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It goes on one at a time,
it starts when you care to act,
it starts when you do it again after they said no,
it starts when you say we and know who you mean,
and each day you mean one more.

Marge Piercy

Poetry

Capital and Christ’s message: For Ernesto Cardenal

8 March 2020 / 322

Chris Norris presents a poem in honour of Ernesto Cardenal (1925 – 2020) Ernesto Cardenal, who died on March 1st this year, was a Nicaraguan poet, Marxist,... Continue reading

Chris Norris

Poet, priest, politician and revolutionary: RIP Ernesto Cardenal

4 March 2020 / 306

Tim Hollins pays homage to Ernesto Cardenal (1925 – 2020), Nicaraguan poet, priest, politician, and revolutionary Perhaps only in Nicaragua would those 4 terms sit easily to describe... Continue reading

Tim Hollins

Poetry

Questioning Capitalism: The Climate Matters Anthology 2020

24 February 2020 / 296

Sally Flint calls for submissions to this new anthology of poems, stories, science writing and images, a collaboration between Culture Matters and Riptide Journal (University of Exeter) ‘We... Continue reading

Sally Flint

Poetry

The Winning Cock

16 February 2020 / 318

The Winning Cock by S. O. Fasrus The winning cock continued crowingEmboldened by his win, and knowingNo fowl could make a bigger dinwhen pecking orders favoured him. Continue reading

S O Fasrus

Poetry

Anthologies of poetry as revolutionary documents: The Children of the Nation

13 February 2020 / 282

Kevin Higgins lays into the Irish literary establishment, and praises The Children of the Nation: An Anthology of Working People’s Poetry from Contemporary Ireland, edited by Jenny Farrell... Continue reading

Kevin Higgins

Poetry

A Mother Stamps Her Feet

1 February 2020 / 342

A Mother Stamps Her Feet By Rafael Pizarro A mother in San Jose sees a child ina cage and stamps her feet. This is how it starts.... Continue reading

Rafael Pizarro

Poetry

Turning Slavery into Art

30 January 2020 / 322

Turning Slavery Into Art by Fred Voss “This is slavery,”Armando on the old manual milling machine saysand smileshis ironic smileas all the shop machinists fire up their... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Poetry

Peephole

24 January 2020 / 328

Peephole by Owen Gallagher, with image by Jon Addison When a Conservative candidate callsRuth wears a blue rosette. When a Labour candidate knocksshe reaches for red. If... Continue reading

Owen Gallagher

Poetry

Knight of the Gutter

20 January 2020 / 372

Knight of the Gutter (aka Iain Duncan Smith’s Got a Knighthood) by Alan Morrison The media smeared Jeremy Corbyn for good,Ensured a catastrophic election result,A thumping majority... Continue reading

Alan Morrison

Poetry

The Buttering of the Bread

16 December 2019 / 391

The Buttering of the Bread by Rob Walton, with image by Martin Gollan Just because I changed to the Toriespeople tell me I don’t knowwhich side my... Continue reading

Rob Walton