Martin Mckenna

Erasure and Displacements since 74'

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Legendary Marxist critic Fredric Jameson (1934-2024) spent his life and career committed to socialist ideas.
In Jacobin last year, Jameson, argued that socialists today can revive utopian ideals by showing that change is, in fact, possible. https://t.co/KKDdMM0vjH

[Conter @ConterScot]

SNP MPs are fleeing the party's Westminster group in advance of the next General Election. Even the deputy leader, Mhairi Black, is packing it in.

What are her motivations - and what do they tell us about her breed of 'socialism'?
https://t.co/Bw5xadN2FX

[Diaries of Note @diariesofnote]

"I sat watching the film, holding Marlene [Dietrich]'s hand, crushing it without noticing what I was doing. The film unwound, revolved, sparkled, outside of me, solitary, unfeeling... It had killed me."

Jean Cocteau's diary on this day in 1946: https://t.co/aJXDCHBI5O

[Joe Heim @JoeHeim]

My obituary for Joe Bussard https://t.co/u4cbxs04yz

[CWU @CWUnews]

No f***s given.

#HomeToVote

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

They’ve just bought a massive widescreen telly from Costco and put it in a carriage

[Camille Corot @artistcorot]

The Pond and the Cabassud Houses at Ville d'Avray, 1860 #realism #camillecorot https://t.co/o168ZHQzqA

[dusttoodigital @dusttoodigital]

Remembering Charles Mingus, born 100 years ago today. Here’s the Charles Mingus Sextet rehearsing in 1964 with Eric Dolphy on alto sax and bass clarinet, Clifford Jordan on tenor sax, Johnny Coles on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano & Dannie Richmond on drums.

[KungFuChess @KungFuChessOrg]

Here's a great chess tip for beginners, I never knew the reason behind that rule!!

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

The government gave some staff in the NHS a pay rise yesterday, and then said that the cost must come out of existing NHS budgets. It refused a pay rise to the police. It’s as if they’re saying there is a shortage of money. There isn’t. A thread’s needed to explain that…..

[Martin Mckenna @cyannights]

@ArgosHelpers dm seems to be a bot

[Paddy McGuinness ❤️ @PaddyMcGuinness]

I’ve finally lost it in lockdown! 🤪 #isthisthewaytobarnardcastle

[James McEnaney @MrMcEnaney]

But the whole "fairness" issue shines a light on something else: classism.

When poor kids were getting "inflated" grades it was such a threat to the system that Nicola Sturgeon defended sacrificing them on the altar of "credibility". That remains appalling.

[John Harris @johnharris1969]

It may be worth bearing in mind that sending people over the proverbial top has been the habit of the English ruling class down the ages, and I don't really mean that as a joke/quip.

[Seamus Heaney @HeaneyDaily]

If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere.

[HenryMooreInstitute @HMILeeds]

"Nine Catalytic Stations is Neagu's most dynamic achievement."

Research Co-ordinator @gregory_kirstie tells us about her favourite work, Paul Neagu's 'Nine Catalytic Stations', last seen here in 'Paul Neagu: Palpable Sculpture'.

https://t.co/BJLKzSRMrc

#PaulNeagu #HMIfaves 1/6

[Gerry Hassan @GerryHassan]

Thank you to the CWU union. The politics of solidarity & compassion exemplified & an inspiration & example to all of us.

[John Harris @johnharris1969]

Latest from me: on the grassroots self-help that me & @JohnDomokos immersed ourselves in over the last 6 weeks, statist Labour’s distance from it, & how the left might be revived https://t.co/WItAII9kVQ

[Mary Fitzgerald @maryftz]

BREAKING: Lib Dems suspend senior staffer and launch internal inquiry after admitting 'faking' an email & making repeated false claims, in efforts to discredit an @openDemocracy story. Read the full story here. https://t.co/2rqIsUz4Uz