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The Dogs of War
Forced displacement of Gaza Strip residents, CCA 4.0 By Alan PriceMilitary dog = MD Stray Dog = SD MD: Hey, you, what are you doing?SD: I’m looking…
UNITE THE KINGDOM
Commons image, CCA 4.0 By Jim Aitken Brexit’s broken boneshave morphed into nativismas they wave their flags.
A Quisling’s Tale
By Chris Norris Oh Ramsay MacDonald, be now of good cheer,For I’ve tidings to bring if I may;Worst of tidings for your Labour Party, I fear,But for…
Empty House
by Tom Kelly Hear the MP opening another foodbank:the declamatory style, self-congratulating to the full house.Listen to him spinning half-truths, lies.Turn off the sound, watch his yawning…
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The public media: Meet the Government Boss, Same as the Corporate Boss?
Indigenous radio, a victim of the cuts By Dennis Broe In the old days, when protests were allowed, a popular slogan on any march was “Don’t Mourn,…
Arthur Guinness turns 300
By Jenny Farrell Fun fact: Guinness, the quintessential Irish drink, exported around the world, originated in the working-class pubs of early eighteenth-century London. Known as porter, this…
The story of Punk IPA and market capitalism
By Keith Flett The news that Brewdog shut 10 bars during July including the first in its home location of Aberdeen and the first in London, led…
Four Forms of Struggle: New books from Culture Matters
The Rich and the Poor, by Ignacia Ruiz Jim Aitken reviews four new poetry books Culture Matters have four poetry collections that all seem to have forms…
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Commons image, CCA 4.0 By Jim Aitken Brexit’s broken boneshave morphed into nativismas they wave their flags. Continue reading
By Chris Norris Oh Ramsay MacDonald, be now of good cheer,For I’ve tidings to bring if I may;Worst of tidings for your Labour Party, I... Continue reading
by Tom Kelly Hear the MP opening another foodbank:the declamatory style, self-congratulating to the full house.Listen to him spinning half-truths, lies.Turn off the sound, watch... Continue reading
Image above by Not Buying Anything By Kevin Saving Grey men, with cold unblinking eye,have made our lives their merchandise-they circle us like birds of... Continue reading
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Indigenous radio, a victim of the cuts By Dennis Broe In the old days, when protests were allowed, a popular slogan on any march was... Continue reading
A Few More Sunrises Yet Before It Ends – Selected Poems by Martin Hayes (Broken Sleep Books, 2025), 359pp By Alan Morrison A Few More... Continue reading
By Ellis Poole I’m eighty two and counting and my prospects may be short,I’ve never had to pay a fine, I’ve never been to court.My... Continue reading
Image by Martin Gollan By Owen Gallagher Who’d have thought a cozy of knitters of lambswool scarvesand skirts, whose works of art were packedand dispatched... Continue reading