The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Culture is a potent force in the struggle for change
Unite general secretary LEN McCLUSKEY explains why the union is backing a groundbreaking grassroots poetry initiative with the publication of On Fighting On!
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
AS WORKING-CLASS people, we know all about economic struggle.
It’s a constant one for many nowadays to make ends meet on low incomes and inadequate benefits because these have been deliberately frozen and even cut by governments of the rich and powerful.
The chaos and cruelty around the introduction of universal credit is just the latest example of the deliberate attack on the poor by the Tory government.
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The Labour Party proposal to scrap benefits for those unable to work will be debated in Parliament next Tuesday, and threatens the most vulnerable in our society. ALAN MORRISON presents some responses in poetry