Simon Hannah

Please join us Thurs 20 Nov, 7pm, to launch this book: English translations of speeches in court by anti-war protesters in Russia. We want to ensure their voices are heard more widely in the English-speaking world. At Pelican House in London, also livestreamed. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/try-me-for...

Spooky socialism! Simon Hannah reviews ‘Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism’ by David McNally (2011).

In the spirit (!) of Halloween, @simonhannah.bsky.social reviews David McNally’s brilliant 2011 book Monsters of the Market

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Trump intends to leave the government shut down, and to use any public disruption in response to societal breakdown and starvation as a pretext to institute martial law, maybe via the Insurrection Act, or whatever. He is preparing for violent rule by king.

“Israel violates ceasefire again and continues killing Palestinians”

FIXED THE HEADLINE FOR YOU

US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule

Watching all the "free speech/anti big government "people pivot towards backing authoritarianism

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

YouTube video by SWFT Andor: The Great Dictator Speech

To those who can hear me - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people
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To Fight Racism, the Left Should Revive Its Universalist Tradition We spoke to writer Kenan Malik, whose new book, Not So Black and White, interrogates race and its relationship to class struggle today, tracing the rise of identity politics alongside the decline of t...

I really like this article by Kenan Malik on the important of universalism for the left

jacobin.com/2023/07/kena...

@kenanmalik.bsky.social

National Demonstration for Palestine - 11 October - Palestine Solidarity Campaign END THE GENOCIDE – STOP ARMING ISRAEL – STOP STARVING GAZA ⏰ Saturday 11 October, 12noon 📍Central London Israel is continuing to intensify its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, including by raini...

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Damn, capitalism is deeply unethical!

So many great people getting involved in anti capitalist, radical politics now.

Your Party is Our Party – stop wrecking this opportunity! Statement by Anti*Capitalist Resistance Council calling for unity and a democratic conference for Your Party

Statement from ACR on the crisis in Your Party

anticapitalistresistance.org/your-party-i...

Italian working class shines brightly today!

Free Palestine!

International solidarity will change the world.

Look I’m sorry, but it’s likely heading towards a global civil war. I’m not trying to be over dramatic but look at what is going on and what is at stake - including the climate crisis. Peaceful “civil discourse” is increasingly a relic of the past

🚮 It's not just Trump, it's the whole system.

We must take the fight to all who profit as they fuel inequality, war, genocide and climate breakdown.

Join us on Saturday as we march to Make Them Pay.
12 pm, 20 Sept. Portland Place, W1B 3DA.

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"The Ministry of Defence plans to award £2.5billion military contract to Elbit Systems UK or Raytheon UK. Both supply weapons used in Israel's genocide against Palestinians"

Demand the govt cancel this sale - please sign:
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/army-trainin...
via @pscupdates.bsky.social

Absolutely and the ease with which people can access misinformation online through 4Chan and other sites is even less regulated than the print media! These fascist protests are organized through informal networks online now not even through a single party

People just want to burn it down. They are so desperate rabidly full of hate for refugees, Muslims and trans people (and the left) that they don’t care about anything else

Trump Not Welcome | 17 September 2025 Stop Trump Coalition

Stop Trump protest on Wednesday 17th September - Portland Place at 2pm

stoptrump.org.uk/protest/

The destruction of Gaza is a turning point in modern history. Genocide in real time by a western ally. The callous and cruel way that the Labour government dismisses genocide is abhorrent. Life has no meaning in late capitalism.

I wrote an article about inheritance tax

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

⏰ ONE MONTH TO GO! ⏰

The stakes couldn’t be clearer:
🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer
🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year
🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer

YouTube video by The Morbid Zoo Elden Ring and the Art of Knowing Less

I like this video a lot. Even if you don’t play computer games or haven’t played Elden Ring - the meditation in this video on ephemeral beauty and decay moves me every time

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By ratting on Jesse Ventura's unionization efforts, Hulk Hogan denied all of his coworkers, and generations of performers who came after him, insurance and a retirement fund, and in that, shares in responsibility for the early deaths of several other wrestlers.

The fascists targeting hotels with Asylum Seekers in are cynical grifters who don’t care about public services, housing or sexual abuse - unless they can frame it as a race war. These people never joined anti austerity demos or campaigns to improve housing. They are manipulating people

BBC News (UK) on X: "Food bills on course to rise by £275 as prices jump https://t.co/okJcaVOO4z" / X Food bills on course to rise by £275 as prices jump https://t.co/okJcaVOO4z

Food prices going up will be the initial reality of climate change for many of us in the West - outside of increasingly volatile weather

x.com/bbcnews/stat...

Not the church, not the state, women must decide their fate!

Protest against the anti abortion anti choice “march for life” on 6th September meet at 12noon at the Emmanuel Centre SW1P 3DW

🌱CLIMATE ASSEMBLY: where next for the climate movement? 🌱 • 2 August • 2-5pm • Waterloo Action Centre SE1 7AW • discussing the plans for the Make Them Pay protest on 20th September in London
Get tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-as...

A new left party emerges? A new left party is on the cards, but it is unclear what is going on behind the scenes. Simon Hannah looks at the bigger issues a new party needs to address.

Is there going to be a new left party? And if so on what political basis?

anticapitalistresistance.org/a-new-left-p...

Rachel Reeves tears are worthless. Shameful neoliberal hack. She is willing to inflict huge pain on the the rest of us for her economic ideology . Now she cries for her career not the thousands whose lives she is ruining.