Mark Perryman’s annual selection this year ranges from Eric Hobsbawm to Rocking against Racism Emile Chabal The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary... Continue reading
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By Steve Pottinger the red-faced man who has been drunkall afternoon, who is only getting drunker, louder, who looks more than a littlelike a ventriloquist’s dummy is…
Marxism in Music: constructing a communist contra-culture
The book is available here – until the 31 October, there is a 35% discount code available – MARXISM35 – on the hardback book, so £52 (with…
ED SHEERAN
By Nick Moss It’s not like I needed a reason to hate Ed Sheeran.Galway Girl was enough already -with its Doritos innuendosand its dumb Paddywhackery. That and…
Iman and Ayoub
By Paul Gander For Iman and Ayoub, Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine – 13/9/26 Wrong place, wrong time,Iman sitting in her tentnear Khan Younis,a single bullet wentinto her…
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Ten Books to Make Sense of the 2026 Labour Party Conference
Mark Perryman’s annual selection this year ranges from Eric Hobsbawm to Rocking against Racism Emile Chabal The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian In…
Artists Against Fascism – October 10th 2026
Join us for a day of artist discussions, exhibitions, live music, comedy, and anti-fascist resistance. This inaugural event — arising from a world-historic juncture, when the choice…
The letter that Rocked Against Racism
It was 50 years ago today Rock against Racism was created. MARK PERRYMAN recalls the moment
“NOLI TIMERE”: Rambling thoughts on fighting fear, resisting fascism, and doing a poem
Commons image By Fran Lock wanhope day in dover. want and bruiseof hope. in black. their unity is funeral,a shirt reworked. this frugal dirge theyknead and grease…
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By Steve Pottinger the red-faced man who has been drunkall afternoon, who is only getting drunker, louder, who looks more than a littlelike a ventriloquist’s... Continue reading
The book is available here – until the 31 October, there is a 35% discount code available – MARXISM35 – on the hardback book, so... Continue reading
By Nick Moss It’s not like I needed a reason to hate Ed Sheeran.Galway Girl was enough already -with its Doritos innuendosand its dumb Paddywhackery.... Continue reading
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Available here By Nick Moss There is a particular kind of leftwing poetry, that is all too at ease with its own sanctimony. This poetry... Continue reading