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William Carlos Williams’s poetry was of and for the proletariat

February 15, 2021 By Ciarán O'Rourke 2 Comments

William Carlos William's poems were for and about the working class

‘It’s as if no other poet except Williams had really seen America or heard its language’, wrote Robert Lowell in 1962, near the end of the elder bard’s life: ‘His flowers rustle by the superhighways and pick up all our voices.’ Some decades earlier, Mike Gold, the editor of New Masses magazine, predicted that ‘[w]hen […]

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Capitalism and Gaming

December 8, 2020 By Eoghan Ó Nia 2 Comments

Capitalism and Gaming Esports Marxism Monetization of Gaming

How Monetisation Destroys Good Games Eoghan Ó Nia interviewed by Conor Kostick Conor: We’re going to talk about capitalism and gaming. And I suppose we’re framing the discussion by saying that we live in a strange world where whenever there’s anything that human beings do that’s fun, somebody thinks, ‘oh, I could make some money […]

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One of the best books about the Haitian Revolution

November 29, 2020 By Ciarán O'Rourke 1 Comment

Book About Haitian Revolution: Common Wind Julius Scott

There are many excellent and inspiring books about the Haitian Revolution, one of the richest and most insightful of which is The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution by Julius S. Scott. The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution by Julius S. Scott In early […]

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An inspiring book about dyspraxia

November 12, 2020 By Eoghan Ó Nia 1 Comment

Book about Dyspraxia

Victoria Biggs, Caged in Chaos Eoghan Ó Nia interviewed by Conor Kostick CK: What is dyspraxia? E Ó N: In very general, broad terms, dyspraxia is a learning difficulty which has to do with your hand-eye coordination. It can be very basic stuff like even reaching out to pick up a cup. Depth perception can […]

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The poet John Clare: Freedom and Anguish

October 26, 2020 By Ciarán O'Rourke 1 Comment

Poet John Clare by William Hilton

The poet John Clare was born on 13 July 1793, on the same day that Jean-Paul Marat, the zealous Jacobin revolutionary who believed that ‘man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their palpitating hearts’, was assassinated. John Clare died 20 May 1864, a week before the United States Congress formally recognised […]

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