The ideology of the modern state is Hobbesianism – the notion that the state is a rational secular institution whose existence is…
The real division in western politics is between the pathological centre and challenge on the so-called “far” left and right ā meaning…
Recorded live at Housman’s Bookshop, London, this is Roger Hallam at his most unfiltered – tearing apart 30 years of climate communication…
There are certain words polite society forbids. Genocide.Collapse.Treason. Say them, and you are hysterical. Extreme. Nuts. But there comes a point in…
This is my most complete piece of work since prison. Iāve just published a three-hour video laying out, in practical detail, how…
Ash Sarkar is joined by one of the most controversial political figures on the Left: Roger Hallam. Whether you like or loathe…
Justin Rowlatt, the BBCās environment correspondent, recently sent me a bunch of questions about the winding down of Just Stop Oilās direct…
One word. Proximity. Let me explain. In a now largely forgotten book published in 1989 called Modernity and the Holocaust, Polish-Jewish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman examined…
Note:Ā This letter was written from Wayland prison. I was wrong. When the recent trial started for what is now called the Whole…
Note:Ā This article was transcribed from a prison phoneline. You can listen to itĀ here. Yesterday, myself and four others wereĀ imprisoned for four to…
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