Dive and delve into these very interesting and enlightening readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy: > The best 5 books on the Sociology of Inequality with the focus on higher education, recommended and discussed by Michèle Lamont: Durable Inequality by Charles Tilly, Engines of Anxiety: Academic Rankings, Reputation, […]
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From Joni Mitchell to nuclear apocalypse and everything in between.
The new Icon Series of Doctor Who novels will feature the Doctor meeting historical figures such as Frida Kahlo and Charles Darwin.
It’s UK publication day for ‘Let Sleeping Cats Lie’, my collection of poems about pets. I wrote the for book children, aged between 7 and 95, and it’s available through all the usual bookshop places. You can find some of the online retailers here: https://linktr.ee/brianbilston There are a few signed copies knocking about, too. Here’s…
by Nicole Brown* Dovie Coleman, considered one of the “founding mothers” of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), was affectionately known as the “human tornado”. Her boldness and highly effective organizing strategies demonstrated her strategic acumen and leadership centered on the issues affecting those impacted by the system of poverty in Chicago neighborhoods. Coleman was […]
Might as well say it up front: I am one of many progressive Christians who...
[Commercial announcement: My and Abraham Newman’s book, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy is still available for $2.99 on Amazon Kindle. Also, it is about to come out in paperback in the UK and US. We now return you to your scheduled programming. Also: this post was first published at Programmable Mutter]. After nuzzling up against […]
Cait West’s insights could not be more urgent. At a time when conservative lawmakers and...
The outlines of QAnon conspiracy theories are by now familiar to many. The battle of...
I’ve been having a bit of a sort out over the summer. I’m throwing out some old titles for poems which I shall never write. Free to a good home.