DOPE Magazine

In the United States in the 1980s, there was a dramatic increase in homelessness, nearly doubling between 1984 and 1987. The hope and utopianism of the '60s was over - you didn't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blew, and it was towards the greed and inequality of ‘80s neoliberalism. President Ronald Reagan, following a similar package of reforms to Margaret Thatcher in the UK,...

Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin is an American writer, activist and black anarchist. He is a former member of SNCC, the Black Panther Party and Concerned Citizens for Justice. Following an attempt to frame him on weapons charges and for threatening the life of a Ku Klux Klan leader, Ervin hijacked a plane to Cuba in February 1969. While in Cuba, and later Czechoslovakia, Ervin grew disillusioned with th...

It has become impossible to deny the deep ecological crisis imperilling our planet. Poisoned air, dying coral reefs, scorching heat, wildfires, and the flood waters of “super storms” that pummel us as global temperatures rise – these are just a few of the many environmental traumas bearing witness to the immense destruction of the ecosystems of Earth.  By Debbie Bookchin Reading by Delilah. DOPE M...

In an era marked by using social media and instant messaging to talk to each other, there is something quite beautiful about sitting with a group of people writing letters. What makes it even more beautiful and important is that we are writing to prisoners. Article by Reading by Jamila. Artwork by Rory Robertson-Shaw. DOPE Magazine is a street newspaper about politics, art and culture. Each issue...

To view the material in this article as well as a more detailed history of peace and anti-militarist movements check out MayDay Rooms' online exhibition For Peace! Reading by Delilah. DOPE Magazine is a street newspaper about politics, art and culture. Each issue we print 40,000 copies, and hand them out for free to anyone who wants to sell them in the street. Each year, we make roughly 1/2 mi...

In the context of violent civil war and neo-colonial extraction, Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms and Congo’s GOMA ACTIF show how community response has stepped in as states and NGOs fail.  Reading by Lamya. Artwork by Rory Robertson-Shaw. DOPE Magazine is a street newspaper about politics, art and culture. Each issue we print 40,000 copies, and hand them out for free to anyone who wants to sell t...

Bill Ayers is a retired professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1969, he co-founded the Weather Underground, a revolutionary organisation that carried out 'extreme vandalism'; bombings of property and symbolic targets in protest of war, racism and U.S. imperialism. Artwork by Rory Robertson-Shaw Reading by Dante. DOPE Magazine is a street newspaper about politics, art and cu...

In the hills of the southern West Bank, Palestinian communities face decades of displacement, violence and erasure, yet remain rooted through steadfast resistance and global solidarity. By Aidan Frere-Smith. Artwork by Celeste John-Wood. Reading by Chris. DOPE Magazine is a street newspaper about politics, art and culture. Each issue we print 40,000 copies, and hand them out for free to anyone who...