Left Cultures #4
180 x 250mm, 128 pages
London, UK
First published 2022
Annual
Concept, editorial and creative direction: Phil Wrigglesworth
Editorial direction: Colum Leith
Graphic design: Marco Ugolini
Launched as a one-off, but now four issues deep, Left Cultures champions voices of the left, ‘whether that be Socialist, Communist, Anarchist or anything in between.’
Page by page, over 50 contributing writers from far and wide share stories of inspiration which range from the personal to the polemical. Each entry is accompanied by a commissioned full-page illustration. Issue by issue the magazine is building into a beautifully illustrated lexicon of the left.
This issue opens with a contribution by writer Jessie Jones about Radiohead, using her disappointment at its members’ political stances to discuss boycotting brands and individuals (art by Matt Johnson); by contrast, Lottie Brown recalls The Communards’ song ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’, and stating, ‘Class struggle lives within music.’ (art by Supermundane). But it’s not all music—there are paeons to the Paul Robeson, the Library and the Soviet concept of Agit Prop.
On the Journal:
‘This magazine’s a powerful reminder that there is a left point of view still available, even if it is so often ignored, marginalised, or worse, demonised in today’s media. It’s refreshing to see these views collected together and rendered relevant and vital as ever.’
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