronavirus continues to infect the globe. (...)
Charlie Bertsch / 19 Feb 2020
Rock Against Neoliberalism
Wire’s Mind Hive
When a band has been around as long as Wire, starting off a new record with the line “It’s nothing new” feels like a dare. (...)
Joel Schalit / 11 Nov 2019
Post-Communist Berlin
The #Mauerfall30 Tour
1989 marked the end of the Second World War. The only thing significant about 1945 was a reduction in the combatants. With Germany out of the ring, the fight was down to the United States and the Soviet Union. For the next half a century.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 30 Oct 2019
Nothing is New Anymore
The Paradox of the IDLES
Listening to IDLES’ forthcoming live LP, A Beautiful Thing – not to mention the albums that preceded it, Joy as an Act of Resistance (2018) and Brutalism (2017) – is by turns exhilarating and exhausting. (...)
John Foster / 07 Aug 2019
The Cops in Our Heads
Natasha Lennard’s Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life
Fascism is the order of the day. One might confuse it with populism, or that the two are somehow vying for supremacy. (...)