New Future

My parents brought me to a dingy Council building in Lanarkshire for my first assessment. I’ve been disabled since birth, but prior to turning 16, the questions were directed to my mum and dad as my primary caregivers. Now, as an ‘adult’, according to the Department of Work and Pen

On the 4th of September 1976, the Sex Pistols made their television debut, performing Anarchy in the UK on a late-night music show. Before the first chords were even struck, a young Johnny Rotten, all nervous energy and bile, stared directly into the came

On 7 September, 2024, fascists in Glasgow staged their most successful demonstration in decades, gathering a few hundred flag-waving and Hitler-saluting specimens of the 'Aryan race' under Union Jacks, St. Andrew's Crosses, Red Hands of Ulster, and even a

How long have you been selling the magazine for? About two and a bit years. A little bit more, maybe? And what got you into it? How did you hear about it? I knew a guy up in Highbury. He was one of the first people I saw with it, and I remember him saying to me one day, “The on

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria in December 2024, the future of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, remains uncertain. While there is no shortage of geopolitical analysis about the situation, one crucial voice is

Tyre, in Lebanon's south, is a city of ancient and recent ruins. Around every corner, you'll find new apartment blocks twisted inside out by bombs. Plushly decorated front rooms are exposed to the air, sometimes with pictures still on the wall, their inner columns leaning at drunken angles.

I t's not very fashionable to talk about Covid-19. We'd rather blank out the whole episode. But, if we do, we forget some crucial lessons from the pandemic crisis.

From climate change, deforestation, the destruction of biodiversity and habitats, ocean acidification, air, water and soil pollution, and beyond, the world is undergoing a colossal ecological crisis. If business as usual continues without sufficient opposition and alternatives, disasters will contin

Walk into a typical supermarket, and you are immediately greeted by fresh produce. If you examine the punnets of fruit and the packets of vegetables, you will likely see they are covered with prints of British flags. You might find 'Red Tractor' logos and artful motifs, the county of origin of the p

Aly Renwick, a former British soldier-turned-activist who was a founding member of the Troops Out Movement, wrote in 2017 that, “The Troops Out Movement’s full history has yet to be written. ” Yet, as so much of its history is still unknown, this article considers a brief overview of the Troops Out

Faith is a vital part of the de-colonial, feminist and anti-capitalist struggle. Like mutual aid and care, people always practise faith in their relationships and groups: when we put faith in people we don't know very well or have not yet learned to trust. When we act on a belief that a radically di

The topic of memory was central to the discussion of the self-directed film "Tile" produced by the inhabitants of Fabrika Yfanet, a squat from Salonika. It explores the history of the squat when it was still a factory and the long-lasting strike by the workers against the arbitrariness and

Prisons expose the very worst of society. I don't mean the people you find behind the razor wire-topped walls; I'm talking about how society sees fit to punish people for their past. Of course, there are some people, in this current system, who have never been, or never will, be able to function in

German soldiers being offered free public transport when travelling in uniform; recruiters in the US getting bonuses for each new soldier who passes training; the UK promising an additional £75 billion in "defence" spending over the next six years - it's clear that imperial states are gear