Marx saw the issue of censorship as central to his critique of the economic system. Read more here on Revol Press's substack: revolpress.substack.com/p/marx-and-c...

We're all going to capitalist hell

Just need 6 more folk to sign up free for Strange Exiles to hit 1k on Substack. If you're not already on the list, hit the link, drop your email. I'll be ghosting all social media soon, so get involved if you want to follow my writing! 🙏 strangeexiles.substack.com

This looks utterly compelling but will be a tough watch for me as a person who has struggled a great deal with my bipolar. It's cost me so much, on a personal level. But this sounds like an outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking. youtu.be/OpKEUIAkO_Q?...

New essay. From triumphal 1990s ideas about an American century underpinned by Internet power, to the mid-2010s belief that social media was a “global conversation,” to mid-2020s anxieties about communication breakdowns and civil war. open.substack.com/pub/paroxysm...

My first piece for Discontent dropped today, drawing on the philosophy of Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, Slavoj Žižek and Julie Reshe. www.discontent.wtf/news/against...

See on the Revol Press substack a transcript of a talk by Mark Fisher on education and capitalism, given at the MACRO museum, Rome, in 2013. revolpress.substack.com/p/towards-a-...

I sort of understand why happy escapist bullshit dominates the cultural landscape at the moment, and the notion that expressing joy is a political act in dark times. But I also hope doomer / depressive / transgressive aesthetics come back before I'm too old to make new art.

I was on This Is Revolution today with the homie Jason Myles talking left wing publishing, the far right clown show, protest, mental health and more. Watch it back! 💥 www.youtube.com/live/BwtWG9S...

My latest essay on the Poll Tax riot, the anti-Iraq War marches, and why we need to rethink how we protest in order to beat the rise of the far right. Now on the Revol Press blog: revolpress.substack.com/p/lost-arts-...

📚🪐🧐💙📚🖋️📚⏰ carterkaplan.blogspot.com/2013/08/stev...

👻 NEW EPISODE! 👻 I talk to writer and artist Robert Shepherd about his essay series 'Our Ghost', plus memes, Marxism, Doctor Who, and his thoughts on our dystopian AI future. 🎧 bit.ly/strangex41 📚 strangeexiles.substack.com

People look to social media to assert themselves, but to what degree does it undermine their subjectivity, reducing them to object status? An excerpt from Mike Watson's 'Hungry Ghosts in the Machine' revolpress.substack.com/p/nietzsche-...

A podcast about ideas, identity and ideology. This is Strange Exiles⏳ bit.ly/strangex40 Tish & Adam Turl bit.ly/strangex39 Simon Copland bit.ly/strangex38 Chris Kelso bit.ly/strangex37 Brad Kelly ... more soon

Thanks for all the great feedback, questions and arguments this post has generated in comments and DMs! 🙏

NEW ESSAY FOR REVOL PRESS! Just over a year since I published The Darkest Timeline, a book that took a deep dive into the idea of “the end of the world.” Did I predict things accurately? Thanks to Revol and @mikerwatson.bsky.social 👇 revolpress.substack.com/p/bram-e-gie...

I answer some interview questions on the Revol Press substack about the future of publishing in general, and what Revol plans next. I also talk about how we stay out of divisive left mudslinging: revolpress.substack.com/p/running-an... Illustration: Vladan Jeremic w/ @bramegieben.bsky.social

On the escalation of fascist tendencies in US politics, from my conversation with @bornagainlabor.bsky.social on the latest Strange Exiles 🚩 bit.ly/strangex40

The gaffer at Revol, pulling nae punches 💥

Underrated. youtu.be/j_4ItfeIE80?...

What if you could send #ElonMusk back in time to kill all the baby versions of himself before he became a capitalist monster? Tish and Adam Turl aka @bornagainlabor.bsky.social on why we need to legalize time travel, from the latest Strange Exiles⏳ bit.ly/strangex40

Via new Scottish publisher Tantallon Tìr for 274 Miles, a collection of work by some of the most exciting contemporary writers in Scotland (and me): ‘Finish something. Stare at its imperfections, fix them, expunge them, do whatever you need to do, but finish it.’ tantallontir.com/author-spotl...

Guilty on both counts

NEW STRANGE EXILES! Artists, writers and curators @bornagainlabor.bsky.social and partner Tish Turl discuss their work with Locust Review and the Born Again Labor Museum 🎨 bit.ly/strangex40

NEW STRANGE EXILES! Artists, writers and curators @bornagainlabor.bsky.social and partner Tish Turl discuss their work with Locust Review and the Born Again Labor Museum 🎨 bit.ly/strangex40

This absolutely broke me 😓 #gbc youtu.be/MGgNg1rfJVk

Adam Turl, author of 'Gothic Capitalism' (Revol Press) on violence in politics: revolpress.substack.com/p/on-ghosts-...

Read an exclusive essay by @bornagainlabor.bsky.social for Revol Press on the legacy of gun violence in US history, and what it means for the future of the left. Strap in! revolpress.substack.com/p/on-ghosts-...

August

Assembly's doing a flash sale! COME SEE THE SHOW. @edfringe.bsky.social

Get along to this if you can 👍 www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Repost for the 💙 crowd. If you're the type of person who believes in trigger warnings, safe spaces, and myths about recovery as a victory over adversity, go and see Darren McGarvey at the Fringe. You'll leave changed. 10/10 www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2459/...

Only Collapse by the prophet @bramegieben.bsky.social came up on shuffle today and if it doesn’t sum up our modern era, I don’t know what does. Also it’s a banger. Listen, purchase, support the arts, continue to fight back against entropy!

Tomorrow night 🫶 Come see if I got rusty

This is actually tomorrow, 5 August, I effed up the dates. See you there? 👀

Still a few weeks left to get in touch with Revol about this opportunity. Thanks to everyone we've spoken to so far!

Final clip from my interview with Simon Copland about the toxic politics and very real needs of men who fall into "the #manosphere" - and the theory that inspired The Male Complaint, from @politybooks.bsky.social. Follow the 🔗 in bio to subscribe to Strange Exiles 💪 More soon...

“Scottish radical traditions have been airbrushed out of history… Re-examining the threads of Alexander Trocchi’s influence on culture, publishing and radical politics is an antidote to this process of erasure.” Trocchi’s influence on radical Scottish media bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/15/c...

Easing back into hiphop / spoken word gigs and recording. Just filled in an artist bio: I write about apocalypse, cyberpunk and disaffection 🤘 Catch me at Flourish spoken word, McChuills, Glasgow, 6 Aug. Don't call it a comeback linktr.ee/t3xtur3

ALT Book Fringe 2025 4–29 Aug, Edinburgh Entirely run & curated by 3 of Scotland’s leading indie bookshops – @argonautbooks.bsky.social, @lighthousebks.bsky.social & @typewronger.bsky.social – ALT Book Fringe is a free, alternative August literary festival www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/book-...

Revol Press (which I co-run with Bram E Gieben) are looking for submissions: 'Left wing theory publisher Revol Press seek new books by authors who identify as female, or who come from other marginalised communities.' Details here: opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...

OPPORTUNITY: Left wing theory publisher Revol Press seek new books by authors who identify as female, or who come from other marginalised communities. Via @creativescots.bsky.social DM me or @mikerwatson.bsky.social with any questions 🙏 opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...

"I hope that this story can help us see that we are all people, imperfect, slightly broken, and that behind all the rage, all of us are, in our own messed up way, looking for love."

We just wrapped on our very cool film shoot today (making films is so hard). Today is also the publication of an essay I wrote about how we can be better to each other. Thanks to @ergot.bsky.social for publishing. www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...

The risk of engaging with the #manosphere? By playing a game of 'both sides' we elevate grifters - instead we should focus on engaging its followers, argues Simon Copland. Watch the latest Strange Exiles at bit.ly/strangex39. Get Simon's book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social

Misogyny didn't begin with the manosphere, says Simon Copland. Watch our full conversation about his excellent new book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social over at Strange Exiles on Substack 🔗 bit.ly/strangex39

Misogyny didn't begin with the manosphere, says Simon Copland. Watch our full conversation about his excellent new book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social over at Strange Exiles on Substack 🔗 bit.ly/strangex39

😶‍🌫️ NEW STRANGE EXILES 😶‍🌫️ Simon Copland discusses his new book, 'The Male Complaint' - a deep dive into the murky politics of the Manosphere, how young men are radicalised, and what we can do about it. Watch now. 🎥 bit.ly/strangex39 📖 @politybooks.bsky.social

😶‍🌫️ NEW STRANGE EXILES 😶‍🌫️ Simon Copland discusses his new book, 'The Male Complaint' - a deep dive into the murky politics of the Manosphere, how young men are radicalised, and what we can do about it. Watch now. 🎥 bit.ly/strangex39 📖 @politybooks.bsky.social