Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Mine, and occasionally others'.
'The Eleventh Commandment' at a flash rally in support of RMT rail strikes, Brighton, 25 June 2022.
Andrew Haines
carefully explains
That his £593,000 pay is not a perk -
He really is worth twenty of the people who do the actual work
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*Chief Executive Officer of Network Rail
Janine sonnet, Another Country, is included in the anthology Poetry and Settled Status for All, published by Civic Leicester.
Brighton launch of NeurodiVERSE, an anthology of poetry by neurodivergent writers
Three of the contributors to (and two of the co-editors of) NeurodiVERSE provide the entertainment as we launch this anthology of poetry by neurodivergent writers.
Poetry and Pints for Ukraine. The best of London Poets and Ukrainian poetry raising funds for WithUkraine.org
Our most excellent array of open mic plus feature poet Rob Steventon.
Invited to an event
to answer a question of importance,
I walked along the street with highness,
went in through the door that revolves,
past the guard of security,
and spoke to the person with femaleness and helpfulness
at the desk of reception.
She doesn't cringe and cower,
she's not a fragile flower
She picked on him and tricked him
She's not a perfect victim
She tells of his coercion,
he tells a different version
How dare she contradict him?
She's not a perfect victim
She unstable, she's a venter,
she's known to lose her temper
She pushed him and she kicked him
She's not a perfect victim
Amplify the voices
that rarely get a hearing
Power up the megaphone
and drown out the jeering
Amplify and magnify
the voices that are hampered by
calcifying attitudes and
patronising platitudes
Amplify the organisers
building solidarity,
alternatives to narratives
of pity and of charity
