After a long hiatus, one of the UK's most celebrated political artists, Lowkey, has returned with new music and a UK tour. His forthcoming video, "Lords of War", deals with the issue of drone warfare and the arms trade. He talks to Tom Barns about foreign policy, austerity and militarism.

New measures introduced by EU states, notably Italy, are focusing on reducing the numbers of people crossing the Mediterranean rather than on saving lives. Sabrina Tucci reports.

Asim Qureshi reviews Samantha Silva's new novel, 'Mr Dickens and his Carol', and wonders how Dickens would have felt were he to see Grenfell's mass grave of the impoverished and downtrodden, standing as an edifice to our indifference.

If the left is to have the same degree of success in translating online cultures into political movements, then it needs to understand both the online world and its own history. Kill All Normies helps with neither of those things, and is unlikely to win support beyond those already convinced of its central, conservative, thesis, writes Josh Davies.

This week, activists from all over the UK have come to London to stop military equipment from getting into the setup of DSEI, one of the world’s biggest arms fairs. We will unite and mobilise as many people as possible against DSEI's message of perpetual-war and military escalation, writes Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade.