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· Nov 24
LEGEPS N∃ I MOƧÅƧ w/ Owen Piper — Martin Poyner
Returning to Newcastle, where they first crossed paths as young artists over 20 years ago, Owen Piper & Martin Poyner probe the relevance & emotional cost of making abstract art in 2024, presenting LE...
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the web page for the recent LEGEPS N∃ I MOƧÅƧ show by Martin Poyner & Owen Piper at 36 Gallery is up:
www.martinpoyner.com/legeps-w-owen-piper
infinite thanks to Paul Merrick for letting / making it happen
www.martinpoyner.com/legeps-w-owen-piper
infinite thanks to Paul Merrick for letting / making it happen
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For some inexplicable reason, this brilliant 1938 anti-Appeasement cartoon by the great David Low came to mind when I looked at the list of the Mega-Powerful / Hyper-Rich at yesterday’s Windsor Castle nosh up for our superhuman masters.
September 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
For some inexplicable reason, this brilliant 1938 anti-Appeasement cartoon by the great David Low came to mind when I looked at the list of the Mega-Powerful / Hyper-Rich at yesterday’s Windsor Castle nosh up for our superhuman masters.
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Homework is basically just teaching kids to have a shitty work-life balance and to work for free outside their contracted hours.
September 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Homework is basically just teaching kids to have a shitty work-life balance and to work for free outside their contracted hours.
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"I have a colleague...his fingers were crushed... They showed him a picture of his wife & said 'we're going to gang rape her in front of you if you don't admit you're Hamas.'"
Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.
My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...
Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.
My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"I have a colleague...his fingers were crushed... They showed him a picture of his wife & said 'we're going to gang rape her in front of you if you don't admit you're Hamas.'"
Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.
My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...
Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.
My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...
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This essay, mentioned by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in his latest article, is chillingly relevant. Written in 2017, it is the warning we all downplayed back then. An unbearable depiction of the hatred for nature, vulnerability & femininity that has taken over in the US aeon.co/essays/the-m...
The macho, violent culture of Italian fascism was prophetic | Aeon Essays
The glamour, bullying and violence of the libertarian alt-Right has a direct political ancestor, and it’s not Nazi Germany
aeon.co
March 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This essay, mentioned by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in his latest article, is chillingly relevant. Written in 2017, it is the warning we all downplayed back then. An unbearable depiction of the hatred for nature, vulnerability & femininity that has taken over in the US aeon.co/essays/the-m...
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In vast areas of the US, the sentiments expressed in this wonderful letter from a British man about why it's a privilege to pay tax to enable the National Health Service to run would see him probably certified as insane and labelled a "socialist".
March 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
In vast areas of the US, the sentiments expressed in this wonderful letter from a British man about why it's a privilege to pay tax to enable the National Health Service to run would see him probably certified as insane and labelled a "socialist".
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Join the fightback: actionnetwork.org/events/no-th...
February 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Join the fightback: actionnetwork.org/events/no-th...
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Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all.
It’s all about labour 🧵
It’s all about labour 🧵
January 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all.
It’s all about labour 🧵
It’s all about labour 🧵
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The last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, detained after refusing to abandon his colleagues and patients.
In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
December 29, 2024 at 11:53 AM
The last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, detained after refusing to abandon his colleagues and patients.
In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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He dives into the King’s soul, and there scatters
Dangers, doubts, wringing of the conscience,
Fears, and despairs
Dangers, doubts, wringing of the conscience,
Fears, and despairs
December 24, 2024 at 3:07 AM
He dives into the King’s soul, and there scatters
Dangers, doubts, wringing of the conscience,
Fears, and despairs
Dangers, doubts, wringing of the conscience,
Fears, and despairs
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there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
December 12, 2024 at 3:06 AM
there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
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Most of the hostels are super but the warden here is foul.
December 10, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Most of the hostels are super but the warden here is foul.
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Turner Prize 2024 Jasleen Kaur youtu.be/6RoLMAf37qY?...
Turner Prize 2024 Jasleen Kaur
YouTube video by chunkymark
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December 3, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Turner Prize 2024 Jasleen Kaur youtu.be/6RoLMAf37qY?...
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From the great James Baldwin, who we lost on this day in 1987:
December 2, 2024 at 12:51 AM
From the great James Baldwin, who we lost on this day in 1987:
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71 years ago, MI6 and the CIA overthrew Iran's democracy.
British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.
www.declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi...
British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.
www.declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi...
Iran 1953: MI6 plots with Islamists to overthrow democracy
Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran’s democratically elected government in August 1953 – UK covert action in support of leading radical Sh...
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December 2, 2024 at 8:14 AM
71 years ago, MI6 and the CIA overthrew Iran's democracy.
British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.
www.declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi...
British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.
www.declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi...
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What’s the matter hon? You haven’t been using your Dead Nan duvet and pillow set.
November 23, 2024 at 11:09 AM
What’s the matter hon? You haven’t been using your Dead Nan duvet and pillow set.
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1. You think you’ve seen it all. You really have not. I’m a hard-bitten journalist of 39 years’ standing, but details of this story made me shout, weep and slap my head. This week’s column + 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This society lauded a police officer who lied and cheated and ruined lives. At last, a reckoning | George Monbiot
As a ‘spy cop’, Bob Lambert callously betrayed innocent women. The official inquiry must ask harsh questions of him – and the state, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 28, 2024 at 7:05 AM
1. You think you’ve seen it all. You really have not. I’m a hard-bitten journalist of 39 years’ standing, but details of this story made me shout, weep and slap my head. This week’s column + 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Grappling with Jewish fears in a just Palestinian struggle - https://www.972mag.com/jewish-fears-just-palestinian-struggle/
Grappling with Jewish fears in a just Palestinian struggle
Recognizing Zionism’s settler-colonial nature shouldn’t prevent us from reimagining a collective Jewish existence in this land, or taking seriously the fears that are weaponized to justify Palestinian subjugation.
www.972mag.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Grappling with Jewish fears in a just Palestinian struggle - https://www.972mag.com/jewish-fears-just-palestinian-struggle/
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Israel is allying to ISIS affiliated criminal gangs to starve Gaza.
You can read about this in the Israeli press.
Why isn't this splashed on front pages in the West?
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-all...
You can read about this in the Israeli press.
Why isn't this splashed on front pages in the West?
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-all...
Israel allying with ISIS affiliated militants to starve Gaza
Israel's publicly declared policy of starving Gaza has many elements. One of them is allowing criminal gangs to run rampage - including ISIS.
www.owenjones.news
November 24, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Israel is allying to ISIS affiliated criminal gangs to starve Gaza.
You can read about this in the Israeli press.
Why isn't this splashed on front pages in the West?
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-all...
You can read about this in the Israeli press.
Why isn't this splashed on front pages in the West?
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-all...