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INTERVIEWS Philosophy Poetry POLITICS

Tariq Ali on Corbyn and the British Media, Palestine, Kurdistan, Pashtun movements and how to revive Internationalism.

Tariq Ali Interview Transcript: Interview conducted on 1st June 2019. Vilayat Khan: So, let’s start with Corbyn and the Labour Party. How would you assess Corbyn on Brexit? Tariq Ali: I think Corbyn’s position is correct. I think to make Brexit into the major divide of the British politics is crazy. Given…

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We Will Not Be Silenced

Colonialism made us feel backward. It was always Europe that was advanced and enlightened, and it was always the East that was backward and wretched. Rather than honestly say that they had come to plunder, the colonial rulers said that they had come to school the East – it needed to be civilized. Every European…

ByVijay Prashad

ART Fiction Poetry

To Contend With The Heart In Winter (For Sushi Anarkali)

It is strange to contend with the heart in winter to carry blood so visible to each passer-by, To bleed with memories of colour, To carry to friends choked tears verses, moments and now sumptuous pain To coil reprieves and apologies, To consider eulogy but to write laments, In winter it is hard to contend…

ByQalandar Bux Memon

Working Class Ballet: Fragments on Football

Let me try and explain why football is so important to me, and why it becomes more rather than less important to me as I get older. My family is from Liverpool in the northwest of England and my father used to train at Liverpool Football Club’s training ground in the early 1950s until an…

BySimon Critchley

INTERVIEWS Philosophy POLITICS

Solidarity Above All: Josh Hon and Stephanie Bailey talk about Art, Politics and Football

Stephanie Bailey and Josh Hon in conversation Josh Hon is an artist from Hong Kong who trained in the United States before returning to the city in 1982, where he established himself as a central figure in the art and political scenes of what was then a British colony. Hon’s cross-disciplinary practice encapsulated everything from theatre…

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To Contend With The Heart In Winter (For Sushi Anarkali)

It is strange to contend with the heart in winter to carry blood so visible to each passer-by, To bleed with memories of colour, To carry to friends choked tears verses, moments and now sumptuous pain To coil reprieves and apologies, To consider eulogy but to write laments, In winter it is hard to contend…

ByQalandar Bux Memon

ART Fiction Poetry POLITICS

NOTE FROM A DOOMED CIVILIZATION

NOTE FROM A DOOMED CIVILIZATION The Americans have broken all Treaties, refused to be part of the World Court They are their own Carte Blanche to massacre and destroy, Beyond All judgment... vampire face insect eyes Smirk of the Blood Sucker === Inside Capital Inside a White house A conversation of murderers Armed with nervous breakdowns the…

BIRDS ARE NOT THE ONLY MUSIC

BIRDS ARE NOT THE ONLY MUSIC A name, if not heavy, still of a certain heft, but less jagged than affection: a suitable anchor for this good earth. Its freight & pestilence (with promise’s promises intermixed): Josephine, Blondena, Ola-Bell, Herbert, Rufus. Borne in indefinite directions, all. ... Rangi McNeil is a native of Laurinburg, North…

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE UNEXPECTED

How could I mistake the scent of anxious-approaching-angry skunk for that of cheap marijuana? A scent I called skunk weed, but Vida says that term is reserved for the good shit. And rules are rules (like carpe diem or don’t write checks with your mouth that your ass can’t cash.) The future differs from all…