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By Nora Ziegler The dominant culture tells us that we must either be isolated or suppress our differences for the sake of connection. Offering and receiving hospitality can enable us to work across differences, recognising the risks of exploitation and abuse, as well as the opportunities for solidarity and transformation.  I live communally with 5 […]

By Rumana Hashem  This article draws on some thoughts and reflections on how we can use anti-racist activism and collective organising to overcome trauma caused by abuse and hate. How can we take action against racism-sexism and other kinds of violence, when we are so distressed and traumatised? What do we do when victim support […]

By Cat Odenkirk I recently went to a book club where we discussed Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. It charts a young Black woman’s growth and survival in a dystopian hellscape. Lauren grows up in a walled-in small tight-knit community, which manages to get by. Outside the walls, there is extreme violence and […]

By Henry On Sundays I cycle down onto Hackney Marshes with my husband. On a wide flat area of reclaimed land, between channels of the River Lee, white painted goal posts line up across acres of rough mown grass. There are over eighty football pitches! By the time we get there, a bit late, most […]

by Libaharan Ravindran We grew up strong in nature, rooted to indigenous ways,  Using old ice cream tubs for placing curry in, being zero waste,  When I spot one of us in a green, rural space,  My back goes soft and my heart expands wide,  To engulf the resting of my nervous system quietly,  We […]

By Lianne, who is (in no particular order) a fundraiser, campaigner, educator, writer and Minister in Training at One Church Brighton.  Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has brought forth bread from the earth.  Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, creator of the fruit of the […]

Between Ghazal and Reham Joyland is a ground-breaking Pakistani film that pushes the boundaries of Pakistani cinema. It tells the tale of an unhappily married Haider who falls for a transgender woman called Biba. The film was initially banned in Pakistan but was then approved for release after some edits.The central theme of the film […]

By Beth, a trans person keeping a low profile.  I recently attended a workshop about power and group dynamics facilitated by the lovely people at Bad Apple zine, during which I made a realisation that chilled me to my very core.  We discussed the role of faith when giving oneself to a project. Specifically, having […]

By Ghazal Tipu It is common knowledge that a mosque is a man’s space that he has carved as his own spiritually and institutionally. There is often limited or no space for women to pray. It is no surprise that Muslim female campaigners have been calling for increased mosque space for women for some years. […]

Sharif Gemie Sea, sand, sun The noisy marketplace with Onions, olives and oranges The tight breeze-blocked street ends In a blue Mediterranean illusion Bricks, dust, heat The most crowded place on earth Three religions watch each other Their calm evaporates in the intensity A punch-up in a church, a stabbing in the dark A protocol […]

By Jacob Berkson Bio: Jacob is a bad Jew or at least wants to be such. He has a background in full dress analytic philosophy and is currently studying law. He wants to see a world without borders. The wells of Abraham and Isaac Isaac and Abraham both spend their days wandering a wilderness in […]

We are excited to share Bad Apple Issue 5 including stories of haunting, an interview with a peace activist turned labour councillor, reflections from the anarchist bookfair in London, poetry and lots of Baaaad apples. Bad Apple Zine is free, independent, and completely DIY. If you’d like to contribute articles or art please get in […]

By Henry Like many, I have scraps of verse, mostly psalms and poems, in the back of my mind, ready to be called on as needed. I quite often forget the order of the lines or change them around so much that when I see them in print they seem all wrong. One of these, […]

The submissions deadline for Bad Apple Issue 5 is MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER. If you would like to write/draw/create something for Bad Apple, please get in touch. We’re happy to offer support with writing, discuss ideas, give feedback etc. Contact: badapplemagazine@protonmail.com We’re also exploring the possibility of organising a collaborative writing workshop so if you’d be […]

By Benji Benji is a member of the Kurdistan Solidarity Network and an occasional attender at hislocal Quaker Meeting with a long-standing interest in both the Quakers and other home-grown radical movements. The Kurdish freedom movement often talks about the ‘two rivers’ of history: the river of Capitalist Modernity and the river of Democratic Modernity. […]

Henry and M, an interview What is squatting? Squatting is when you occupy empty or unused commercial buildings. In England, legally, it has to be a commercial property. The place that I’m living in now used to be a centre that provided support for people who had come out of the social care system. The […]

By Nora Ziegler Atheism is a part of religious life. People of faith do not believe the same things equally or consistently and some don’t believe at all. Antitheism separates religious faith from atheism and from radical politics. It is tempting to respond to antitheists by invoking the many religious revolutionaries around the world, whose […]

By Joyoti Grech Cato I remember standing on the rajbari island, my feet re-rooting my body in the red earth of Where I Come From. My ancestors – warriors, weavers, women, men and all genders- surround me, my cousin and my friend by my side, the wide river below us and Bhante island[i] across it […]

Bad Apple Magazine is a project of passion and we’d like to invest a bit of time and effort to get the word out! We’re asking for help to cover the costs of printing the zine so we can take it to radical book shops, bookfairs and social centres. Here’s a link to our fundraiser. […]

We’re excited to share the third issue of Bad Apple Magazine which is now available to download here! This issue features an interview with Mohamed Abdou, the author of ‘Islam and Anarchism’ (2022 Pluto Press), talking about ethics of hospitality, learnings from Tahrir Square, post-structuralism, and the role of personal faith in social justice organising. […]

Bad Apple Magazine is looking for articles, poems and art for our Winter issue! Deadline is 30th November 2022

Book Review by Nora Ziegler Selma James is a founder of the Wages for Housework (WFH) campaign which later became known as Global Women’s Strike (GWS). James’ new book “Our Time Is Now: Sex, Race, Class, and Caring for People and Planet” includes articles, press releases and essays from 50 years of grassroots organising against […]