the columnists’ hypotheticals by Steve Pottinger what if doormats were suddenly sentient?what if elephants nested in trees?what if your gran was a Toblerone?what if locomotives had knees?... Continue reading
Fred Voss, the worker-poet from Long Beach, California, has sent us the poem below, with the following message: Here’s a poem I wrote this morning, I hope you... Continue reading
the last ex-pat in Costa Del Sol turns his thoughts homeward with apologies to Leonard Cohen by Mark Cassidy, with image above by Martin Gollan Come, my... Continue reading
Jim Aitken reviews The Orgreave Stations by William Hershaw, illustrated by Les McConnell, some of whose images in the book accompany this review ‘The Orgreave Stations’ , published... Continue reading
the drone by Martin Hayes first it came in the idea of a big balloonthe way the wind could pick it upmove it across the battlefieldbefore its... Continue reading
Forced to work in the rain unnecessarily? Join a union! – TUC Sinking in the rain by Stuart McFarlane I wonder, now, if Rishimight rue the day,... Continue reading
Working Till We Drop by Fred Voss, with image from Les McConnell I am pouring water from a faucet into a bucketto mix it with the coolant... Continue reading
Image above by Martin Gollan Rishi’s Mission by Stuart McFarlane Rishi, your mission, should you choose to accept it,is to win a majority at the next election.This... Continue reading
The campaign group Republic, working towards the abolition of the monarchy and its replacement by a directly elected head of state, have organised a day of protest... Continue reading
‘You’re lifted, Trotsky—in the fucking van.’ Perfectly timed to chime with the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike 1984-85, this collaborative poetry pamphlet is powerfully delivered by... Continue reading