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Mike Stanton
@convivir.bsky.social
Lifelong socialist and writer - poetry, polemics and stories for children.
For more socialism - https://criticalmassmag.org/
For more poetry and creative writing - https://penumbrage.com
I don't take umbrage. I take up my pen.
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Writing for children is investing in hope and I am reaping the dividends. It would be good to reap the royalties as well! You can read my first story for children, LUCKY GOES TO MARKET, on my website.
penumbrage.com/2022/08/21/l...
Lucky Goes To Market
My friend Anne is a farmer. One day I visited Anne on her farm and she told me about a duck called Lucky.  When her mother laid some eggs, Lucky was the only one to hatch and she had a crooked neck…
penumbrage.com
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#poetry #booksky

To anyone who disrespects the natural world
September 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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I totally get the anger and frustration about #YourParty, but it's up to us to sort it. There are already lots of local groups. They can squabble. WE can organise and get on with it.
September 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Tommy Robinson has just been deported from both Colombia and Panama. Still, I'm sure he understands why a country would want to secure its borders against fighting age foreign criminals.
September 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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It's not a war if only one side is fighting...
September 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Writing is hard, getting published is harder. The Not-So-Secret Agents are helping me. Why not let them help you. thenotsosecretagents.substack.com?r=1g6ryi&utm...
The Not-So-Secret Agents | Substack
Lifting the lid on the publishing industry, because open books are better than closed ones. Written by the expert team at The Blair Partnership literary agency. Click to read The Not-So-Secret Agents,...
thenotsosecretagents.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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"We are going to use every resource to identify, disrupt, eliminate & destroy this network", threatening to exact a price against the 'far left', that they accuse of fomenting political violence, rooting out a 'domestic terror movement'."

And so, it begins.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This is why we must @defendourjuries.bsky.social

"BREAKING: GANTRY CLIMBERS NOT GUILTY"
'A jury found Sam, Isobel & Rachel not guilty of public nuisance at Guilford Crown Court today, after they climbed gantries above the M25 in 2022
The jury decided they had a reasonable excuse for taking action'
September 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Final section
August 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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My review of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, an unforgettable read:
www.instagram.com/activistread...
August 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Struggling with reading any fiction at the moment so I've been sticking with my nonfiction & this, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi is a must read.
#freepalestine #Palestinianliterature #endthegenocide
August 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM