fifth column

We're into Endgame

By Benedict Seymour 14 October 2010

'Cut us, don't kill us!' plead UK culture luvvies, but perhaps 'if you're going to hit me, hit me with the axe' is a more radical slogan? Benedict ...

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mute column

Is Black History in Hackney?

By Benedict Seymour 7 October 2010

Hackney Council in the East End of London plan to drop CLR James's name from a public library in fashionable Dalston. As the UK regime of austerity de...

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occultural studies column

Occultural Studies 1.0: Black Metal

By Eugene Thacker 24 August 2010

Increasingly DIY and nihilistic, it's not surprising that contemporary philosophy is drawn to the untilled fields of undead subculture. Recent book, H...

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mute column

Welcome to the Big Society!

By ben 24 July 2010

The first in an irregular series of Mute columns kicks off with some reflections on a very special week for the UK and its 'plabour' pool Hello and w...

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mute column

Welcome to the Big Society!

By Benedict Seymour 24 July 2010

The first in an irregular series of Mute columns kicks off with some reflections on a very special week for the UK and its 'plabour' pool Hello and w...

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mute column

Corpus Mute Launch

By admin 25 September 2025

— A project to catalogue and activate the Mute magazine archive More info and repo: https://codeberg.org/Mute/Corpus-Mute/src/branch/main/README....

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columns

Abstract Human Labour Found in Food - Shock!

By Benedict Seymour 16 February 2013

A Gallerte* of undifferentiated human labour has been found in ALL food. Traces of it have also been found in ALL other commodities! Could it be tha...

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