Owen Hatherley remembers Mark Fisher, the radical writer, and friend, who has recently passed away.
From the murder of Jo Cox to London Bridge to last night’s attack on Finsbury Park mosque, the rise of political violence on Britain’s streets is a symptom of a failed political system that has created a toxic breeding ground for racism, xenophobia and extremism, argues Katy Sian.
While Grenfell does not approach Katrina in scale, there are remarkable echoes in the state response to both disasters, notably the role of race and class and the looming shadow of gentrification, argues Musab Younis.
Following the tragic events at Grenfell Tower, photographer Pierre Papet visited the area to examine the risks affecting similar buildings in the borough. In this photo essay, he argues the tragedy must be viewed within the larger context of a decades-long assault on social housing in the capital.
In his penultimate column on the radical playwright and director Augusto Boal, Andrew Robinson examines Legislative Theatre – a method pioneered during Boal’s tenure as a member of the Rio local parliament. Robinson also examines and critiques the radical democratic perspective underpinning this phase of Boal’s work.
The surprise box office hit of the year, ‘Get Out’ is as an artistic and political tour-de-force that is as much informed by the Rachel Dolezal saga as it is by Black Lives Matter. Jennifer Izaakson reviews.
