The War Abroad, by Alix Emery By James O’Brien Do you remember that time,When you were a child,And now you kill children.The blank necessity,The hollow bark of... Continue reading
By Alan Morrison Death and destruction from the sky all day long—Pete Hegseth, US defence secretary Operation Epic Fury unofficially paves the wayTo the blasted foundations of... 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
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
Palestinian child arrested by Israeli soldiers By James O’Brien You don’t have to die to be dead,The blueprints are a shroud dripping with glee,Watch enough murder corpses... Continue reading
Is this a holy thing to see…? – William Blake by David Betteridge Here, in a world where wealth abounds,life’s necessities run out,purposely held back by evil’s... Continue reading
Franco’s troops, Madrid,1936; Netanyahu’s troops, Gaza, 2025 By Nick Moss This is a review of two recent books published by Culture Matters – Michael Rosen’s Words United,... Continue reading
By Jim Aitken Michael Rosen loves words. He loves their sense, their sounds, their layers of meaning and the uses they can be put to. He does... Continue reading
Free Palestine! By Nick Moss The politics of genocide At the time of writing, Palestine Action have been proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Those Labour MPs who... Continue reading
Children in Gaza waiting to be served food Republished from Media Lens BBC News regularly proclaims its supposed editorial principles of fearless, independent, impartial, fair and accurate... Continue reading