Castlemorton Archives

Neil Transpontine April 7, 2014July 19, 2024 11 Comments 1994 Criminal Justice Act, Advance Party, Castlemorton, Daily Mail, Media, Rave, Socialist Workers Party, Squatting, Surveillance, Technology, Travellers

Revolt of the Ravers – The Movement against the Criminal Justice Act in Britain 1993-95

Revolt of the Ravers – The Movement against the Criminal Justice Act in Britain 1993-95 is a look back at the grassroots campaigns against the then new Criminal Justice Bill which became the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and specifically targeted travellers, squatters and ravers.

2013 Datacide 13 Interviews

Neil Transpontine March 24, 2014November 28, 2024 7 Comments 1994 Criminal Justice Act, Acid House, Castlemorton, Shirley Porter, SP23, Spiral Tribe, Teknival

Spiral 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 and teknivals, and what they did next… and are still doing

Datacide is a magazine that covers experimental electronic music, from the avantgarde to hard dance music, its intersections with radical politics and counterculture, in-depth political and historical analysis and critique as well as experimental fiction, poetry and visual works. In each issue there is an extensive record review section as well as detailed book reviews, comics and news items.Datacide is not affiliated with or part of any specific political group but engages in a revolutionary critique that rejects the historically discredited strains of leftism associated with Social Democracy and Leninism, drawing instead on the rich heritage of dissident Marxism, libertarian communism and critical theory.Datacide is a critical voice in the increasingly irrational and rightward lurching 'posttruth' times of conspiratorial world views and identity politics.