Blogs about Politics

The coterie of billionaires and foreign aid agencies intent on transforming African agriculture have mostly upturned people’s lives. On field drone demonstrations at the Kpong irrigation scheme in Ghana. Image via the CTA ACP-EU on …

A little later than usual, but such is life! Here are the posts that did the business on the blog last month. 1. Wes Streeting and Ideology 2. Routing the Tories is Good, Actually 3. …

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at Brazil’s home-made characters. CAPITAO SEVEN (Captain Seven) Secret Identity: Carlos (last name unknown) Debut Year: Early 1950s Origin: Teenage science nerd Carlos …

I have a new piece out in the Platypus Review on the state. I’ve been excited for this one to come out. It’s been brewing for a while. You can read it here: https://platypus1917.org/2024/05/01/beyond-bonapartism-breaking-statephobic-thought-taboos/

Tense, emotional climate science-fiction that doesn’t quite come together by Kevin Fox, Jr. This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered …

It's quite apparent that right now we're seeing the build-out of a whole new communications technology that hasn't quite hit the public eye yet—ubiquitous satellite broadband and telephony. This is still in the very early …

Sometimes they do make it too easy. The news that one of the many, many Labour councillors so far elected is called Karl Peter Marx Wardlaw has been one of the rare sources of amusement …

The role of parliament in authorising the use of military force has been much debated in recent years, and most recently due to airstrikes against targets in Yemen. The Unit hosted an event with three …

The historian Arno Mayer, who had such an influence on my work and eventually became a friend, has died at 97. He wrote books on everything from the French Revolution to the First World War …

Matt and Sam talk to the poet Christian Wiman about his recent book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair.

Trump Legal News: The Trial (Day 10) Should we really be writing an item every day Donald Trump's trial is in session? This week, Jon Stewart mocked all of the various outlets that are giving …

I’ve made it a habit to travel on the long easter weekend and this year found myself in the French Riviera for a beautiful, expensive weekend. I grew up not too far away from the …

Peaceful protesters are facing extreme and multiple punishments for the same offence: the offence of trying to defend Earth systems. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th April 2024 When the traditional ruling class …

More parallels are emerging between the campus protests of 1964-70 and today's. (The great Berkeley protest began in the fall of 1964; not until 1968 was there a second comparable one, at Columbia; Harvard followed …

February is one of the most beautiful and painful songs ever written, by Dar Williams. March is nearly over already, and I didn’t write in January. But I’ve not yet done a February roundup. This …

It’s International Workers Day, still celebrated as the May Day public holiday here in Queensland, at least when the Labor party is in office. So, it’s a good day for me to set out some …

Her childhood in rural Warwickshire gave Comyns the material for her first book, Sisters by a River. It was essential to much of what followed in both life and work, though she was lucky to …

I am extremely alarmed by information that Dr. Adnan Albursh, a well-known surgeon at Al Shifa Hospital, has died while detained by Israeli forces in the Ofer military prison. While I acquire more information, I …

Last class today; I’m not giving any finals, but I do have some term papers coming in on Monday evening. I’m wrapping this thing up in short order. This week my eco devo course has …

Image via Big Serge Thought The good folk at the Institute for the Study of War can’t understand why so many people think the U.S. is losing in Ukraine. The skepticism comes from all directions …