When detention centers expand and children are used as leverage, it’s no longer about the border. It’s about power. We will all be free, or we will all be caged. Read: rb.gy/8gty5r

#Justice #Democracy #Constitution #PoliticalWriting #Immigration #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #ICE #CivilRights #DueProcess

Somaliland's hope for transitional justice after the Isaaq Genocide - Lacuna Magazine Somaliland is still dealing with the effects of the mass murders committed under Barre's rule, decades after the Isaaq genocide claimed tens of thousands of lives and left half a million refugees. As efforts to find mass graves and preserve testimonies ...

2025 marked the 37th anniversary of the Isaaq genocide when around 90% of Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, was destroyed and tens of thousands of Isaaqs were killed.

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#politicalwriting #2025recap

More Dan Crenshaw Gender Bullshit So yeah, Crenshaw is up my ass again.

ICYMI:

Dan Crenshaw is still telling stories.
The facts still don’t matter.
And the panic still works every time.

If you’re tired of transphobes inventing stories instead of fixing problems, this one’s for you.

#TransRights #QueerWriting #GenderPolitics #MediaCriticism #PoliticalWriting

We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You President Trump had another successful week of what is already the greatest presidency of all time, and yet, the woke leftist mob continues to deli...

“If you call us fascists, we’ll arrest you.” Yup, this satire from McSweeney’s nails the absurdity of power-structures denying their own authoritarian vibes. Give it a read. Sharp and biting. buff.ly/B0mrZlf #Satire #PoliticalWriting #WritingLife #Humor #AuthorLife #SatiricalEssay

Notes From Plague Island | L&A | Substack Documents from our diseased and dystopian times. Click to read Notes From Plague Island, by L&A, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

We have recently found Notes From Plague Island sitting at No.68 on Substack’s ‘Rising in World Politics,’

#WorldPolitics
#UKPolitics
#PoliticalWriting
#IndependentMedia
#SubstackWriters
#PoliticalAnalysis
#CultureAndPolitics
#WritersOfBluesky
#AltMedia
#PoliticalBlog

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Blue Is the Warmest Colour The Night Trumpism Hit the Wall

The cult collapsed. The country exhaled. 💙 #BlueWave #DemocracyWins #TrumpedOut #PoliticalWriting #PostTrumpAmerica #FascismFails #Essayist #SubstackWriters #AmericanPolitics

www.trumped-out.com/p/blue-is-th...

Poster with orange background and logos of 14 publishers and two literary agencies. Northern Publishers' Fair, Saturday 27 September, Manchester Central Library, 11am to 3.30pm. Text: New for this Autumn networking edition! The chatty table: Agents Emma Layfield (Children's Book North Agency) and Clare Coombes (Liverpool Literary Agency) will be on hand to chat to any aspiring/established authors with publication journey questions! Emma also happy to chat to any children's book illustrators. Grab a Fly on the Wall Press goodie bag; a limited edition tote: 'Reading is Resistance', with two free mystery books and bookish goodies! Publishers attending currently include: Fly on the Wall Press Manchester University Press Spilt Ink Magazine Confingo Publishing Peepal Tree Press Vertebrate (Adventure) Publishing Carcanet Stairwell Books Saraband Northodox Flapjack Press

In or near Manchester UK? Love to read? TOMORROW, Free, Northern Publishers' Fair, at the glorious Central Library, with at least 14 presses & a massive range of genres. FUN! Plus, meet agents! Bring Qs! #books #manchester #library #YA #ChildrensBooks #SciFi #Poetry #PoliticalWriting

Poster with orange background and logos of 14 publishers and two literary agencies. Northern Publishers' Fair, Saturday 27 September, Manchester Central Library, 11am to 3.30pm. Text: New for this Autumn networking edition! The chatty table: Agents Emma Layfield (Children's Book North Agency) and Clare Coombes (Liverpool Literary Agency) will be on hand to chat to any aspiring/established authors with publication journey questions! Emma also happy to chat to any children's book illustrators. Grab a Fly on the Wall Press goodie bag; a limited edition tote: 'Reading is Resistance', with two free mystery books and bookish goodies! Publishers attending currently include: Fly on the Wall Press Manchester University Press Spilt Ink Magazine Confingo Publishing Peepal Tree Press Vertebrate (Adventure) Publishing Carcanet Stairwell Books Saraband Northodox Flapjack Press

In or near Manchester UK? Love to read? TOMORROW, Free, Northern Publishers' Fair, at the glorious Central Library, with at least 14 presses & a massive range of genres. FUN! Plus, meet agents! Bring Qs! #books #manchester #library #YA #ChildrensBooks #SciFi #Poetry #PoliticalWriting

Notes From Plague Island | L&A | Substack Documents from our diseased and dystopian times. Click to read Notes From Plague Island, by L&A, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

A massive shout-out to one of our incredible supporters, @estuary.us, who just bought a whole lot of coffees - we’re floored.

Truly, thank you 🙏

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plagueisland.com

#IndependentMedia #PoliticalWriting #SupportWriters #TruthTelling #PlagueIsland

A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: When Truth Costs You Community: Navigating Political Backlash as an Author News about MSI Press authors; Excerpts from MSI Press authors' books; Carl's Cancer Compendium information; tips for authors

Today's blog post, the next in the series, A #Publisher's Conversation with #Authors, is "When Truth Costs You Community: Navigating Political Backlash as an Author"

msipressblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-pu...

#books #truth #politics #politicalwriting

Orwell prize for political writing awarded to novelist killed in Ukraine war Victoria Amelina wins with her unfinished book Looking at Women Looking at War while Donal Ryan takes the award for political fiction with an intimate portrait of an Irish town

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... #orwellprize #politicalwriting #victoriaamelina #donalryan

Grey Is the Colour of Hope by Irina Ratushinskaya - Ирина Ратушинская -- Translated by Alyona Kojevnikov 355 pages • 1988

#500GreatBooksByWomen #BookSky
💙📚 🖋️📚💙 #SovietRussia #PoliticalWriting
#Books #WomenWriting #Poetry #Memoir
Taking a tour of these covers throughout 2025: Grey Is the Colour of Hope by Irina Ratushinskaya - Ирина Ратушинская -- Translated by Alyona Kojevnikov
355 pages • 1988

Field Note 1.3 (b): The Ratatoskr Files A Tale of Two Tricksters

Just dropped: The Ratatoskr Files — A Tale of Two Tricksters
Trump vs. Musk isn’t just a meme war — it’s a mythic standoff.

🔗 open.substack.com/pub/klhomme/...

#NoShortcutsToNow #Trump #Musk #Tricksters #Shame #Authoritarianism #Mythology #PsychoPolitics #MediaTheater #PoliticalWriting

We are absolutely delighted that THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN OF LENINGRAD by @simonparkin.bsky.social has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 @orwellprize.bsky.social for Political Writing.

Congratulations Simon! 🌱🌿

The winner will be announced 25 June.

#OrwellPrize2025 #politicalwriting

The Bastards Always Win (But I'm Still Here)

Wrote a piece that’s rage, grief, and razor wire. About bullies in power, the war on truth, and the cruelty dressed as policy. I’m tired, but I’m still here. Read it. Share it. Burn something metaphorical.
shorturl.at/sn5fE
#BlackVoices #AntiFascist #WokeIsNotASlur #We’reStillHere #PoliticalWriting

Resilience Against Oppression and The Need For Action A personal reflection on creating a movement

Hello everyone!
I have recently published a reflection on creating a movement on my Substack. It would mean a lot if you could check it out 🫶🏻

open.substack.com/pub/emjustin...

#politics #civildisobedience #politicalmovement #trumpadministration #humanrights #reflection #politicalwriting

Andy Christopher Miller Reading Reviewing Reflecting with Andy Christopher Miller

My #bookreviews channel
#books #literature #reading #bookerwinners #nobelwinners #science #currentaffairs #politicalwriting
Come and have a look!

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