Futureshock

Rockit by Herbie Hancock, an unlikely sound track in 1983, arrived as a completely tangential entry into the world of…
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Futureshock

Prinzessinnengarten

As our ecosystems are now entirely dominated by capital and if capital is value in motion, then it’s appropriate that…
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Prinzessinnengarten Siraj Izhar

Trump tropes

the unrequited quest for a transparency of power also leads perversely to the One, a spectacular enactment of the Leader….
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Trump in London. Siraj Izhar

Domestic footprint

The “do with less” mantra has limited social currency if ecological footprint is disconnected from the complexities of social capital…
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Domestic footprint

Shut it Down #YarlsWood

On a wet windy November day in Bedfordshire, outside the notorious Yarl’s Wood detention centre, Judith an ex-detainee is on…
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Yarls Wood Detention Centre Siraj Izhar

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Managing the Boomerang of Genocide

If we recall the scramble for territory by European states at the end of the nineteenth century, the scramble now in the twenty-first is for legislation to ban language of colonial resistance. That is how the boomerang turns the stage…
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11 April 2026 Archive

Rap vs. The State

Through rappers such as Bob Vylan and Kneecap, an insurgent rap tells us why the scale of killing in Gaza is not only bound with our own repression but also coincides with a rising fascism at home. Rap entwines these.
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Bob Vylan O2. Siraj Izhar

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