Equator

One year ago today we launched Equator – to preserve our sanity, and yours, in a world the mainstream press can no longer explain.

Celebrate our first birthday with us and get 15% off a print subscription – just in time for our next issue.

Issue 02 is out next month. Join us before 15 November for a 15% discount on an annual print subscription. Find out more at equator.org/join

Sign up for the literary event of 2027.

The second Equator Reading Group takes on Roberto Bolaño’s ‘2666’, featuring guests Karl Ove Knausgård, Rachel Kushner, Pankaj Mishra, Vinson Cunningham, Brenda Lozano, Francisco Goldman, Claudio Lomnitz, Natasha Wimmer, Rachel Nolan & more.

Book your spot here: equator.org/events/2666-eq…

Founding Editor Jonathan Shainin talks about Equator's mission on a recent episode of @AJListeningPost  @AJEnglish  – join us.

Equator is in Barcelona today. Feels like a good time to revisit this piece by @LilithVerstryng on how Podemos, Spain's left-wing movement that emerged from the 15-M protests, lost its political momentum.