Prime Minister Burnham: commons image By Chris Norris Eeny-meeny-miny-moe,Catch McSweeney by the toe;If he hollers, don’t let go –He’ll run to Mandy, Josh & Co!He’ll tell you:... Continue reading
Wikicommons image of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli protest By Willie Hershaw Brekkin intae a fousty auld lock-upand flingan a can o pentower some evil, pizzenous aeroplane o daith... Continue reading
Il Quarto Stato / The Fourth Estate by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868-1907) By Adam Page There is a silence, almost physically heavy, which settles over a... Continue reading
Photo: Wikicommons By Chris Norris I’m Handy Andy, I’m your manWhen urgent jobs need doin’,Like sticking to the Osborne planTo save the rich from ruin. Or doing... Continue reading
Poster: ‘All militias are merged into the People’s Army’ Mark Perryman celebrates the fusion of progressive politics with visual art 90 years ago, on the 17th July... Continue reading
Book cover The Spanish Civil War erupted in late July, 1936. To mark the anniversary, Culture Matters has just published this book, an anthology of poems selected... Continue reading
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya By Mike Jenkins The last time I saw himHe was bruised and brokenCould only talk by whispering,Dried blood on his faceHe stumbled into... Continue reading
Pyramid of the Capitalist System: Commons image By Violet White Gary says:‘Listen.. listen..’And if you do, you might detect echoes in that ‘Listen..’(‘Behold.’. ‘ I tell you.’.... Continue reading
By Roger Cornish She lay in her damp cavern. NoThrone or gowns. The workers hadStripped her of her wings. She is filled with enough spermTo lock her... Continue reading
By Roger Cornish They’ve about emptied yaout now boy A thousand bicyclesa robbed safehundreds of shopping trolleysthe odd suicide You flow onno more factory dye and chemicalstheCoal’s... Continue reading