Alain Badiou writes about the links between poetry and communism, with particular reference to the poetry of the Spanish Civil War. In the last century, some truly... Continue reading
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Alan Morrison, the editor of The Recusant and Militant Thistle websites, is preparing a series of articles for Culture Matters on the history of English political poetry.... Continue reading
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. The injustices that the bereaved families of Aberfan had to deal with on top of their grief... Continue reading
Steve Willey introduces the ‘poetics of negative energy’ in two poems of William Rowe, the sound of pigs falling and index, published above. at the endof each... Continue reading
Burnsiana Scroll back from the cosmos,To inner space.The mind’s micro-structureNanoscientists mind-mappingThe brain’s hundred billion neurons,Its thousand trillion connections,Processing 0.1 quadrillion thoughts per second.Vastly more sophisticatedThan any computer.What... Continue reading
My word you can’t know Burns unless you can hate the Lockharts and all the estimable bourgeoisand upper classes as he really did – the narrow gutted... Continue reading
David Betteridge presents two poems to help you enjoy an alternative Burns supper. At An Alternative Burns Supper His short life and his fertilitylift his perfection... Continue reading
In the first of a series of articles on Chartist poetry and working class struggle, Dr. Mike Sanders traces the background to its development. Andy Croft in... Continue reading
On Tuesday 15th December, 2015 Christie’s Auction House held a sale of property that had belonged to the late British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. The sale realised... Continue reading
Alan Morrison surveys the recent ‘mushrooming depth-charge’ of political poetry in various anthologies, welcomes the rise of radical publishers, and introduces his new website, Militant Thistles. Since... Continue reading
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