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  • Scans of ZAPU’s ‘Zimbabwe Review’ (1974-78)
    During the war of national liberation in Zimbabwe, there were two main organisations that led the struggle. One was Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which was supported by China and North Korea. The other was Joshua Nkomo’s Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU), which was supported by the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc and […]
  • We Call it Hiiiistory: Thinking Historically about Acid House, Rave Culture and Late Thatcherism
    I was asked by Paprika!, a zine created out of the Schools of Architecture and Art at Yale, to write something about Thatcherism and the history of acid house/rave culture. It ended up being a combination of an older blog post and a review of Jeremy Deller’s recent documentary. A shorter version was published by the […]
  • The Institute of Public Affairs and the globalised network of free speech warriors
    The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has announced that it will soon be publishing a report into free speech at Australian universities, alleging that the recent government inquiry by former Chief Justice Robert French ‘never actually asked students’ about their experiences. While the report has yet to be released and the IPA’s findings (as well as […] […]
  • There is no such thing as the ‘alt left’
    Earlier in the week, a journalist at the ABC asked me some questions about whether there was such a thing as the ‘alt left’ and the possibility of left-wing violence in the twenty first century. I responded, but in the article published, there were no quotes from me. As the article has attracted significant criticism […]
  • 15 June, 1974 – ‘No Platform’ and Red Lion Square
    15 June, 1974 saw both an emergency conference held by the National Union of Students on the issue of ‘no platform’ and a counter-demonstration against the National Front in Red Lion Square. The two incidents were a pivotal moment for the emergent anti-fascist movement in Britain. Below is based on a passage from my forthcoming manuscript on […]
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