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Billy Anania

Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.

It’s Time to Change Our Trains

Our train system is expensive, overcrowded, and unreliable, and the government’s latest plans do nothing to make it better – to really improve the railways, we need to take private profit out of the equation.

‘Platform Football’ Is Not the Answer

Spotify owner Daniel Ek’s plan to buy Arsenal and replace the hated Stan Kroenke has been welcomed by many fans – but the way his company has hollowed out the music industry should be a warning to football.

Bradford’s Cathedrals to Capital

From the Victorian Gothic Wool Exchange to the new ‘fantastic developments’ of the City Exchange, Bradford’s buildings have long been at the heart of British capitalism – and the resistance to it.

France’s Rightward Drift

Next year’s French presidential election looks set to be dominated by Macron and Le Pen, with the Left struggling in the polls – but recent moves towards unity suggest a more progressive path forward might be possible.

The Long Shadow of Ballymurphy

Last week’s Ballymurphy verdict vindicated the victims of an atrocity, but the Tory government’s determination to grant impunity for state killings means that justice in Northern Ireland is further away than ever.

Apple Won’t Save the World

Apple is just the latest Big Tech company to receive praise for its environmental policies – but despite the media narrative, no amount of greenwashing can repair the damage corporations are doing to the planet.

How Solidarity Rebuilt Vietnam

During the Vietnam War the city of Vinh was almost destroyed by US bombing. It was rebuilt with the help of socialists around the world – and today its architecture stands as a monument to that solidarity.