New Future

A new book traces a group of forgotten militants whose disparate lives collided in 1920s Moscow, culminating in a queer love story against the backdrop of the nascent communist state.

The ‘universal museum’ is a product of Enlightenment thinking, with museums such as the Louvre cast in an increasingly ludicrous position as guardians of global heritage. But is there another way?

For decades, The Gay Hussar was the Labour Left’s integral Soho spot for organising, gossip, and goulash, remembers Mark Seddon.

From popularising peoples’ history to crusading for ordinary people’s access to good food and wine, Raymond Postgate’s socialism was about the full enrichment of life for all.

In 1795, English women facing starvation organised to seize food supplies and distribute them for an honest price — making the case for a system that placed community need above individual profit.

More than simply keeping picket lines going, providing food to workers in dispute is a form of collectivism that has shaped the trade union movement.

After decades of consolidation, just four firms now control at least 97% of a frozen potato market worth over $68 billion — and a new spate of legal cases are accusing them of price-fixing.

In a country where so many people live increasingly lonely, bland, and digitised lives, food institutions can — and should — be bodies that place communal enjoyment before the whims of consumerism.

Ejected and dejected, Britain’s fragmented left is exploring the possibility of a new political party. The odds are against a socialist alternative to Labour — but Keir Starmer’s leadership may be shifting them.

The British food industry leaves thousands of those who feed us too poor to feed themselves — this is why many food workers are pressing back against low pay and exploitation.

In the coming years, climate breakdown will ravage the global food systems on which we depend, ushering in a new era of political instability.

Last year, India’s powerful farmer movement thwarted Narendra Modi’s plans to win an electoral supermajority. A communist leader of their movement explains how they’re turning the tide on the reactionary BJP.

An eccentric new book, ‘Code: Damp: An Esoteric Guide to British Sitcoms’, frames the sitcom career of British actor Leonard Rossiter as a conductor of strange energies unlocking the secrets of post-war Britain.

For more than six decades, the USA has subjected Cuba to a blockade designed to destroy its economy — an act of aggression met with a global solidarity movement that has helped keep the country alive.