The ColumnMain MenuSkip to contentAboutContactIn defence of ThanetMarch 4, 2015by The ColumnLeave a commentUKIP has become a standard against which one can define oneself as non-racist, progressive, intelligent, moderate, and so on. But there is something missing from this discursive machine that produces political subjects. And that something is Thanet.Read Article →ColumnAtrocity Exhibition: Fox News & ISISFebruary 22, 2015by The ColumnLeave a commentThere has been much debate in the media over the publication of disturbing ISIS videos. But there has been less attention paid to the other victim in these videos: critical thought and analysis.Read Article →ImageFaith, hope and clarity: Syriza’s victory and the UK leftJanuary 25, 2015by The ColumnLeave a commentSyriza’s victory marks the return of hope to the European left. But does this result have meaning for the UK, even for those whose politics are situated outside of parliamentary parties?Read Article →ColumnAre We All Charlie? A Response to the Hebdo KillingsJanuary 9, 2015by The Column2 CommentsOnce again, a European city finds itself the scene of a violent attack perpetrated by so-called ‘homegrown terrorists’. It is a terrible crime, and must of course be condemned in […]Read Article →ColumnManifesto for a Polyphonic Society
January 7, 2015by The Column
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Polyphony: the occurrence of multiple, simultaneous independent melodic parts or ‘voices’. Could this musical term offer a useful way of rethinking damaging Euro-centric cultural approaches?
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Drugs, Demons & the Tragedy of Michael Brown
December 5, 2014by The Column
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The [police] chief was informed that a hitherto inoffensive negro was running amok in a cocaine frenzy … Being fully aware of the respect the negro has for brass buttons, the officer […]
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It’s Off to Fucking Work We Go: The Politics of Workplace Misery
October 6, 2014by The Column
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Piled Higher and Deeper is a long-running comic strip drawn by an American academic called Jorge Cham. In it, Cham affectionately bemoans the trials and tribulations – psychological, emotional, economic – of life […]
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