We are watching the rebirth of colonization and a colonial mentality of a new type represented by the ‘human rights’brigades and their friends in Le Monde and Liberation, of which the war in Iraq and the failure of the West to force Israel to retreat from its colonial positions are good examples. And tied to that is the process of neo-liberalism and the neo-liberal economy, which makes democracy itself into a very hollow shell” Tariq Ali, Naked Punch Review 06

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In this issue we are pleased to feature Ben Watson's discussion of the role of art in a radical political context, ‘Why Marx Matters to Artists'. In a similarly Marx-influenced article, Maria Grasso writes about the problem of social and political identity in contemporary politics. Timothy Secret then looks for the origins of the post-modern decentred subject in ‘A Genealogy of the Self'. In the final article Dylan Trigg rediscovers Cioran, an obscure and often neglected thinker.

In the art section, we are pleased to publish The Monk's images from his recent trip to India . The issue closes with 05.R.A.M.04's journey into the heart of darkness, ‘Colonel Kurtz's Diary' and Q's existential poetry.

Contents

Why Marx Matters To Artists…Ben Watson (excerpt)

The Contemporary Problem of Identity: Maria Grasso

A Genealogy of the Self:Timothy Secret

In Ruins: Cioran Amongst the Debris:Dylan Trigg (excerpt)

William Blake and the Doors of Perception: Terces Mit(excerpt)

Art

The Monk - Images from India

Prose and Poetry

05.R.A.M.04 - Colonel Kurtz's Diary (Read)
Q - Existential Poetry