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Mapping the Pandemic

A LOCKDOWN POEM

October 3, 2020 by philco

Crossing the Pandemoticon It began with a hand clenched experimentally to ear not so much a fist as a makeshift mouthpiece designed to broadcast  miracles speaking in tongues:   ‘habari,kangarooshni,slapit nego,nego,unulti possum! craaghi covid ipsit cunnilingo ? es krampit   todo   kwa heri ‘   a polyglot  mother … [Read more...] about A LOCKDOWN POEM

ON THE UNHOMING OF FAMILIAR THINGS

August 15, 2020 by philco

 What follows is from a forthcoming publication  with the above title by eyeglass books  which  contains extracts from my lockdown diary.  MATERIAL DREAMS : SOME  AFTERTHOUGHTS Edwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: and even Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found it advisable--"'`Found what?' said the Duck.` Found it,' the … [Read more...] about ON THE UNHOMING OF FAMILIAR THINGS

The Pandemonic Dialogues

May 12, 2020 by philco

1. We don’t want to be  heroes, even for one day We are not heroes. We do not want to be fallen  martyrs. All this war imagery  makes us very uncomfortable. It distract people from the reality. We are ordinary people who have chosen to  become  health workers and carers. We are professionals and highly trained. All we want is to be given the tools we need to do our job … [Read more...] about The Pandemonic Dialogues

There Must Be Some Way Out of Here

April 26, 2020 by normd

THERE MUST BE SOME WAY OUT OF HERE

Political Mindfulness and Left responses to a multiple crisis Edited by Phil Cohen With contributions from Ruth Lister,Angela McRobbie, Dick Pountain, Michael Rustin, and Valerie Walkerdone   Taken together  the pieces assembled here  represent a thoughtful attempt to begin to  find a way out of the current impasse in which the Left finds itself, … [Read more...] about There Must Be Some Way Out of Here

Mapping the Pandemic

April 15, 2020 by normd

MAPPING THE PANDEMIC FROM LEFT FIELD PHIL COHEN Published on line by Compass  Wednesday June 24 2020 This essay  looks at a  range of public, personal and governmental responses to the pandemic for what it tells us about the kind of society and culture we live in. Drawing on insights from anthropology and psychoanalysis a model of risk perception is … [Read more...] about Mapping the Pandemic

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Phil’s Blogs

ON LIVING IN A GREY ZONE

This text is an introduction to  Waypoints Volume 2 ,  a new collection of occasional writings  from the last five years  to be … [Read More...] about ON LIVING IN A GREY ZONE

The Map, the Territory and the Fog of War

This is an edited version of a talk given to the opening session of ‘Cartography on the Front Line’ seminar series, at the British Library on October … [Read More...] about The Map, the Territory and the Fog of War

A SCENE FROM AN UNMADE FILM

In memory of Mantas  Kvedaravicius,documentary film maker, killed in Mariupolis,, aged 43, by  Russian Federation  forces on April 4 2022. This text … [Read More...] about A SCENE FROM AN UNMADE FILM

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