(Re)Tiring Sexuality in a ‘Brave New World’ I recently gave a talk as part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) conference, ‘Brave New World’, in central London. Presenters and attendees were encouraged to think of the ways that ‘we’ve arrived’ as out, proud and endorsed queer citizens – now welcome […]

“The problem is not to make political films, but to make films politically” – Jean-Luc Godard Art is not political because of its messages, or because of the way it represents something. According to Ranciere, art is political because it participates in the division of the sensible – (re)distribution of […]

Politicians like nothing better than to do much about nothing. Thus, forceful opinions from Tory and Labour seem to intersect as indecipherable inflections of a consensual agreement. These two flailing political monarchs slip around on melting ice while grappling clumsily for some secure footing, agreeing on nothing, except an allegiance to […]

This piece was featured in OT21, which examined the politics of work – You can read it in full below. The Importance of Work Work, we can’t really avoid it. Human civilisation has been built on work, the labouring of many billions of people throughout history has created the cities, farms, industries, […]

Cyprus recently experienced the most dramatic collapse since the beginning of the Eurozone crisis, which continues to deepen three years after it began. Only a few weeks after the island’s presidential elections were decisively won by centre-right leader Nicos Anatasiades, the country is enduring nothing less than an economic siege. […]

The growth in ‘green’ energy has been a staple in recent UK energy policies, which have traditionally been dominated by a proliferation of gas power stations, large-scale fracking, government support for nuclear power and a bonanza in oil licenses. The share of electricity classed as renewable reached 9.4% in 2011 and, […]

“I don’t talk about the Party. Don’t want to. Sorry.” So read the text message from my sole contact with a Golden Dawn voter. The sender, a young man in his early twenties; the recipient, my friend who had loosely arranged a meeting in anticipation of my arrival in Athens. […]

The Court of Protection (CoP) is a ‘specialist’ court in English law which hears cases concerning adults deemed to be lacking the capacity to make decisions for themselves. The court passes down judgements which cast aside an individual’s right to legitimate political protest. Through the use of expert testimony from medical […]

Why Strike Debt? Because today most debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. We are forced to go into debt simply in order to live. ‘We […]

I didn’t know much about Aaron Swartz before news of his death started making waves on the internet in January. At most, there was half-realised recognition of a guy who I’d heard had been involved in the grassroots campaign to challenge the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). But in the […]