guy mannes-abbott
@guymannesabbott.bsky.social
Author & critic of things essential, sometimes in the form of e.things -see In Ramallah, Running (2012) for example. In muddy flight… #rivering
Pinned
We’re going to do this aren’t we?! Thanks for finding/following. I might need a moment to freshen up!
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““the major choice faced by the intellectual is whether to be allied with the stability of the victors and rulers or—the more difficult path—to consider that stability as a state of emergency threatening the less fortunate with the danger of complete extinction.”
"What is the task of the intellectual at a time when, at the heart of liberal democracies, genocide is normalized and protest suppressed?"
Rebecca Ruth Gould revisits Edward Said: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/edward-said-representations-intellectual-gaza-crisis-israel-fitzcarraldo/
Rebecca Ruth Gould revisits Edward Said: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/edward-said-representations-intellectual-gaza-crisis-israel-fitzcarraldo/
February 7, 2026 at 8:29 AM
““the major choice faced by the intellectual is whether to be allied with the stability of the victors and rulers or—the more difficult path—to consider that stability as a state of emergency threatening the less fortunate with the danger of complete extinction.”
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We're over the book to announce that we'll be bringing three works by James Kelman back into print, starting with Kieron Smith, boy in June 2026 ✨
And Other Stories is set to bring three backlist titles from Booker Prize-winning James Kelman back into print 👇 #BookSky
And Other Stories to publish three backlist titles from Booker Prize-winning James Kelman
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February 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
We're over the book to announce that we'll be bringing three works by James Kelman back into print, starting with Kieron Smith, boy in June 2026 ✨
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Given how McSweeney's Labour party has been pandering to Reform voters more or less since they gained power, Labour must think racism and bigotry are core British values.
Keir Starmer attacks the racism of Reform and Matt Goodwin but then adds that "Britain has also been let down by a mindset on the left of politics that is too slow to defend core British values"
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Given how McSweeney's Labour party has been pandering to Reform voters more or less since they gained power, Labour must think racism and bigotry are core British values.
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‘Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine, by Marwan Barghouti, will be published by Penguin on 5 November this year, the publisher has told the Guardian.’
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, to publish book from prison
Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine is a collection of writings by the Palestinian political leader, who has been held in Israeli prisons since 2002
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 AM
‘Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine, by Marwan Barghouti, will be published by Penguin on 5 November this year, the publisher has told the Guardian.’
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
[describes my writing ‘method’ mas o menos]
Oulipo constraint: write a novel with AI suggestions on, running ahead of the text in faint projections, and turn away, reject, deny every single one.
February 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
[describes my writing ‘method’ mas o menos]
This was the justification for the UK gov’t to proscribe Palestine Actions who, unlike the UK gov’t, OPPOSE genocide. Not one only but as such.
The same UK govt’ that is ending jury trials because juries are independent, juries aquit, juries oppose genocide too!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The same UK govt’ that is ending jury trials because juries are independent, juries aquit, juries oppose genocide too!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israeli defence firm site
None of the six activists were convicted of any offence over break-in at Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This was the justification for the UK gov’t to proscribe Palestine Actions who, unlike the UK gov’t, OPPOSE genocide. Not one only but as such.
The same UK govt’ that is ending jury trials because juries are independent, juries aquit, juries oppose genocide too!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The same UK govt’ that is ending jury trials because juries are independent, juries aquit, juries oppose genocide too!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Splitting Yair’s.
#GenocideMob
#GenocideMob
In light of a ridiculous profile of Golan in a Western newspaper today
A perfect distillation of the Israeli Jewish left
Yair Golan says if he is PM, he won't fund settlements anymore.
Yair Lapid says that Golan should take it back and apologize because settlers are Israeli citizens.
Golan then walks it back half-way, saying he'll only fund the "settler blocs".
Yair Golan says if he is PM, he won't fund settlements anymore.
Yair Lapid says that Golan should take it back and apologize because settlers are Israeli citizens.
Golan then walks it back half-way, saying he'll only fund the "settler blocs".
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Splitting Yair’s.
#GenocideMob
#GenocideMob
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If we're going to win this by election, we need all hands on deck.
If you're able to, please sign up to one or preferably more of the action days below:
greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
If you're able to, please sign up to one or preferably more of the action days below:
greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
February 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
If we're going to win this by election, we need all hands on deck.
If you're able to, please sign up to one or preferably more of the action days below:
greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
If you're able to, please sign up to one or preferably more of the action days below:
greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
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When some Na'amodniks went to the West Bank last month, local settler militias harassed us & the local Palestinian population every day.
This article exposes how these violent, under-reported, and unaccountable militias work as extensions of the Israeli state.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This article exposes how these violent, under-reported, and unaccountable militias work as extensions of the Israeli state.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Settler-only IDF units functioning as ‘vigilante militias’ in West Bank
Exclusive: ‘Regional defence’ settler units are escalating violent displacement of Palestinians, Israeli reservists and activists say
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
When some Na'amodniks went to the West Bank last month, local settler militias harassed us & the local Palestinian population every day.
This article exposes how these violent, under-reported, and unaccountable militias work as extensions of the Israeli state.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This article exposes how these violent, under-reported, and unaccountable militias work as extensions of the Israeli state.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Such an important initiative.
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Such an important initiative.
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Journalists should be asking the Labour candidate at the Gorton & Denton byelection - and any senior Labour figures who turn up to campaign - whether they support these proposals or not.
If they are genuinely serious about rejecting Goodwin/Reform's racism and bigotry, there's only one answer..
If they are genuinely serious about rejecting Goodwin/Reform's racism and bigotry, there's only one answer..
February 4, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Journalists should be asking the Labour candidate at the Gorton & Denton byelection - and any senior Labour figures who turn up to campaign - whether they support these proposals or not.
If they are genuinely serious about rejecting Goodwin/Reform's racism and bigotry, there's only one answer..
If they are genuinely serious about rejecting Goodwin/Reform's racism and bigotry, there's only one answer..
‘Change for the better often reqs l’ship that goes beyond what councils alone are prepared/able, to deliver…
We need political l’ship that empowers & partners w communities, values local initiative, & supports groups already driving tangible improvements on grd’ 🌱
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
We need political l’ship that empowers & partners w communities, values local initiative, & supports groups already driving tangible improvements on grd’ 🌱
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Council and community could join up on housing | Letters
Letters: Local councils are not the only answer to improve the lives of residents, writes Dr Piers Taylor, while Martin Wicks says council housing remains the key to resolving the crisis
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 AM
‘Change for the better often reqs l’ship that goes beyond what councils alone are prepared/able, to deliver…
We need political l’ship that empowers & partners w communities, values local initiative, & supports groups already driving tangible improvements on grd’ 🌱
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
We need political l’ship that empowers & partners w communities, values local initiative, & supports groups already driving tangible improvements on grd’ 🌱
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
Trees, too: post-glacial ‘native’ species are struggling in Ldn at least. Kew’s Future Species (based on 2090 projections) is introducing Caucasian/other species or seeds of ‘native’ species. It resurrects the black locust, ex-Municipal ‘weed’ now essential species for ‘resilience’. Rooted/routed…
“Plants keep time in their bodies but it’s not the same as what this new, warped version of spring allows them to keep. Things are changing too fast for plants’ evolutionary time-memories to keep up.”
February 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Trees, too: post-glacial ‘native’ species are struggling in Ldn at least. Kew’s Future Species (based on 2090 projections) is introducing Caucasian/other species or seeds of ‘native’ species. It resurrects the black locust, ex-Municipal ‘weed’ now essential species for ‘resilience’. Rooted/routed…
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Live in Gorton and Denton? Could you join the huge #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen push?
We can get a Vote Green poster or poster board to you soon! It's easy
actionnetwork.org/forms/want-a...
We can get a Vote Green poster or poster board to you soon! It's easy
actionnetwork.org/forms/want-a...
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Live in Gorton and Denton? Could you join the huge #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen push?
We can get a Vote Green poster or poster board to you soon! It's easy
actionnetwork.org/forms/want-a...
We can get a Vote Green poster or poster board to you soon! It's easy
actionnetwork.org/forms/want-a...
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“The public sphere is so debased that saying anything true is a breach of etiquette.”
– Robert Glück, About Ed
– Robert Glück, About Ed
January 29, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“The public sphere is so debased that saying anything true is a breach of etiquette.”
– Robert Glück, About Ed
– Robert Glück, About Ed
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Every time I (re)read this book, I get amazed once more for the beauty of these words.
I simply love this. So very much.
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~ Dionne Brand, A Map to the Door of No Return
I simply love this. So very much.
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~ Dionne Brand, A Map to the Door of No Return
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Every time I (re)read this book, I get amazed once more for the beauty of these words.
I simply love this. So very much.
———
~ Dionne Brand, A Map to the Door of No Return
I simply love this. So very much.
———
~ Dionne Brand, A Map to the Door of No Return
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Labour have blown it. This is it. Time to take on Reform.
Manchesters first Green MP is coming. Join us to help get them elected on Saturday.
actionnetwork.org/events/a-gre...
Manchesters first Green MP is coming. Join us to help get them elected on Saturday.
actionnetwork.org/events/a-gre...
January 25, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Labour have blown it. This is it. Time to take on Reform.
Manchesters first Green MP is coming. Join us to help get them elected on Saturday.
actionnetwork.org/events/a-gre...
Manchesters first Green MP is coming. Join us to help get them elected on Saturday.
actionnetwork.org/events/a-gre...
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McKenzie Wark was right to ask "capital is dead, is this something worse?"
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
McKenzie Wark was right to ask "capital is dead, is this something worse?"
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
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Belgium joins Spain in banning aircraft carrying weapons and military equipment to Israel from using the country's airspace or making technical stops, making it the second EU state to do so after Slovenia.
Belgium imposes arms embargo on Israel
Foreign Ministry confirms decision to Anadolu, which aims to prevent transportation of arms, military goods to Israel - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Belgium joins Spain in banning aircraft carrying weapons and military equipment to Israel from using the country's airspace or making technical stops, making it the second EU state to do so after Slovenia.
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10/ Politicians igored them because warnings alone do not compel action in the face of organised vested interests.
Fossil capital.
Extractive industries.
Short-term political incentives.
Institutional inertia.
These were always the real obstacles, not a lack of credibility.
Fossil capital.
Extractive industries.
Short-term political incentives.
Institutional inertia.
These were always the real obstacles, not a lack of credibility.
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 AM
10/ Politicians igored them because warnings alone do not compel action in the face of organised vested interests.
Fossil capital.
Extractive industries.
Short-term political incentives.
Institutional inertia.
These were always the real obstacles, not a lack of credibility.
Fossil capital.
Extractive industries.
Short-term political incentives.
Institutional inertia.
These were always the real obstacles, not a lack of credibility.
My ancient thoughts in relation to this minute (of dirty Utopianism) from a 2001 essay in AAFiles (42), called Forting, about the massive mud and turf and cannoned barricades that Londoners put up to keep out Royalists in the 1640s (& the uncanny relation of those forts to imp social housing sites)🤸♂️
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 AM
My ancient thoughts in relation to this minute (of dirty Utopianism) from a 2001 essay in AAFiles (42), called Forting, about the massive mud and turf and cannoned barricades that Londoners put up to keep out Royalists in the 1640s (& the uncanny relation of those forts to imp social housing sites)🤸♂️