Humane socialism
THE SAD PLIGHT OF OUR RIVERS I have little time for The Guardian these days, but when it comes to reporting on the state of the environment it ain’t so bad. Several articles in recent years – such as “How clean are our rivers?”, “Migratory fish populations plunge 76% in past 50 years” and “Pet […]
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In the spirit of Mayakovsky The World is Sick of Dreaming Sometimes I wish my bed were as high as a mountain, but then I would be scared looking over the edge.Sometimes I wish my flat were huge, with vast halls, with rooms as big as cathedrals and ramparts; a palace like El Escorial, but […]
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By Phil Hall In order to be healthy and thin you need to eat fresh food, much of it perishable. Logically, then, having a wonderful, huge fridge is essential. Now, to have a huge fridge you can’t live in a small terraced house; your kitchen must be big. All the same your huge fridge – […]
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By Phil Hall Venice is one of the greatest sea cities. In the 5th century the Venetians rescued their shard of late Roman life from the Huns and Lombards by building way out in the Venetian lagoon on stilts. The city grew as a trading port. It became powerful and rich and Venetians built great […]
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Is New Labour’s dystopian surveillance society back on the cards again?
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Or, “I really think we need to take a break”. By Paul Halas After several months of running on empty I’ve finally decided to leave the Labour Party. It’s a wrench, to put it mildly. For the past few years the party has been very central to my life, occupying much of my time and […]
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After I was released from jail, but house arrested and banned, I was able to get one of the last exit permits given and went to London, and from there to Canada. When the ANC came to power I asked my daughter if she would come with me to South Africa. She thought about it […]
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If capitalism really gets hold of software that can manipulate human behaviour, then game over. By Phil Hall Soviet Science Fiction authors, when they were not Communist Party suck ups, were often serious people, scientists. At the very least they were social scientists. In one story written by a Soviet author an AI becomes sentient. […]
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Poet of Honour is a series of Ars Notoria and Word Masala Foundation’s celebration of some of the best contemporary poets who have become iconic and a major inspiration. This month we are thrilled to present Pascale Petit, who just won this year’s £5,000 inaugural Laurel Prize for ecopoetry with Mama Amazonica (Bloodaxe Books).
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