There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘i look like my brother’ by Aishvarya Arora, published in Issue Eight of And Other Poems. Read the rest of the issue on our website! #poem #poetry

Just printed off something for Kolleague, you might enjoy this if you've not seen it before (one for @strongmisgiving.bsky.social who will know it well) www.jessamyn.com/barth/baby.h...

Which piece of music have you listened to the most in your life? ‘The song “From Her To Eternity” by Nick Cave.’ Twenty Questions with Mariana Enriquez

Like I say: the bottom line is that the genocide is not negotiable and cannot even be debated, and that everything else in Britain will have to warp and buckle to accommodate it and our complicity in it, forever, because this is what the Americans want. And we are Atlanticists.

YES I love Bryony Littlefair's poems

it’s St Lucy’s day, so you know what that means — time for the best John Donne poem

Love this poem forever 🌳 'Even in this one lifetime, you will have to choose.'

I agree, but look: let’s compare the avalanche of scalding hatred that was tipped over Gary Lineker for saying the IDF should stop mass-murdering civilians against the treatment of Nigel Farage for *actually being a Nazi*. It will always be like this, for as long as this behaviour is tolerated.

*slaps roof of kiln* ow

We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions. It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.

The only truly important thing to understand about the people Nikesh writes about in this piece is that they are a danger to our communities. It doesn't matter what their origin story is. You don't owe people like Tommy Robinson or Nick Tenconi or Paul Golding or their followers shit all.

When you see "14 years of x" line, it tells you you're dealing with someone who can't analyse politics without a party lens. Britain's been governed by the same overarching philosophy since 1979, regardless of which party was in power. And without understanding that, you won't understand anything.

"Do a vulgar roast. Use forbidden words."

Today in the news: Could the far right be far right?! We found countless examples and testimonies and it is clear that, based on most serious definitions, they are indeed far right and a threat to democracy However, we asked them and they said they are not. Therefore, who is to know?

This took courage, and makes me feel very vulnerable, but here I share some insights into how the recent Laika situation played out for me – along with a plea for more compassionate social media engagement. We need reflection, not retribution. www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/... If useful: archive.is

You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?

so happy to have a poem published by @atriumpoetry.bsky.social today. Thanks so much @hollyannepoet.bsky.social and @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social for accepting it and being kind and amazing editors.

James Tate

This is exactly what you get when you and everyone around you is fucking inept, just dumb as a sack full of hammers, and have been coasting by on a cloud of your own farts for years, when the bill finally comes due and you have to turn all your "expertise in government" into policy.

Declan Ryan’s newest in @newyorker.com is the most accomplished poem I’ve seen in a major mag in some time—a poem that dignifies the little intimacies of one couple’s growing bond (watch the rhymes), and in so doing dignifies the inner spaces of all our lives. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Tuesday #morningread #11:11portal #11/11portal

My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash

Just a regular pipeline now of dubiously funded cranks targeting the NHS to enforce their horrific, hateful politics on the public, by seeking out, targeting and harassing the fuck out people who have quietly been going about their business for years without anyone bothering

Important to understand: none of these people are incapable of understanding this. They are instead *professional bullshit artists* who are paid to make the most obvious shit in the world difficult, endlessly frustrating and confusing, and preferably highly incriminating for people they despise.

The reason this Nazi crank keeps arsing on about Britain specifically is that he has noticed that here, he is pushing at an open door. We should think about why that might be so.

A new poem in the new issue of Agni @agnimagazine.bsky.social 🫨

Small poem by me in Perverse mag today open.substack.com/pub/perverse...

As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked. Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.

Writers! Me & @mconley.bsky.social are teaming up for a writing workshop on the theme of 'attention.' Join us Sat Nov 29 at Saan.1 Gallery in Mcr to discuss poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Carl Phillips & Benjamin Zephaniah and then work on your own. Details here: katefeld.wordpress.com/wp-admin/pos...

Whose views would we say have been more welcome in political/media circles, this last fifteen years or so? E.g. Shami Chakrabarti saying everyone has inherent rights, or Douglas saying we need to crack down hard upon our traitorous fifth column of ethnic enemies? That’s why (points at the shitshow).

This poem!!!!! “I am absolute for you” What a line. Completely obliterated me.

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

Let’s see whether the public agree, shall we

Had never heard of Selma Asotic, so thank you @tomsnarsky.bsky.social . This poem is amazing.

The best Bronte is Anne and it's not close

a page of Krasznahorkai

“The truth is that antifa groups have been responsible for some of the most prescient & impactful organizing countering the far-right during the last decade” Amazing corrective to liberal punditry abt antifa from Matthew Whitley (& basically the thesis of my book) theintercept.com/2025/09/27/t...

Shocked to learn that the world’s preeminent transphobe is also a genocide apologist.

As well as a terrifying extension of repressive state power, it's striking how intellectually dead this is. "You can have freedoms, but only when and if we say so." Ludicrous. We live in an era as stupid as it is evil, governed by moral and intellectual minnows as vapid as they are depraved.

This is the Brigit Pegeen Kelly poem that I love. poets.org/poem/leaving

Now obviously, the British political/media class have enthusiastically frog-boiled themselves into believing that dragging off two hundred old ladies is just normal, regular centrist moderate politics. But you are not them, you should recognise that this is absolutely deranged authoritarian lunacy.

YES! THIS on GenAI! Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins: "An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."

It's because it's a fucking racket, Rory. And I find it very hard to believe you couldn't work this out for yourself, unless failing to understand it and articulate it in public was one of the key criteria for being allowed to keep your job.