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  • A Black man holding a microphone is bathed in stage lighting while he sings

    Stormzy, Grenfell and what it means to be a ‘threat’

    The artist is giving a vital platform to a new generation of voices pointing out the hypocrisy in which crimes get punished and which get rewarded. By Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly

  • acid corbynism

    Acid Corbynism’s next steps: building a socialist dance culture

    Matt Phull and Will Stronge share more thoughts about the post-capitalist potential of the Acid Corbynist project

  • A photograph of Algiers, Algeria showing the cityscape and the coast

    Culture and Revolution: The Pan-African Festival of Algiers

    Hamza Hamouchene introduces the revolutionary documentary, The Pan-African Festival of Algiers 1969

  • Young women festival-goers stand at a gig barrier holding placards that read 'Stop the Nazi BNP' while smiling and putting thumbs upCREDIT: PA PHOTOS

    Making music matter

    Organisers claimed it a huge success, but the BNP won a seat on the London Assembly days later. Lena De Casparis and Alex Nunns explore the impact of the Love Music Hate Racism carnival – and the future for such events

  • Bob Dylan

    The Politics of Bob Dylan

    The protest songs for which Bob Dylan is most famous were written in a 20-month burst in the early 1960s. Within a year Dylan had turned his back on them – not in renunciation of politics, argues Mike Marqusee, but to pursue a deeper kind of radicalism