Money flees the scenes of its crimes, bolts to its pile on the upland plains to laze on the plumpest cerulean upholstery, warding off gravity with icons and charms lifted from ancient tapestry tales. ~ We launch The Gleaning on Wed 30th Sep. See below for details. Do come
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Not every book sounds like every other. '...a force of merging furies like a riptide is unleashed. Amy gets on board, rides her mind's muscle long gush of sinuous weft & warp relishing the onslaught, she freestyles the rush Until it is the only thought.' From, The Gleaning @fayay.bsky.social
A polythene bag photodegrading into a mecca of thorns. The broken branches are leaning against boughs that are leaning on light. All the shops are closed: it’s time to focus on what we already own. Have You Always Been Here? Matthew Clegg 3 pamphlets Out now longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” ― Wendell Berry
Out there looks like rain but how can you tell, these days, between rain and the graze of peeling back layers of rage? ~~ We'll launch The Gleaning on Wed 30th September details below - do come
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#OtD 9 Sep 1828 legendary author, Leo Tolstoy, was born in Russia. His greatest work, War and Peace, is dotted with an essay on people's history, that history is not the story of Great Men but the overlapping stories of billions of us stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1095...
Hasan Piker is saying that the conflation of Jews with Israel is putting Jews at risk. That is in inarguable fact. Both Israel's cheerleaders and antisemites are promoting this conflation. Rather than demonise Piker for stating the truth - oppose this dangerous conflation.
If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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When the heron preens delicate wisps of feather melt into light. Three postcards (350gsm uncoated cardstock) accompanying three new pamphlets (Eyes Front, Crystals & Dust, The Living) by Matthew Clegg. Haiku on reverse. Have You Always Been Here? Out now longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
#OtD 9 Sep 1739 the Stono slave rebellion began in South Carolina, the largest uprising of enslaved people in the mainland British colonies. 23 people seized weapons, burned plantations and freed others until a militia repressed them stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1094...
"For two years of lockdowns, my partner and I walked Sheffield's Rivelin Valley at dawn. Moss. Herons. Froglets. Treecreepers. Those walks became three poetry pamphlets and a way of paying attention again." Have You Always Been Here? Matthew Clegg Published today longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Thanks, Matt, I've just ordered this, looking forward to it. The way she writes about people in the land, their shared histories and concerns, is marvellous
Matt Clegg@eyesfront.bsky.social · 2w agoAbout two thirds of the way through this. A fascinating lyric sequence interwoven with different voices, 'sampled' from different NE communities. Especially enjoyed the stretch on Beadnell Bay - deep time, social history, landscape, geology - deep listening!
Professor Wolff Appearance on the Clearing The Fog Podcast democracyatwork.substack.com/p/professor-...
Professor Wolff Appearance on the Clearing The Fog Podcast
As US Empire Collapses And Interest In Socialism Surges, What Next?
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They're all marvellous. If the new pamphlets are as good as Cazique, Edgelands, Officer and the others, then we're in for a treat. The artwork looks superb too.
Oliver Mantell@olivermantell.bsky.social · 4w agoThree really good collections (I’m also looking forward to the three new pamphlets greatly).
I'm very much looking forward to reading these
Longbarrow Press@longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 3w agoCover reveal - or, rather, three cover reveals - ahead of the publication of 'Have You Always Been Here?', a series of three new pamphlets by Matthew Clegg. You can pre-order 'Have You Always Been Here?' - and read a poem from the first pamphlet - here: longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem/
The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council have warned Miliband that a UK ban on trade with settlements may fuel antisemitism in the UK. What utter bollocks! Committing genocide fuels antisemitism - they should focus on that!
Cover reveal - or, rather, three cover reveals - ahead of the publication of 'Have You Always Been Here?', a series of three new pamphlets by Matthew Clegg. You can pre-order 'Have You Always Been Here?' - and read a poem from the first pamphlet - here: longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem/
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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I fell in love with that word, Cazique, though I couldn’t find its meaning in any book my father owned. It broke the shackles in my brain: just thinking it or speaking it made me taller, other – simply more. Special 3-for-2 offer on 3 collections by Matthew Clegg longbarrowpress.com/special-offe...
Gerard McCarthy has quit a London theatre production following the casting of pro-Israel extremist Maureen Lipman The actor said her repeated public comments about Israel and Palestine left him uncomfortable promoting her involvement in the production
Actor Gerard McCarthy quits London play after pro-Israel Maureen Lipman joins cast
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Northern Irish actor Gerard McCarthy has pulled out of a London theatre production following the casting of outspoken pro-Israel actress Dame Maureen Lipman. McCarthy said ...
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My hot take, as an anthropologist who's worked with people who've done harm, is that a crippling over-saturation of shame is actually at the core of everything that fascists do:
Shaming fascists: Not enough, or too much?
If shame was helpful, we would have solved all our problems by now because it’s the primary way people relate to each other in colonial cultures.
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#OtD 18 Aug 1936 the gay socialist poet Federico García Lorca was most likely executed, during the Spanish civil war. "I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace." workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
