An audience at Basma Theatre, now in Gaza By Hossam Almadhoun Culture is not a luxury but a form of resistance. – Edward Said I was not... Continue reading
By James O’Brien Take my hand then Hiba,To the Fields of Athenry,We’ll go then to the blackthorn,The hawthorn copse,Lay awhile, try and breathe,Try to survey heaven or... Continue reading
Image: Sandor Csudai The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series is inviting poems and short prose focusing on the escalating tragedy of refugee deaths in the English... Continue reading
By Ella B. Winters Dear neighbour,You whitewashed the streetand smeared it with a bloodycross. Your celebration buntingturned a noose, squeezingthe breathout of me.I am not scared to... Continue reading
Image by Tim Pierce By Jim Aitken They come from across Africaand from the Middle Eastand from further East,masses on the move from landsonce colonised or still... Continue reading
England flags, Bermondsey. Commons image. By Pauline Sewards Here they come: the haters swarming up lamppostswearing big boy balaclavas and black hoodiesbouncing on the balls of their... Continue reading
Our Culture is a new series from Culture Matters exploring the relationship between culture and capitalism through a Marxist and dialectical lens. The series investigates how capitalism... Continue reading
Mural of Marwan Barghouti By Nick Moss Here [in this city] dwells Eunomia (Good Governance) and that unsullied fountain Dice (Justice), her sister, sure support of cities;... Continue reading
By Jim Aitken Of that great quartet of ancient Chinese thinkers – Lao Tzu (604 – 517 BC), Confucius (551 – 479 BC), Mencius (372 – 289... Continue reading
CCA 3.0 By Alan Price We ask you to walk forward, then immediately backward.North. West. Today South. The compass of death is erratic.Be allotted a place on... Continue reading