| Nina Power | The greatest offence against property was to have none’ –E. P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class The verb form of “riot” indicates both the taking part in one (or many) and a sense of dissolution — ‘he has rioted away his life’, as one 1920s posh...
Commons: Alternatives to market and stat...
| Derek Wall | Capitalism has failed. Leaving the care of society to the market has led to massive inequality, climate chaos and financial crisis. The system is indeed one of zombie economics, the doctrine is dead but the beast still walks amongst us. It reminds me of the...
Great Real Food!
| Megan Saunders | They say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Well, our food system is broken, and it does need fixing…fast. The cogs of the 21st century global food system turn, but are in need of (sustainable) oiling to help transition smoothly towards a viable and secure food...
Interview: Lee Hall
| Jonny Gordon-Farleigh interviews Lee Hall | I interviewed the Playwright Lee Hall about the uneasy relationship between the working class and art, how we can still produce art outside of commerce and fiscal motives, and if we are prepared to respond to the political and cultural...
The Diggers, the land and direct activis...
| Dr. John Gurney | The Runneymede Eco Village has, at the time of writing, continued in being for seven weeks, despite the bad summer weather and the frequent and inevitable attempts by the authorities to move the Diggers on. The action began on 9 June, with a march from Syon Lane Community...
Folk Music Comes Back to New York City
| Eli Smith | The Brooklyn Folk Festival, The Washington Square Park Folk Festival, Down Home Radio and the Jalopy Theatre Six years ago I was working as an audio technician at the short-lived Liberal talk radio network Air America Radio. During that time I got to know some of the...
PEDAL: 100 Days to Palestine
| Adam Payne | Part 1: An introduction to PEDAL and a few stories about food autonomy. On the 21st of March 2011, a motley group of eighteen cyclists broke away from London’s edges and headed south, through the spring sunshine and soft shadows of Kent. It was the first day of a...
THE DARK MOUNTAIN PROJECT
| Charlotte Du Cann | IN SEARCH OF A NEW NARRATIVE It started with a conversation that became a manifesto that became a book that became a festival that became a movement. Three years on the Dark Mountain Project is still hard to define. It is both a cultural response to a...