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The Comfortable Embrace: How the ‘Woke Left’ Serves Capital
is the woke-left useful or merely the preserving brine of the capitalist order?

swobe
Apr 242 min read
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EXCLUSIVE REVIEW: Is Squid Game S2 worth it?
Many didn’t feel Squid Game’s first season needed a follow-up: myself included. As we watched through gritted teeth, writer Hwang...
Jannat Suleman
Dec 26, 20244 min read
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Where does Syria go from here?
The fall of Bashar al-Assad as leader of Syria has left everyone with one question - what happens now?

Cullen Holas
Dec 18, 20245 min read
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The Abraham Accords Were Never Going to Free Palestine
How America games the system to get exactly what it wants every single time.
Nithila
Nov 22, 20247 min read
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Were One Direction the last new band?
The music industry is giving us nothing new and it seems the last new thing we have comes from the unlikeliest of sources.

Sam Mandi-Ghomi
Nov 11, 20249 min read
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Unhoused and Homeless: What is the Difference?
To be unhoused is a governmental matter while to be homeless is a private or private sector failing, writes Anthony David Vernon.
Anthony David Vernon
Sep 3, 20245 min read
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Fontaines D.C. - Romance - Review
Their fourth studio album brings some of the defining concepts of modernity into their unfortunate selves, writes Sam Mandi-Ghomi.

Sam Mandi-Ghomi
Aug 23, 20247 min read
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Notes from a Fucking Enormous Continent: The Voyage
Round two of this infamous series as Will embarks on his journey.
Will Cotton
May 8, 20243 min read
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The Many Stripes of Beyonce's COWBOY CARTER
You didn't think this could just pass us by, did you?
Emoefeoghene (Efe) Akpofure Imoyin-Omene
Apr 5, 20246 min read
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Notes from a Fucking Enormous Continent: A Preview
Left Brain's resident satire merchant had upped sticks and gone to Canada. In this new series, Will will share his observations.
William Cotton
Mar 26, 20242 min read
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Collective Care Following Collective Trauma
We've been tested to heavily over the past few years that we really need to find solace in each other, writes Urvashi Panchal.
Urvashi Panchal
Feb 16, 20247 min read
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Sarah Lucas's Bunnies and the Radicalisation of Cloth
Reflecting on the ongoing legacy of Sarah Lucas's norm-defying work, Claudia Stanley takes a look at the Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas exhbition.
Claudia Stanley
Feb 9, 20245 min read
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Questions?
What does it mean to be? asks R.D. Stevens.
R.D. Stevens
Feb 1, 20244 min read
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True Colours - A Short Story
Together he thought they said more about him than words ever could. Symbols proudly hung for all to see...
Ben Davies
Jan 25, 202412 min read
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The Invisibility and Stigma of Single Father Adoption
An eloquent piece on the struggle single fathers face to adopt in the US.
Mastrella, T. & Vernon, A.D.
Jan 6, 20246 min read
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Ranking Every Film I Watched in 2023
Co-Editor Sam ranks every film he watched this past year.

Sam Mandi-Ghomi
Dec 31, 20234 min read
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Vivaldi Between the Walls - A Short Story
Sonny Evans is just trying to get a visa in this Kafkaesque tale.
Alice Griggs
Dec 19, 202310 min read
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Generational Trauma, Oppression and Avatar: The Last Airbender
Arbër Gashi discusses their experiences as the child of Kosovar-Albanian refugees and how this led to a love of The Last Airbender.
Arbër Gashi
Dec 6, 20235 min read
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La Vitti
Resident music and pint connoisseur, Cullen Holas, samples the essence of La Vitti, a hidden musical haven nestled in the heart of Valencia.

Cullen Holas
Dec 3, 20234 min read
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'The State Of It': Submission Call
Our first writing competition, 'The State Of It', invites writing on: political culture, international affairs, and social order. Info here.

Left Brain Media
Nov 28, 20232 min read
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Why Capitalism has Failed UK Pharmacy
Touching on personal experience working in the sector, James Hyde explores the role of capitalism in the state of UK pharmacy.

James Hyde
Oct 31, 20235 min read
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Past Lives (2023) - Review
Celine Song's directorial debut is a tender love letter to the one who got away, writes Leah Commandeur.

Leah Commandeur
Oct 2, 20234 min read
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The Nine Lives of Victoria Monét - Jaguar II - Album Review
Following their 2020 EP Jaguar, could Victoria Monét's sequel - but debut album - live up to the same heights? Efe Imoyin-Omene celebrates.
Emoefeoghene (Efe) Akpofure Imoyin-Omene
Sep 23, 20236 min read
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Uninviting the Cephalopod from Dinner
The Octopus is one of the most culturally significant animals the world has, but is the consumption of it is reaching dangerous levels?
Edward Littleton
Sep 21, 20233 min read
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