This article is an edited version of a talk given by Moshé Machover to a ‘Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view’ online discussion on the subject, on Monday 13 November 2023. I will place present events in their historical context. As the General Secretary of the United Nations said, these events are Continue Reading
Israel
The Breaking of Bread and Catastrophe: Two poems on Gaza
The breaking of bread by Janet Sillett Families queuing for round flat loaveseach morning before dawn the struggle for bread Sharq Bakery in Gaza City bombed late October 2023in the doorway blood mixes with flour the smell of baking lingering in the space that is left I recall Jewish black bread, caraway Continue Reading
To those who seek nemesis in my name
To those who seek nemesis in my name by Janet Sillett you do not do this in my nameyou do not use my nameyou do not speak for me my anger is minenot yoursyou do not use my nameto light up the dying sky with sulphurous starsto bleed the oceanto Continue Reading