The Long Demise of Germany’s Student Revolt
The German student revolt of the 1960s gave birth to a wave of left-wing publishers, whose politics gradually shifted from radicalism to accommodation with the end of history.
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Esther Leslie
Esther Leslie is Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London. Her most recent book is Liquid Crystals – the Science and Art of a Fluid Form.
Fire and Blood: Walter Benjamin’s Paris Commune
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Arcades Project’ provides a counter-history of Paris in the 19th century – and offers a vivid portrait of the revolutionary chaos and bloody demise of the Paris Commune.
Let’s Submerge
The story of Poly Styrene, as told in a new biography, intersperses the dayglo with a more quotidian grey.
The Exploding Communist Inevitable
The Soviet Senezh studio tried to bring about Cosmic Communism through designed ‘environments’, but ended up stuck in yesterday’s future.