Kneecap

This is what Northern Ireland sounds like. Band mural, Belfast.

John Foster / 15 May 2026

Anticolonial Hip-Hop

Fenian, by Kneecap

With Fenian, Belfast rap trio Kneecap continues the balancing act that has made them one of Europe’s most important cultural forces, a mix of language activism, comedy, and provocation.(...)

Politics

Ari Paul / 07 Oct 2025

The Protection Racket: Making Jews a Wedge Issue

Ruthless Cosmopolitan

Throughout the Global North, governments have become obsessed with “protecting” Jews.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 04 Aug 2025

Work in Progress

DJ Haram’s Beside Myself

Although there is great music on DJ Haram’s Beside Myself, it's more than a conventional album.(...)

Leftist counter-programming: Public Enemy.

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 10 Jul 2025

Back in Black

Public Enemy’s Black Sky Over the Projects

Public Enemy’s stunning new album Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025 could not have come at a better time. Or a worse one.(...)

Fans at a Kneecap performance with a Palestinian flag

Politics

John Foster / 04 Jul 2025

Unfree Expression

The Case Against Mo Chara

The hysterical reaction to Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance highlighted the terrorism case against band member Mo Chara, underlining how fragile freedom of speech is in the UK.(...)