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By Arran Potts You can barely afford to live,go back to Old Kent Road. COMMUNITY CHESTYour empty houses have beengiven to the homeless;advance three spaces. You try…
Oh Israel, I’m with you
By Roger Cornish Oh Israel, I’m withyou. Brought up on the World at War,read about the pogroms,my mam told me storiesof great Jews: Gloria Steinem,Albert Einstein,the story…
Ghazal: I would take a thread
By Janet Hatherley This is for you, Jason Arday,a black man, long dreads, working your way. Autistic, eleven years before you spoke.Until that day, you were listening,…
Heavy with Thought: The Introduction to ‘The Olive Branch: Late Observations from a New Dark Age’
The book is available here By Jim Aitken ‘Study, learn more, learn forever.’ – Lenin This collection is subtitled ‘Late Observations from a New Dark Age.’…
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Journal of Class and Culture – Fourth Annual Conference
University of the West of England, Stoke Gifford, England Saturday 3 October • 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM Organised by University of Hertfordshire and University of the…
Why can’t Women Be Priests?
Photo credit: Stephen Brash By Geoff Bottoms Why can’t women be priests? It’s a good question whose time has come, and in many parts of the universal…
Ten books that shook the World Cup
Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman recommends ten reads that reveal the tournament at its best and worst.
Bass, Big Beer & popular demand
By Keith Flett Can a campaign from below, a democratic campaign on a social and cultural activity like beer drinking, have any effect? Yes, it can. The…
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By Janet Hatherley This is for you, Jason Arday,a black man, long dreads, working your way. Autistic, eleven years before you spoke.Until that day, you... Continue reading
The book is available here By Jim Aitken ‘Study, learn more, learn forever.’ – Lenin This collection is subtitled ‘Late Observations from a New... Continue reading
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