Graveyard & Ballroom – A Factory Records Scrapbook by Howard Slater from the second print edition of Break/Flow 2. Incisive investigations into Joy Division, Martin Hannett, Tony Wilson, A Certain Ratio, Royal Family & the Poor, the Situationist influence and the ‘subversion of the product’.
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In Outside the Castle / Inside the Unconscious Howard Slater investigates aspects of The Castle by Franz Kafka. From Break/Flow 2, 1999.
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Article by Howard Slater on Franz Kafka’s aphorisms and short stories, from the second print edition of Break/Flow, originally from 1999, including the appendixes never published online before!
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Exploring the “Rise of the Therapeutic” and Its Impact on Social Struggles
Issue No.18 of Here & Now tackles the decline of social struggles, attributing it in part to the growing influence of the “therapeutic” in modern society. Articles by Frank Dexter, John Barrett, and Mike Peters critically examine how therapy culture reinforces social control, suppresses agency, and distances individuals from collective action. The discussion extends into the political left, where an overemphasis on rationality and ideological purity weakens engagement with emotion and subjectivity. This provocative issue challenges readers to rethink autonomy, social transformation, and the evolving dynamics of resistance.
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LIBREVILLE – introduction – counter/induction is the introductory text to the second print issue of Break/Flow from 1999. Written by Break/Flow editor Howard Slater.
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