Latest posts tagged with #PoliticalWriting on Bluesky
When detention centers expand and children are used as leverage, it’s no longer about the border. It’s about power. We will all be free, or we will all be caged. Read: rb.gy/8gty5r
#Justice #Democracy #Constitution #PoliticalWriting #Immigration #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #ICE #CivilRights #DueProcess
2025 marked the 37th anniversary of the Isaaq genocide when around 90% of Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, was destroyed and tens of thousands of Isaaqs were killed.
lacuna.org.uk/war-and-peace/somaliland...
#politicalwriting #2025recap
ICYMI:
Dan Crenshaw is still telling stories.
The facts still don’t matter.
And the panic still works every time.
If you’re tired of transphobes inventing stories instead of fixing problems, this one’s for you.
#TransRights #QueerWriting #GenderPolitics #MediaCriticism #PoliticalWriting
“If you call us fascists, we’ll arrest you.” Yup, this satire from McSweeney’s nails the absurdity of power-structures denying their own authoritarian vibes. Give it a read. Sharp and biting. buff.ly/B0mrZlf #Satire #PoliticalWriting #WritingLife #Humor #AuthorLife #SatiricalEssay
We have recently found Notes From Plague Island sitting at No.68 on Substack’s ‘Rising in World Politics,’
#WorldPolitics
#UKPolitics
#PoliticalWriting
#IndependentMedia
#SubstackWriters
#PoliticalAnalysis
#CultureAndPolitics
#WritersOfBluesky
#AltMedia
#PoliticalBlog
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The cult collapsed. The country exhaled. 💙 #BlueWave #DemocracyWins #TrumpedOut #PoliticalWriting #PostTrumpAmerica #FascismFails #Essayist #SubstackWriters #AmericanPolitics
www.trumped-out.com/p/blue-is-th...
Poster with orange background and logos of 14 publishers and two literary agencies. Northern Publishers' Fair, Saturday 27 September, Manchester Central Library, 11am to 3.30pm. Text: New for this Autumn networking edition! The chatty table: Agents Emma Layfield (Children's Book North Agency) and Clare Coombes (Liverpool Literary Agency) will be on hand to chat to any aspiring/established authors with publication journey questions! Emma also happy to chat to any children's book illustrators. Grab a Fly on the Wall Press goodie bag; a limited edition tote: 'Reading is Resistance', with two free mystery books and bookish goodies! Publishers attending currently include: Fly on the Wall Press Manchester University Press Spilt Ink Magazine Confingo Publishing Peepal Tree Press Vertebrate (Adventure) Publishing Carcanet Stairwell Books Saraband Northodox Flapjack Press
In or near Manchester UK? Love to read? TOMORROW, Free, Northern Publishers' Fair, at the glorious Central Library, with at least 14 presses & a massive range of genres. FUN! Plus, meet agents! Bring Qs! #books #manchester #library #YA #ChildrensBooks #SciFi #Poetry #PoliticalWriting
Poster with orange background and logos of 14 publishers and two literary agencies. Northern Publishers' Fair, Saturday 27 September, Manchester Central Library, 11am to 3.30pm. Text: New for this Autumn networking edition! The chatty table: Agents Emma Layfield (Children's Book North Agency) and Clare Coombes (Liverpool Literary Agency) will be on hand to chat to any aspiring/established authors with publication journey questions! Emma also happy to chat to any children's book illustrators. Grab a Fly on the Wall Press goodie bag; a limited edition tote: 'Reading is Resistance', with two free mystery books and bookish goodies! Publishers attending currently include: Fly on the Wall Press Manchester University Press Spilt Ink Magazine Confingo Publishing Peepal Tree Press Vertebrate (Adventure) Publishing Carcanet Stairwell Books Saraband Northodox Flapjack Press
In or near Manchester UK? Love to read? TOMORROW, Free, Northern Publishers' Fair, at the glorious Central Library, with at least 14 presses & a massive range of genres. FUN! Plus, meet agents! Bring Qs! #books #manchester #library #YA #ChildrensBooks #SciFi #Poetry #PoliticalWriting
A massive shout-out to one of our incredible supporters, @estuary.us, who just bought a whole lot of coffees - we’re floored.
Truly, thank you 🙏
buymeacoffee.com/notesfrompla...
plagueisland.com
#IndependentMedia #PoliticalWriting #SupportWriters #TruthTelling #PlagueIsland
Today's blog post, the next in the series, A #Publisher's Conversation with #Authors, is "When Truth Costs You Community: Navigating Political Backlash as an Author"
msipressblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-pu...
#books #truth #politics #politicalwriting
Grey Is the Colour of Hope by Irina Ratushinskaya - Ирина Ратушинская -- Translated by Alyona Kojevnikov 355 pages • 1988
#500GreatBooksByWomen #BookSky
💙📚 🖋️📚💙 #SovietRussia #PoliticalWriting
#Books #WomenWriting #Poetry #Memoir
Taking a tour of these covers throughout 2025: Grey Is the Colour of Hope by Irina Ratushinskaya - Ирина Ратушинская -- Translated by Alyona Kojevnikov
355 pages • 1988
Just dropped: The Ratatoskr Files — A Tale of Two Tricksters
Trump vs. Musk isn’t just a meme war — it’s a mythic standoff.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/klhomme/...
#NoShortcutsToNow #Trump #Musk #Tricksters #Shame #Authoritarianism #Mythology #PsychoPolitics #MediaTheater #PoliticalWriting
We are absolutely delighted that THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN OF LENINGRAD by @simonparkin.bsky.social has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 @orwellprize.bsky.social for Political Writing.
Congratulations Simon! 🌱🌿
The winner will be announced 25 June.
#OrwellPrize2025 #politicalwriting
Wrote a piece that’s rage, grief, and razor wire. About bullies in power, the war on truth, and the cruelty dressed as policy. I’m tired, but I’m still here. Read it. Share it. Burn something metaphorical.
shorturl.at/sn5fE
#BlackVoices #AntiFascist #WokeIsNotASlur #We’reStillHere #PoliticalWriting
Hello everyone!
I have recently published a reflection on creating a movement on my Substack. It would mean a lot if you could check it out 🫶🏻
open.substack.com/pub/emjustin...
#politics #civildisobedience #politicalmovement #trumpadministration #humanrights #reflection #politicalwriting
My #bookreviews channel
#books #literature #reading #bookerwinners #nobelwinners #science #currentaffairs #politicalwriting
Come and have a look!
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