James Butler's article on #GortonAndDenton in #LRB is astute, especially about the strategic folly of the so-called "#LabourParty". A fine read: https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/february/just-voting / https://archive.is/xgwDa

But I was very struck by Butler's comments on the divide in #ReformUK. I assume that the billionaire media which fuels Reform will drive the #cultureWar as far as it can go without splitting Reform until Reform has had power to do phase 1 damage. Then they back the ultras.

Any other thoughts?

#ukpol

Lovely piece found in my #lrb backlog about handwriting, the brain and the “line that is not stupid”

Anne Carson · Beware the man whose handwriting sways like a reed in the wind https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n04/anne-carson/beware-the-man-whose-handwriting-sways-like-a-reed-in-the-wind

#psychology #amreading

I very much enjoyed this piece from Adam Shatz on America in the new LRB

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/adam-shatz/another-country #lrb

The #LRB pod talks with historian #GregGrandin about the US attack on #Venezuela -- "what the intervention reveals about #Trump’s intentions in the region and his wider foreign policy, and why, as in the past, such adventures will ultimately expose the limits of US power."

https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/on-politics-venezuela-and-the-trump-doctrine
#Maduro #USpol #USpolitics #USforeignPolicy #LatinAmerica #imperialBullying

Aftershock: The #WarOnTerror | Ep 1: With Us or Against Us

The 1st ep of a 6-part series looking at the evolution of Western politics, esp #USpolitics & #UKpolitics, in the aftermath of #9_11 and the onset of the #GlobalWarOnTerror, examining as well the effects on #media & public debate.

The series uses the prism of #LRB's coverage of the #GWOT

https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/aftershock-the-war-on-terror/episode-1-with-us-or-against-us
#régimeChangeWars #ForeverWars #militarism #USforeignPolicy #USpol #UKpol #stateRepression #WeTorturedSomeFolks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6tlFVigsQ

#Art #Design #GraphicDesign #CoverDesign #LRB #LondonReviewOfBooks

David Renton on Palestine Action, protest and freedom of speech - and the creeping authoritarianism in Britain. (More likely *England* - but the terrorism laws coming out of Westminster also affect Scotland.)

#LRB #protest #Gaza

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n14/david-renton/short-cuts