Some of us read histories of the left for nostalgic reasons. Some of us do so to learn, or to measure the distance travelled, or find fresh inspiration. A few look for nails to drive into coffins, ...

Every June, rainbow flags bloom like seasonal flowers. ‘Pride Month’ marks the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City but now arrives with sponsored parades, social media ...

For most of us here in England, the news barely registered. A train was hijacked in a far-off province of Pakistan. 400 plus hostages were taken, some of whom were killed, though the number of ...

The Soviet Union, in the 74 years of its existence in one form or another, was a society that was all about building. The Soviets claimed in the 1970s to have ‘built’ socialism, and while they never ...

The first volume of Tariq Ali’s autobiography, Street Fighting Years (1987), focused on his youth. This latest volume follows on from 1979, taking the reader into his eighties, and includes a ...

In 2025 I have resolved to escape the clutches of my smartphone, which has turned out to be no small task – it encroaches on every aspect of my day-to-day life, from communication and banking to two ...

In 1994, it was possible – though challenging – to launch a monthly print magazine. Market-led politics were already eroding the welfare state but it still offered sufficient security for people to ...

In Britain, we face the twin dangers of Labour authoritarianism and the ascendant energies of the Faragist far right. Each is animated by a national and racial hostility, roused by revanchism and ...

Proletarian prints Documenting the Chartist movement, the Northern Star (1837-52) was once the second most popular newspaper in Britain – before its readership declined alongside the movement in the ...

In Carmen Maria Machado’s 2021 prize-winning memoir In The Dream House, the author writes that, ‘What is placed in or left out of the archive is a political act, dictated by the archivist and the ...

In the heart of the East Marsh, a forgotten property stood as a stark reminder of the area’s challenges. Abandoned for 15 years, this house was a shell of its former self, a victim of neglect and time ...

Rave subculture has attracted considerable infamy over its relatively short lifetime. However, among all the lurid tabloid reporting of hedonistic free-for-alls, rave also developed a reputation for ...