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Five protest poets all demonstrators should read

Tim Atkins, University of East London Back in the liberal-compared-to-now days of the Ronald Reagan administration, a rapper named Brother D released a single that asked the question: “How we gonna make the black nation rise?” His answer –...

TASTE: Something Special #35 – The inventor of calorie counting

Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place. It will be something...

Global Comment’s Book Club: March 2025

In the history of literature, many women writers used male pseudonyms to be accepted by an industry that underestimated the quality of their work. These pseudonyms gave credibility and served as shields to express their ideas freely. The Brontë...

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