Socialist and writer. For more poetry and less politics follow me @Penumbrage2
Lancashire over the sands
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For those who used to follow CriticalMassMag we are now Creating Socialism. Follow us @CreateSocialism and read our articles on penumbrage.com/category/crea…
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Nothing to do with USA and Israel attacking #NaviPillay for saying Israel had committed genocide in #Gaza
#NobelPeacePrize winner #NaviPillay was on @BBCWomansHour today. So why was this the only item on the programme NOT featured in the @BBCRadio4 listings?
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#NobelPeacePrize winner #NaviPillay was on @BBCWomansHour today. So why was this the only item on the programme NOT featured in the @BBCRadio4 listings?
Welcome to the September issue of @CreateSocialism. With authoritarianism on the rise we write in defence of socialism, humanism and freedom and against the threat of a police state.
penumbrage.com/2026/10/03/po…
Come on Boris. Take one for the team.
Far from safety, closer to danger than ever before I head towards the front line Into Ukraine’s Kill Zone.
Watch all the action, tonight at 9pm or stream on @channel5_tv
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Here is the poem. m.youtube.com/watch?v=tENn0d…
Now they are coming for the poets. @MichaelRosenYes
Scottish pro-Palestine activist arrested 'for reading poem threateningly'
thenational.scot/news/262908…
Now they are coming for the poets. @MichaelRosenYes
Scottish pro-Palestine activist arrested 'for reading poem threateningly'
thenational.scot/news/262908…
Another US war crime.
A US attack on water desalination pumps in Iran's Jask county disrupted drinking water supplies to 20 villages serving about 10,000 people, Tasnim quoted a local official as saying.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/zccbnc
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“I’m told” and that’s the problem. You always do as you are told.
I’m told that in cabinet this morning from someone in the room that PM spoke “really movingly” when this he received the carriage clock. Apparently, his Dad loved clocks and had loads of them - they were his biggest love after his family - and that fed back to his tool-making & love of precision. I’m told he got a standing ovation and the mood was emotional
Our biggest threats are not from Russia. Look no further than Trump or the war hungry MPs in the Labour Government using the law to stifle dissent. My latest post for @CreateSocialism
Mike Stanton @convivir writes about the Russian threat that is being used to browbeat us into accepting more attacks on our liberties and make sacrifices to fund a massive growth in arms spending.
penumbrage.com/2026/07/06/ru…
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Our biggest threats are not from Russia. Look no further than Trump or the war hungry MPs in the Labour Government using the law to stifle dissent.
@CreateSocialism
penumbrage.com/2026/07/06/ru…
Nobody wants to live next to a war criminal... I've just signed my name calling for the government to investigate Brits who have returned from serving in the IDF - you should too! @DeclassifiedUK secure.declassifieduk.org/pa…
An excellent summation of an interview with @MichaelRosenYes in Books for Keeps booksforkeeps.co.uk/?p=59838
Say no to #Palantir having access to your personal health information. It only takes a minute.
notopalantir.goodlawproject.…
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My Poetic Roots is my latest post on Substack, about how I got started as a poet. albeit rather late in life. open.substack.com/pub/mike24…
With the world focused on Iran, Israel has once more closed the border crossings with Gaza so no more aid can enter. And in the occupied territories of the West Bank Palestinians are being driven from their villages as Israel steps up its ethnic cleansing. penumbrage.com/2026/03/11/ya…
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