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The politics of reading
Black Panthers in a reading circle, (Photo: Pirkle Jones) The politics of reading Originally published: Simplifying Socialism on June 12, 2026 by A. J. Horn (more by Simplifying Socialism) (Posted Jun 15, 2026) Culture, Human Rights, Ideology, LiteratureGlobalNewswire The act of reading is so much more than following text with your eyes or—if you prefer audiobooks—with your ears. Done properly, reading…
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From “Notes on Nationalism” First published in Polemic, October 1945 The Orwell Foundation Oct 30, 2024 Somewhere or other Byron makes use of the French word longueur, and remarks in passing that though in England we happen not to have the word, we have the thing in considerable profusion. In the same way, there is a habit of mind…
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Dear friend, Four major multilateral meetings have come and gone. Together, they exposed the increasing brittleness of Western power, the fictitiousness of the “International Rules-Based Order” designed to uphold it, and the blindness of its architects to the system that is slowly dislodging them from their seats in the high castle. In Washington, D.C., the…
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The myths of origin that give the United States its distinctive character and political culture remain potent, in spite of a lack of historical underpinning.John Gast’s 1872 painting, American Progress, an allegorical respresentation of manifest destiny. Credit: GRANGER – Historical Picture Archive / Alamy Stock Photo The myths of origin that become hegemonic within states…
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Bernini’s self-portrait — here 25 years old Gian Lorenzo Bernini was history’s greatest sculptor, and undoubtedly one of its greatest architects. His influence on the Eternal City was so significant that one Pope told him “You were made for Rome, and Rome was made for you.” Yet despite this, his name was largely forgotten —…
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The world yearns for ‘active’ peace, tired of the attitude of superiority that defines the North’s relations with the South. This means that wealth, which is produced by society, must not deepen the pockets of the rich and fuel the engines of war, but fill the bellies of the many. 31 October 2024 Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu…
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