@resolutereader
One man's odyssey through the world of books. Author of 'Land & Labour', 'Kill All the Gentlemen', 'Socialism or Extinction', "The Time of the Harvest has Come!" Interested in Marxism, history, ecology, revolution. SWP.
"Hundreds of thousands of people in southern Lebanon told to flee by Israeli military... There’s no definitive figure on how big the population is here but some estimates put it between 300,000 to 700,000." www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Drone that hit RAF base evaded extremely expensive and advanced defence systems by "flying low and slow".
Times columnist cannot understand politicians with principles
Person's arm holding a leaflet for the Together against the far-right protest on March 28th, with a United against the Far Right placard in the background with the Friends of the Earth logo.
Out early with @mcrsutr.bsky.social and @foeeurope.bsky.social leafleting for @togetheralliance.bsky.social at Manchester's biggest hospital. Join us on March 28th to knock back the far right
Statement by my union @unisontheunion opposing the war on Iran.
www.unison.org.uk/news/article...
People posting on social media more about aircrew successfully ejecting from their aircraft over Kuwait, but not posting about dead school kids need to evaulate their priorities in life.
Excellent statement against the war on Iran by leading British trade union figures.
And just like that, the weekend is over.
While the protests in January represented a legitimate outcry against Khamenei’s repressive regime, bombs do not liberate people... War has never brought liberation for ordinary people. socialistworker.co.uk/news/iran-as...
The butchers of #Israel and the #USA offer no liberation to #Iran.
Only the people of #Iran can liberate themselves.
Perhaps there is hope for Starmer after all. LOL as the young people say.
A few days after going viral for mentioning I'd finished all five of Jonathan Sumption's books on the Hundred Years War, here is my review of the final volume "Triumph and Illusion" and some thoughts on the collection as a whole. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2026/02/jona...
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Looking forward to being in conversation with long standing US campaigner Linda Pentz Gunther about her new book "No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress & Provokes War" on Sat 14 Mar. Organised by Greater Manchester CND▶️ www.tickettailor.com/events/great...
Captain Drew got the CBE in 1946 and became ADC to George VI in 1948. Seems like making a massive fuck up never seems to harm the careers of some people.
tee hee.
The delight in seeing the right humiliated last night in Gorton and Denton tempered by a really shitty afternoon at work. Something, something, get rid of capitalism.
I really liked John Merriman's "Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune". Donny Gluckstein's book is a good read too.
There is also a more recent edition of the Lissagaray, I don't know if its a better translation?
One of the least noted but funniest aspects to the G&D election result is that the Tories lost their deposit.
Slightly over five years after I read volume one and 4231 pages later, I've finally finished the last book in Jonathan Sumption's monumental history of the Hundred Years War.
“Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Marching to stop BF fascists getting to St Peters Square.
Trans Rights Now.
Fuck Fascisn
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: A World in Turmoil: How can we build resistance, hope and unity?. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/a-wor...
The court of the French Sun King could not match the glamour of 21st century British royalty
Large sections of the Labour Party leadership have fever dreamed of being the Democratic Party since the 1990s.
Labour betraying promises on minimum wage for young people. Surprise surprise they're bowing down to business interests. Otherwise known as profits for the rich. socialistworker.co.uk/news/labour-...
My latest book review looks at @rdunbaro's extraordinary "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" part of my research into the sort of struggles that can destroy settler colonial state structures. I kick myself for not reading it earlier. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2026/02/roxa...
Different context of course, but nonetheless apposite: “You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
