Whenever I think of Claudia Cardinale I will always think of this scene from Once Upon a Time in the West which combines superb cinematography with Leone's wonderful theme & Cardinale's character moving through the centre of all the chaos and bustle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdL_...

In January 1986 seven astronauts were killed when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. The story of the corporate and bureaucratic failures that led to this tragedy is brilliantly told in Andy Higginbotham's brilliant book Challenger. My review resolutereader.blogspot.com/2025/09/adam...

In all of the photos I've seen of the Tommy Robinson march not one of those supposed "concerned citizens" carries a banner mentioning cuts to libraries, school & NHS funding, low pay or disability payments. They don't care about those things. Racist politics dominated.

What's the best way to celebrate the Christmas season, a period of the Christian calendar dedicated to peace and kindness towards everyone? Capitalism: Let's sell people an advent calendar of model tanks.

NEW WRITING: I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said. The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭

"The British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah will be released from jail after serving six years for liking a Facebook post, Egyptian state media have reported." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

My latest review looks at a collection of essays on Thomas Mützer and the German Peasants' War from a special edition of History of the Present journal resolutereader.blogspot.com/2025/09/lore... @brianconnolly.bsky.social

Is it ok to punch Nazis? Or should defeat them in the market place of ideas. youtu.be/IKICKcMU3MU

Marching for climate justice today

Its slightly depressing that the two activist options I have tomorrow are either a demonstration against climate destruction, or a demonstration against fascism.

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

Global water cycle: increasingly erratic and extreme climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/18/g...

"history will forgive neither side in Your Party if this blows up the project before it is even set up... There is an urgent need for a left alternative to Keir Starmer’s failing Labour government, the neoliberal consensus it upholds and the far right it fuels." socialistworker.co.uk/news/what-is...

Israel pounds Gaza City with an iron fist as UN report names it genocide 👇Palestinians in Gaza are fleeing the bombs as the US reaffirms its unwavering support for Israel socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

Coverage of the French strikes today socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...

There are 2883 food banks in the UK

German comrades report on the Tommy Robinson march in London. www.sozialismus-von-unten.org/rechter-aufm...

Funny how there is no money for disabled people or those struggling on low pay, but we can give a bigoted US President a banquet costing £10,000s.

Starmer's government really is a cesspit.

I was interviewed by @Bread_Rosaries podcast about my book on the German Peasants' War. We discussed religion & rebellion in some depth. Listen on most podcast platforms such as podcastaddict.com/bread-and-ro... Watch on Youtube youtu.be/4cEqdBTj21Y?... Also see below to win a book

In 1942 in Memphis, TN, USA, 75% of Black residents polled thought they would be better off if Japan won. Though the number fell to 55% when interviewed by a white person.

Yesterday's far right demo won't just emboldened the fringe fascists. It will pull the whole right further to the right. They want a fascist street movement and a far right electoral mass project. That's an urgent challenge for the left. It means turnout in big numbers.

"Saturday could go down as the day the fascists broke through in Britain. But it could also go down as the day that served as a wake up call to the left and labour movement which then turned words into mass action and turned the tide." socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

This number of fascists and far-right activists on the streets is a warning to the whole left and union movement.

Protesting the racists again today.

Enjoying @resolutereader.bsky.social speaking with @commiexian.bsky.social and the other guy (not sure if he is on here?) on the Bread and Rosaries podcast. Ep.79 - "Do not let your sword grow cold": The German Peasants' War (feat. Martin Empson) 🅴 podcastaddict.com/bread-and-ro...

My latest book review covers @grsbrown's superb book "A People's History of the Anti Nazi League (1977-1981)". ✊It is a wonderful work of history from below and an important manual for learning how to defeat the far-right and fascist movements today. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2025/09/geof...

Farage loves Trump. Hatred of Muslims, migrants, and refugees defines Reform UK. You know this. Reform UK members agree. Why the phoney denial that your party is racist through and through.

Epstein was not exposed by journalists or law enforcement agencies. He was brought down by the women who refused to be intimidated into silence... Mandelson and Epstein are the sick symptoms of a sick system. socialistworker.co.uk/comment/star...

Young people have always pushed fashion and self adornment to new places. Its wonderful how each generation discovers (or rediscovers) ways to do this.

The erasure of this Banksey piece depicting a judge attacking a protester with their gavel has been washed off by authorities, leaving a shadow on the wall. It's both a perfect demonstration of the power of art, and a fantastic metaphor for the failures of the judicial system.

Alex Callinicos takes up some points by Adam Tooze on Polycrisis socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

Three years since this great moment of monarchism

"What will be come of us in twenty years?" - Victor Serge

The 500th anniversary of the German Peasants' War has led to me visiting an unusual collection of places. I was very pleased to speak at the Deutsche Kirche in Liverpool last night. An engaging audience with lots of questions and dicussions about the role of religion in revolt.

"in Edinburgh cops couldn’t arrest anyone while a 100-strong DOJ and Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest took place. A 2,500-strong Palestine demonstration joined it—and everyone celebrated a victory as the action ended at 3pm with no arrests. " socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

My latest article reviews a remarkable book by @davidolusoga.bsky.social & Casper W. Erichsen on genocide in German South-West Africa. The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide. A difficult read that tells us much about imperialism & genocide. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2025/09/davi...

Watching Humans last night I learnt that 50,000 years ago, a giant 2 metre high meat eating stork competed with the "hobbit" species of human for food. Nightmare fuel. www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Standing up against Reform UK's Climate Denial www.campaigncc.org/reform_uk

I feel that the left should be talking much more about the mass protest movements erupting in the fourth largest country on Earth. Indonesia is in revolt. socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...

Turns out that carbon capture is not the solution the, checks notes, fossil fuel industry told is it would be. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sharing again. An excellent book on the lives and struggles of the US family farmer under Reagan. Much to learn for life under Trump I fear.

First in-person #Heiresses sighting in a real bookshop - @waterstones.bsky.social #Hampstead. Signed copy available there now!

"The letter, which has been coordinated by Stand up to Racism, adds: “Violence against women and girls is a serious and urgent issue. But it will never be solved by the likes of Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick targeting refugees, Muslims and migrants." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Marvel's newest superhero set to be massive racist flop.

Moral panics are always about scapegoating, dehumanising and repressing sections of the working class. They fester in conditions of competition, frustration and insecurity. They must be exposed as fabrications and challenged by compassion and solidarity." socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...

New Trump cabinet appointee.

Stop being racist Stop encouraging racists. There. Not too hard is it?

Just started to read this new book by Geoff Brown. It is terrifyingly timely.