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It all depends on your starting point. Published daily, Souciant was founded in 2010 by a group of longtime friends split between the United States and Europe. The offspring of veterans of such iconographic American independent media sources as Chicago’s Punk Planet magazine, Seattle’s Sub Pop records, San Francisco manga/anime publisher VIZ Media, and various interactive design studios, Souciant

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It's the biggest newspaper in Britain. If you could call it one. Josh White, on the peculiar Metro, and why the freeshee...
25/11/2024

It's the biggest newspaper in Britain. If you could call it one. Josh White, on the peculiar Metro, and why the freesheet tabloid puts its politics in the background.

Why Metro Thrived

Americans voted against their own self-interest. John Foster, on Trump's election victory and how rage at the professio...
23/11/2024

Americans voted against their own self-interest. John Foster, on Trump's election victory and how rage at the professional-managerial social class helped make it happen.

Why Trump Won

Forgetting is the price of growing up in a dictatorship. Charlie Bertsch, on Victor Erice's 1973 film about the Franco r...
21/11/2024

Forgetting is the price of growing up in a dictatorship. Charlie Bertsch, on Victor Erice's 1973 film about the Franco regime, and a girl who bucked the norm.

Victor Erice’s Spirit of the Beehive

It's the biggest fascist media in the world. Josh White, on Elon Musk's X, and why there's distinguishing the platform f...
20/11/2024

It's the biggest fascist media in the world. Josh White, on Elon Musk's X, and why there's distinguishing the platform from its politics.

Elon Musk's X

February’s snap election could lead to a CDU-AFD government. For anyone familiar with German history, this would be a t...
17/11/2024

February’s snap election could lead to a CDU-AFD government. For anyone familiar with German history, this would be a tragic, if predictable, outcome. John Foster, on the failings of the Scholz government and how we got here.

Germany Plans February Poll

Only Boomers survive. Josh Kitto, on the scrapping of Britain's social care cap and austerity-driven generational inequa...
12/11/2024

Only Boomers survive. Josh Kitto, on the scrapping of Britain's social care cap and austerity-driven generational inequality.

Austerity and Generational Inequality

He could have been beaten. John Foster on Trump's weaknesses, and why the Democrats took them for granted.
09/11/2024

He could have been beaten. John Foster on Trump's weaknesses, and why the Democrats took them for granted.

Donald Trump in History

The Cure’s widely acclaimed new album Songs of a Lost World reminds the world of the post-punk band’s rare talent for co...
04/11/2024

The Cure’s widely acclaimed new album Songs of a Lost World reminds the world of the post-punk band’s rare talent for compelling darkness. Charlie Bertsch's Battleground playlist mines the band’s 45-year recurring career for less-known songs that confirm The Cure’s remarkable range and consistency.

What I'm Listening To

A better world was possible for Primo Levi. If only through the act of communicating. John Foster, on the Italian Holoca...
04/11/2024

A better world was possible for Primo Levi. If only through the act of communicating. John Foster, on the Italian Holocaust memoirist, and why it's still possible to speak truth to power.

Communication Still Matters

Boomers now control a disproportionate share of Britain's wealth, fostering antagonism with Zoomers and Millennials. Jos...
29/10/2024

Boomers now control a disproportionate share of Britain's wealth, fostering antagonism with Zoomers and Millennials. Josh Kitto, on how age has become a stand-in for class.

Intergenerational British Inequality

Every track on this week's Battleground playlist is a winner. Kicking things off with Sicilian-Iranian rapper Jamil and ...
27/10/2024

Every track on this week's Battleground playlist is a winner. Kicking things off with Sicilian-Iranian rapper Jamil and Italian hardcore band Guerrillah, the epic "Arab" by Syrian producer Wael Alkak, Samara's mournful "Souk", Irish anarcho-jungle, garage and post-punk, it's a perfect mirror to the present.

What I'm Listening To

Every day Keir Starmer is in power is another nail in the coffin of the Labour Party. John Foster, on the UK premier's p...
26/10/2024

Every day Keir Starmer is in power is another nail in the coffin of the Labour Party. John Foster, on the UK premier's pushback on slavery reparations.

Keir Starmer on Colonialism

If you haven't listened to The Battleground's weekly playlist, you're sorely missing out. Featuring the best underground...
20/10/2024

If you haven't listened to The Battleground's weekly playlist, you're sorely missing out. Featuring the best underground music we can find, Office Ambience is politics by other means. This week's list is by yours truly and features hard-hitting post-punk, techno and hip-hop in four different languages.

What I'm Listening To

The judicial coup wasn’t just about the end of Israeli democracy, such as it is. It was about a much larger cataclysm th...
13/10/2024

The judicial coup wasn’t just about the end of Israeli democracy, such as it is. It was about a much larger cataclysm that had yet to start. Battleground Editor-in-Chief Joel Schalit on 7 October, and what came before it.

7 October in History

The British created the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and have no interest in resolving it. Josh White, on how Keir Starm...
08/10/2024

The British created the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and have no interest in resolving it. Josh White, on how Keir Starmer avoids taking responsibility.

Starmer Goes With Bibi

Thuringia is the future. John Foster, on the AfD's win in the former DDR state and what it portends for German democracy...
14/09/2024

Thuringia is the future. John Foster, on the AfD's win in the former DDR state and what it portends for German democracy.

Alternative für Deutschland’s Electoral Program

Even bad guys have their place. Charlie Bertsch on the legendary Third Man and the moral ambiguity of postwar Europe.
12/09/2024

Even bad guys have their place. Charlie Bertsch on the legendary Third Man and the moral ambiguity of postwar Europe.

The Third Man, Directed by Carol Reed

No one inspires more New Labour nostalgia than Keir Starmer. If only he could deliver. Josh White on centrist political ...
11/09/2024

No one inspires more New Labour nostalgia than Keir Starmer. If only he could deliver. Josh White on centrist political mag Prospect and why Alan Rusbridger might just be the editor it needs to restore the relevance it had under Blair.

The Meaning of Prospect

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