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
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
By Anne Irwin When earth cries outas old men’s bitter heartshang like yellow leaves on their twisted politic,the orange enables genocideto receive The Nobel prize for peace,another... Continue reading
By Omar SabbaghOn Reading Tariq Ali’s Memoirs History can be as small as the tiny creviceof what might have been,the entry that comes last on a list... Continue reading
Image by Martin Gollan By Uzmah Ali After Manic Street Preachers S.Y.M.M. and Revol Run a finger along smooth sheetsCup on bedside tableSplay into a starfishStare at... Continue reading
Starmer’s empty promises of renewal By Paul Francis Keir Starmer says the nation hasa battle for its soul.There’s two opposing absolutescompeting for control.This moment of decisionis a... Continue reading
Image by the author By Abdulghani Al-Shuaibi The ovens of bread are cold as stone,Like graves unmarked, the fields lie prone.Children’s stomachs echo like drums,Hollow hymns where... Continue reading