A Fascist Tulpa in the White House? Right-wing ‘Meme Magic’ and the Rise of Trump
A review article of ‘Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump’ by Gary Lachman, 2018 Friday
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Lewisham ’77 – Myth and Anti-fascist History
Fourty years ago this summer [2017], one of the most decisive events in 1970s UK anti-fascism took place in South
Read moreAngry White People – Coming Face-to-Face with the British Far Right by Hsiao-Hung Pai (Book Review)
Hsiao-Hung Pai: Angry White People Coming Face-to-Face with the British Far Right With a Foreword by Benjamin Zephaniah Zed Books,
Read more‘These days are not to be missed’ – 1990s Rave and Club Culture in Fiction
Nights out dancing, for all their intensity, leave few visible traces. Immersed in a multi sensory environment of noise, lights,
Read moreArchaeology of the Radical Internet: Reflections on the Early European Counter Network in the Age of ‘Networked Social Movements’
The euphoria of Occupy and the ‘Arab Spring’ seems a long way away. The mass movements on the streets
Read moreRevolt of the Ravers – The Movement against the Criminal Justice Act in Britain 1993-95
It is now twenty years since the British government first announced that it was bringing in new laws to prevent
Read moreSpiral Tribe – Interview with Mark Harrison
Mark Harrison tells Neil Transpontine about the origins of Spiral Tribe, their crucial role in formenting early 1990s free parties
Read moreDance before the Police come
Shut Up and Dance’s 1991 hardcore LP ‘Dance Before the Police Come’ was released at a time when the UK
Read moreAll That Jazz (1995)
The powers restricting “raves” in the Criminal Justice Act are not the first authoritarian response to a dance-based culture. The
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