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
Mapping the Pandemic
ON THE UNHOMING OF FAMILIAR THINGS
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
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
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
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
