DK Renton
@davidkr.bsky.social
Barrister, historian, disease-ridden leftist. Books include The New Authoritarians, and The Story of Jenny Greenteeth. Write for LRB, Truthout, Guardian, rs21.
Out next May
"Renton rescues ‘forgiveness' from the pulpit and returns it, bloodied but lucid, to history. With a barrister’s intolerance for cant and a socialist’s contempt for vicarious absolution, he shows that forgiveness with justice is radical realpolitik"
—Richard Seymour
shorturl.at/WWeS5
"Renton rescues ‘forgiveness' from the pulpit and returns it, bloodied but lucid, to history. With a barrister’s intolerance for cant and a socialist’s contempt for vicarious absolution, he shows that forgiveness with justice is radical realpolitik"
—Richard Seymour
shorturl.at/WWeS5
October 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Out next May
"Renton rescues ‘forgiveness' from the pulpit and returns it, bloodied but lucid, to history. With a barrister’s intolerance for cant and a socialist’s contempt for vicarious absolution, he shows that forgiveness with justice is radical realpolitik"
—Richard Seymour
shorturl.at/WWeS5
"Renton rescues ‘forgiveness' from the pulpit and returns it, bloodied but lucid, to history. With a barrister’s intolerance for cant and a socialist’s contempt for vicarious absolution, he shows that forgiveness with justice is radical realpolitik"
—Richard Seymour
shorturl.at/WWeS5
Cover reveal:
Comrade Delta The 2013 Crisis in Britain’s Largest Far-Left Party
“An honest, balanced & well-documented account of an appalling episode” Ian Birchall
"An impeccably researched reckoning with the causes of a catastrophic betrayal" Sophie Lewis
Out in July 2026
shorturl.at/emntq
Comrade Delta The 2013 Crisis in Britain’s Largest Far-Left Party
“An honest, balanced & well-documented account of an appalling episode” Ian Birchall
"An impeccably researched reckoning with the causes of a catastrophic betrayal" Sophie Lewis
Out in July 2026
shorturl.at/emntq
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Cover reveal:
Comrade Delta The 2013 Crisis in Britain’s Largest Far-Left Party
“An honest, balanced & well-documented account of an appalling episode” Ian Birchall
"An impeccably researched reckoning with the causes of a catastrophic betrayal" Sophie Lewis
Out in July 2026
shorturl.at/emntq
Comrade Delta The 2013 Crisis in Britain’s Largest Far-Left Party
“An honest, balanced & well-documented account of an appalling episode” Ian Birchall
"An impeccably researched reckoning with the causes of a catastrophic betrayal" Sophie Lewis
Out in July 2026
shorturl.at/emntq
A Substack from me, addressing the consequences of the Tommy Robinson movement last weekend. We probably won't see more marches on that scale this year. What will happen, though, is a huge boost of energy for Farage and Reform
davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/tommy-robi...
davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/tommy-robi...
September 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A Substack from me, addressing the consequences of the Tommy Robinson movement last weekend. We probably won't see more marches on that scale this year. What will happen, though, is a huge boost of energy for Farage and Reform
davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/tommy-robi...
davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/tommy-robi...
This work of love and rage will be out in May next year with Haaymarket; it's for anyone who cares about Marx (Eleanor, of course), HG Wells, Albie Sachs, Victor Hugo, Jean Améry, Hannah Arendt, György Lukács, Leon Trotsky, Victor Serge...
August 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This work of love and rage will be out in May next year with Haaymarket; it's for anyone who cares about Marx (Eleanor, of course), HG Wells, Albie Sachs, Victor Hugo, Jean Améry, Hannah Arendt, György Lukács, Leon Trotsky, Victor Serge...
New video for my book -
The Story of Jenny Greenteeth: By one who knew her. shorturl.at/XLuYc New #urbanhorror #folkhorror. £3.99 on kindle. Fear has changed sides
With big thanks to Matt Saywell and Natalie Melton
The Story of Jenny Greenteeth: By one who knew her. shorturl.at/XLuYc New #urbanhorror #folkhorror. £3.99 on kindle. Fear has changed sides
With big thanks to Matt Saywell and Natalie Melton
August 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New video for my book -
The Story of Jenny Greenteeth: By one who knew her. shorturl.at/XLuYc New #urbanhorror #folkhorror. £3.99 on kindle. Fear has changed sides
With big thanks to Matt Saywell and Natalie Melton
The Story of Jenny Greenteeth: By one who knew her. shorturl.at/XLuYc New #urbanhorror #folkhorror. £3.99 on kindle. Fear has changed sides
With big thanks to Matt Saywell and Natalie Melton
First time I've ever been in Publishers Marketplace. Book due out in May next year
August 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
First time I've ever been in Publishers Marketplace. Book due out in May next year
August 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Defend the refugees at the Thistle Hotel
Saturday - 2nd August - 1230. Thistle City Barbican Hotel, 120 Central street EC1V 8DS
Saturday - 2nd August - 1230. Thistle City Barbican Hotel, 120 Central street EC1V 8DS
August 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Defend the refugees at the Thistle Hotel
Saturday - 2nd August - 1230. Thistle City Barbican Hotel, 120 Central street EC1V 8DS
Saturday - 2nd August - 1230. Thistle City Barbican Hotel, 120 Central street EC1V 8DS
Latest version of publicity for Saturday. If anyone would like to participate as a steward, either post below or DM me
July 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Latest version of publicity for Saturday. If anyone would like to participate as a steward, either post below or DM me
Ebook published today. Jenny Greenteeth says:-
"Thy rage was sweet as blood, it raised me from my bower."
To read her story, order her book which is available for just £3.99 (or in paper at 56a, Housmans, News from Nowhere).
"Do my looks discontent thee?"
shorturl.at/XLuYc
"Thy rage was sweet as blood, it raised me from my bower."
To read her story, order her book which is available for just £3.99 (or in paper at 56a, Housmans, News from Nowhere).
"Do my looks discontent thee?"
shorturl.at/XLuYc
July 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Ebook published today. Jenny Greenteeth says:-
"Thy rage was sweet as blood, it raised me from my bower."
To read her story, order her book which is available for just £3.99 (or in paper at 56a, Housmans, News from Nowhere).
"Do my looks discontent thee?"
shorturl.at/XLuYc
"Thy rage was sweet as blood, it raised me from my bower."
To read her story, order her book which is available for just £3.99 (or in paper at 56a, Housmans, News from Nowhere).
"Do my looks discontent thee?"
shorturl.at/XLuYc
Updated poster for protest this Saturday defending refugees living in the Thistle Barbican from Tommy Robinson supporters
July 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Updated poster for protest this Saturday defending refugees living in the Thistle Barbican from Tommy Robinson supporters
First publicity for the demonstration on Auugst 2nd in defence of the residents at the Barbican Thistle - plan is to occupy the space before the far right show up at 130 - do share if you can
July 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
First publicity for the demonstration on Auugst 2nd in defence of the residents at the Barbican Thistle - plan is to occupy the space before the far right show up at 130 - do share if you can
First spot in the wild - at the wondeful 56a bookshop, 56a Crampton Street SE17 3AH
(also very happy with the journal she's been placed besides).
(also very happy with the journal she's been placed besides).
July 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
First spot in the wild - at the wondeful 56a bookshop, 56a Crampton Street SE17 3AH
(also very happy with the journal she's been placed besides).
(also very happy with the journal she's been placed besides).
Tolkien: Tory, Catholic and … police abolitionist
July 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Tolkien: Tory, Catholic and … police abolitionist
So a box arrived in the post...
July 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So a box arrived in the post...
July 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“Fear has changed sides”.
Bully, pimp, perpetator – Jenny’s coming to get you. Available for pre-order now on Kindle, just £3.99. shorturl.at/XVBvY%E2%80%9C
Urban horror, folk horror, London, grisly murders, a mystery set in the distant past – why not pre-order your copy?
Bully, pimp, perpetator – Jenny’s coming to get you. Available for pre-order now on Kindle, just £3.99. shorturl.at/XVBvY%E2%80%9C
Urban horror, folk horror, London, grisly murders, a mystery set in the distant past – why not pre-order your copy?
July 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“Fear has changed sides”.
Bully, pimp, perpetator – Jenny’s coming to get you. Available for pre-order now on Kindle, just £3.99. shorturl.at/XVBvY%E2%80%9C
Urban horror, folk horror, London, grisly murders, a mystery set in the distant past – why not pre-order your copy?
Bully, pimp, perpetator – Jenny’s coming to get you. Available for pre-order now on Kindle, just £3.99. shorturl.at/XVBvY%E2%80%9C
Urban horror, folk horror, London, grisly murders, a mystery set in the distant past – why not pre-order your copy?
“When I was a child, the boys fetched catkins. They said - that tree, if they walked across the green carpet that lay upon the water – they would have found a victory. Beneath the surface a peg was waiting. Her, with the skinny paws and sharp teeth”
shorturl.at/9yj6D
shorturl.at/9yj6D
June 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
“When I was a child, the boys fetched catkins. They said - that tree, if they walked across the green carpet that lay upon the water – they would have found a victory. Beneath the surface a peg was waiting. Her, with the skinny paws and sharp teeth”
shorturl.at/9yj6D
shorturl.at/9yj6D
Fuck what happened at the end, this was still a day of gratitude to two amazing managers, a team. We find joy in the game where everything else is so awful. We go again; what else could we do?
May 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Fuck what happened at the end, this was still a day of gratitude to two amazing managers, a team. We find joy in the game where everything else is so awful. We go again; what else could we do?
As Reform rises in the polls - leaving the rest of us watching in in horror, because the crash will be our lives - for the geniuses guiding Starmer the prospect the far right in government isn’t anything to worry about, it’s the plan
May 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
As Reform rises in the polls - leaving the rest of us watching in in horror, because the crash will be our lives - for the geniuses guiding Starmer the prospect the far right in government isn’t anything to worry about, it’s the plan
Chemo means I burn in direct sunlight, but there’s plenty of shade in our local park
May 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Chemo means I burn in direct sunlight, but there’s plenty of shade in our local park
This poll equates to a Reform majority of 120 seats at the next election. Grim
May 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This poll equates to a Reform majority of 120 seats at the next election. Grim
If you’ve never been on a Tesla Takedown protest you really wouldn’t believe what a high proportion of cars driving past blow their horns to signal their support: ambulances put on their sirens - coaches holler at us - at times it’s deafening
May 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you’ve never been on a Tesla Takedown protest you really wouldn’t believe what a high proportion of cars driving past blow their horns to signal their support: ambulances put on their sirens - coaches holler at us - at times it’s deafening
Happily settled down for the game
April 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Happily settled down for the game