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JENNY MITCHELL, poetry co-editor for the Morning Star, introduces her priorities, and her first selection
Poem for Hind Rajab
by Merryn Williams
HENRY BELL is sceptical of the notion that ‘progress’ is an ideology that the ruling class uses exclusively to camouflage appropriation
In search of political understanding, MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes a critique of anti-semitism as codified by the Israeli state
BEN CHACKO welcomes a masterful analysis that puts class struggle back at the heart of our understanding of China’s revolution
JOHN GREEN is intrigued by the ethereal, ghostly quality of images of a London unobscured by the bustle of humanity
JENNY FARRELL relishes an outstanding Palestinian novel that immerses readers in the sensory reality of Gaza, then and now
AI-induced murder, last rites for the mob-dog, a gullible common herd, and an exemplary Christmas chiller
The crime did not go unrecorded.
The phone link worked, her voice was heard.
She found the fame she never wanted;
her picture rockets round the world.
Yet still her mother can’t accept it;
the voice survives, the child is gone.
The days stack up; what happened, happened.
And consolation? There is none.
Merryn Williams is an Oxford-based poet. She has published four volumes of poetry. She edited Poems for Jeremy Corbyn (Shoestring 2016).
Poetry submissions to thursdaypoems@gmail.com.
