THE MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY: A PRECIOUS UNIVERSAL RESOURCE
Paul Halas interviews Merian Jump, Director of the Marx Memorial Library
BOOK LAUNCH
EDITORIAL
RUMOURS OF THE DEATH OF EUROPE HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED
MEETING ALEX GORDON
Interview with Phil Hall and Paul Halas.
R E L I G I O N / P HI L O S O P H Y
THE GNOSTIC BLUEPRINT
Phil Hall
FOOD
I SMELL THEREFORE I AM
Arun Kapil
S C I E N C E F I C T I O N
GOODLY CREATURES
J. W. Wood
S C I E N C E S P E C U L A T I O N
3I ATLAS: ALONG COMES A BLACK SWAN
Phil Hall
F I L M
LONE WOLVERINE
Norman B. Schwartz
PALESTINE
THE SADEAN MORAL CALCULUS
Richard Steinhardt
THE BOOKSHOP
Amal Chatterjee
PERFORMANCE POETRY
DUMAH
Yogesh Patel
COMMENT
UNQUESTIONING SCIENTISTS & SERVILE INTELLECTUALS
Richard Steinhardt
ISABEL DEL RIO: FOUR POEMS
POETRY
LO SOCIAL ES HUMANO / THE SOCIAL IS HUMAN
Ulises Paniagua
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TWO NEW POEMS BY A. F. MORITZ
When I Was a Child When I was a child it was clear the stones are alive. Plunging in tall grasses, almost lost to each other, we always were meeting them in the new trails each of us crushed, invisible to one another but near, calling out, smelling the faint sweetness in the afternoon…
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TOILET HELL IN THE NORTHERN WASTES
by Jeremy Howe Jeremy Howe worked for major mining companies for thirty years and now lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Below he tells a tale of waste disposal, unwilling drillers, and an explosive end. Do not read this piece while eating. Back in the early to mid ‘90s,…
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AI JAMES
Ars Notoria introduces its new literary chatbot Perhaps “proud” is not the right word, but we at Ars Notoria might be proud (we think) to announce the introduction of an AI-generated Avatar designed to make us more money than the billionaires we despise. We’ve given it the title of “Satire and Humour Editor” because, well,…
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4. THE YIP FAMILY BOXING DAY
Margaret Yip in the 1970s by Margaret Yip It is 1974. Debts caught up with Martin up once again. We left Cardiff and returned to Barrow-in-Furness, where Martin found a job in a new paper factory. We rented one room in the centre of Barrow from the lady who owned the house. She lived…
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MEMORIES OF OLD BABYLON
by Betty Hossaini Al-Hilla, ٱلْحِلَّة is only fifteen minutes away from Old Babylon. It is the capital of Babylon Province. When I was a child, I remember when they took me to Babylon. It was not like it looks like now, in modern times. Not at all! Babylon was a set of old walls…
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WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD FOR DEMOCRACY IN BANGLADESH?
Inauguration plaque of Dhaka Metro Rail photo by Mehdi Abedin, Wikicommons The 2024 elections are over in Bangladesh. What now? by Afri Aysha Bangladesh held parliamentary elections on 7th January 2024. The current Sangsad (parliament) was scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024. In order to guarantee that the election would be conducted in…
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RAMBLIN’ PETE ON EDUKASHUN
by Pete Field I. In which I grumble about the Americans’ use of English in the education system – lack of trust at work Interesting factoid: apparently the USA has, overall, the same level of educational achievement as Mongolia, so why do we keep copying them? Does one Harvard or Yale compensate for millions…
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A LONDON PUB CRAWL
Photograph Phil Hall From the Lamb & Flag to the Red Lion (with Anthony) by Phil Hall This is the story of a pub crawl. The first pub I remember going to was the Barley Mow near Abingdon; they let children in, and sometimes we were allowed to drink shandy—lemonade with a little beer. When…
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SAUDI ARABIA: FROM WESTERN SATRAPY TO INDEPENDENT NATION?
Ismael’s Jambia, photo Phil Hall by Phil Hall The Saudi monarchy, historically propped up by Western powers since its inception—first by the UK and later under U.S. influence—has long balanced between asserting autonomy and reliance on its imperial sponsors. Today, Saudi Arabia aspires to lead the Arab nations and be more independent, but this…
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THE RIGHTS OF MAN & FISH
An introduction to The Rights of Man and Fish by Paul Halas History is bunk, to quote Henry Ford – which, of course, ignores the wider context of what he said, but then he wanted to sell us motor cars and probably wasn’t all that interested in the truth of all our whys and…
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