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Machine Language

26 May 2023 / 346

Machine / Language Martin Hayes has long been one of the most prolific and original poets of labour writing in this country. In Machine / Language he further... Continue reading

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The politics of Eurovision

26 May 2023 / 382

Angus Reid reflects on the forces at play in the recent television extravaganza. Above image: Czeslaw Niemen wins Intervision in 1979 for Poland; Kaarija loses Eurovision in 2023... Continue reading

Angus Reid

Poetry

Pastuso in Rwanda

26 May 2023 / 356

Pastuso in Rwanda by Jim Aitken First they came for my dear friend, Mr Samuel Gruber,who came originally from Hungary, I think.Then they came for me early... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Cultural Commentary

Wedges

26 May 2023 / 402

Wedges Some thoughts on solidarity, democratic deliberation, and class struggle by David Betteridge Cartoon by Bob Starrett I Whoever is without fault among us, let them be the... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Poetry

Someone To Eat Bread With by Alan McGuire Compañeros, CompañerasSit down hereVino o agua Break bread with meFlakes and crumbs fallLeave themWe’ll clean them up after CompañerasRemember... Continue reading

Alan McGuire

Poetry

Ruling From the Tomb and Gates: Two poems from Phil Knight

26 May 2023 / 397

Ruling From the Tomb by Phil Knight “The tradition of the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the minds of the living.” – Karl Marx Let... Continue reading

Phil Knight

Fiction

The Global Crime Novel: Worldwide Corruption and Chiseling

19 May 2023 / 391

The Global Crime Novel: Worldwide Corruption and Chiseling In a 1931 Warner Brothers made the film Blonde Crazy, in the pre-Code period where expression was raunchier and... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

Poetry

The Dancing Bear

10 May 2023 / 346

The Dancing Bear by Edward MacKinnon, with image above by Martin Gollan Back in his constituencyenjoying a beer with his own people,unshackled from the courtesies of debate,he... Continue reading

Edward Mackinnon

Religion

From Millenarianism to Dictatorship of God: The Radical Ideology of the Early Jesus Movement

8 May 2023 / 568

Anointing Jesus as a king ready to take his place in the coming transformation of the world was among the most obvious cultural options for an emergent... Continue reading

James Crossley and Robert J. Myles

Books

Wolves Come Grovelling

7 May 2023 / 346

Thirty poems in various forms and styles—rhyme, blank verse, free verse, villanelle, and ‘villanelle-vague’—tackle the seismic events and vicissitudes of recent years: Brexit, Grenfell and the “hostile... Continue reading

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