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Disgraced Monuments

9 July 2020 / 426

Adam Stoneman discusses how public monuments and statues mask the arbitrariness of power. Above: the Edward Colston Statue (photo: Bristol City Council) “Great monuments are erected like dams, opposing... Continue reading

Adam Stoneman

Poetry

Living in dark times: the poetry of Bertolt Brecht

6 July 2020 / 366

Edward Mackinnon shows how Brecht successfully integrated Marxist theory into his poetic practice “What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?” “In the dark timesWill there... Continue reading

Edward Mackinnon

Cultural Commentary

Towards Forever: Radical Reflections on History and Art

6 July 2020 / 444

Sean Ledwith reviews Tony McKenna’s latest book, Toward Forever: Radical Reflections on History and Art This is the third of Tony McKenna’s collections of essays in which... Continue reading

Sean Ledwith

Fiction

The Gadfly: An Irishwoman’s novel about revolutionaries

6 July 2020 / 363

Jenny Farrell remembers Ethel Voynich, who died 60 years ago this month, and who wrote The Gadfly – An Irishwoman’s novel about revolutionaries Liam Mellows read this novel of... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Eating & Drinking

Pubs: a cultural space where you can just be

4 July 2020 / 404

Phil Mellows muses on the need for more awareness of the value of pubs, places where neoliberal subjectivity and stress can be suspended. The painting is by... Continue reading

Phil Mellows

Brecht

1 July 2020 / 370

THE POETRY OF BERTOLT BRECHT “What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?” “In the dark timesWill there also be singing?Yes, there will also... Continue reading

Edward Mackinnon

Music

From Seoul to Detroit: Techno Amidst Protest and Pandemic

25 June 2020 / 395

John R. Eperjesi outlines the connections between techno, COVID-19, and Black Lives Matter. The article is in memory of Mike Huckaby So we make music. We make music... Continue reading

John R. Eperjesi

Poetry

One law for the rich……..

25 June 2020 / 315

Call out – do we have a poem to go with this cartoon? Continue reading

Martin Gollan

TV, internet and other media

Take away their power: climate breakdown and the corporate media

23 June 2020 / 310

David Cromwell outlines the way the media is beholden to corporate capitalism, and calls for a radical democratisation of ownership and control of the broadcast and print... Continue reading

David Cromwell

Poetry

Separate Cells

22 June 2020 / 353

David Erdos introduces his new collection of poems, downloadable below. The collection is illustrated by Max Crow Reeves, who also made the image above. Coronic Irrigation: An Introduction... Continue reading

David Erdos

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