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Billy Anania

Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.

Residents Against Charges

For years, housing association residents across the country have faced spiralling service charges with little justification. But now, they are organising – and even prepared to go on strike.

2021: A View from the Left

2021 saw setbacks for the Left across much of the West, but victories in Latin America are a reminder that socialist policies continue to offer an alternative to a system in crisis.

How Celtic Fans Beat Bernard Higgins

Plans to appoint police constable Bernard Higgins, who had once overseen a crackdown on football fans, as Celtic’s new Head of Security were met with mass protests by fans – and this time, the rebels won.

The Story of a Suppressed Massacre

William Gardner Smith’s republished 1963 novel ‘The Stone Face’ tells the story of a black artist who hopes to escape American racism in Paris – only to encounter the French government’s violent suppression of the struggle for Algerian independence.

Demystifying Migration

In a world that presents migrants as flows, waves, floods and streams, Ousmane Zoromé Samassekou’s ‘The Last Shelter’ is a moving document of their human experience.

The Tribunite who Tried to Kill Hitler

During the Second World War, Jewish socialist Hilda Monte was forced into exile by the Nazi government — but the connections she made in Britain helped her to become one of the resistance’s most formidable operatives.

The Language of Lenin

In 1924, a group of linguists published a study which aimed to decode the power of Lenin’s language – today, a newly-translated version sheds light on the contributions words can make to revolutionary politics.