Tom Sykes
@tgcsykes.bsky.social
Associate Prof, Writing & Journalism, University of Portsmouth. Writer, historian, socialist, anti-imperialist, traveller. Author, 7 books inc. Imagining Manila, Coast of Teeth, Realm of the Punisher. Journalist, Private Eye etc. https://tomgsykes.co.uk
Labour's swing to the far right indirectly praised by Tommy Robinson. Is it just his ilk that needs to be stopped or those actually in control of the racist and totalitarian state apparatuses? Thanks to Nick Robinson for highlighting.
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Labour's swing to the far right indirectly praised by Tommy Robinson. Is it just his ilk that needs to be stopped or those actually in control of the racist and totalitarian state apparatuses? Thanks to Nick Robinson for highlighting.
Tangled Saviours: A Multimedia Book Launch
All welcome!
Tuesday, December 9th
7-8.15pm
White Swan Theatre, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
I'll be launching my new novel with audiovisual performances based on its themes.
All welcome!
Tuesday, December 9th
7-8.15pm
White Swan Theatre, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
I'll be launching my new novel with audiovisual performances based on its themes.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Tangled Saviours: A Multimedia Book Launch
All welcome!
Tuesday, December 9th
7-8.15pm
White Swan Theatre, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
I'll be launching my new novel with audiovisual performances based on its themes.
All welcome!
Tuesday, December 9th
7-8.15pm
White Swan Theatre, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Rd, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
I'll be launching my new novel with audiovisual performances based on its themes.
Streeting the Starmtrooping apparatchik being opportunistic, hypocritical and politically illiterate in less than two sentences.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Streeting the Starmtrooping apparatchik being opportunistic, hypocritical and politically illiterate in less than two sentences.
This must pose a dilemma to the thoroughly modern fash that's embraced Zionism and remains poppy-fanatical. Maybe in their eyes these are the wrong kind of veterans, though.
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This must pose a dilemma to the thoroughly modern fash that's embraced Zionism and remains poppy-fanatical. Maybe in their eyes these are the wrong kind of veterans, though.
Do join us for an unprecedented event bringing together journalists, editors and scholars to explore UK-Philippine media issues. It may be easier for most to join virtually so please see QR code for that.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Do join us for an unprecedented event bringing together journalists, editors and scholars to explore UK-Philippine media issues. It may be easier for most to join virtually so please see QR code for that.
Naah, I could just remove the left hemisphere of my brain and write my own stilted, factually inaccurate summaries of my own research, thank you very much.
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Naah, I could just remove the left hemisphere of my brain and write my own stilted, factually inaccurate summaries of my own research, thank you very much.
There's a frank succinctness about this that reminded me a tad of the brief sketches of J. P. Morgan, Woodrow Wilson and other bounders in John Dos Passos' USA Trilogy.
September 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
There's a frank succinctness about this that reminded me a tad of the brief sketches of J. P. Morgan, Woodrow Wilson and other bounders in John Dos Passos' USA Trilogy.
Liberalism and fascism are two mutually compatible technologies of control under capitalism. It makes no sense to bemoan one side of the equation and not the other, as Hamid Bendaas suggests here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Liberalism and fascism are two mutually compatible technologies of control under capitalism. It makes no sense to bemoan one side of the equation and not the other, as Hamid Bendaas suggests here.
I have a story in the new issue of Private Eye about the Gaza 40 students. The government are now making the right noises but some urgent action is needed to ensure these scholars get to our shores safely.
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have a story in the new issue of Private Eye about the Gaza 40 students. The government are now making the right noises but some urgent action is needed to ensure these scholars get to our shores safely.
Via Jeffrey St Clair.
September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Via Jeffrey St Clair.
Yes, but even this lets him off too lightly. The point is that he is himself a far right leader or Farage and the Patriotic Alternative wouldn't have praised him for his far right policies.
www.thenational.scot/news/2516255...
www.thenational.scot/news/2516255...
September 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Yes, but even this lets him off too lightly. The point is that he is himself a far right leader or Farage and the Patriotic Alternative wouldn't have praised him for his far right policies.
www.thenational.scot/news/2516255...
www.thenational.scot/news/2516255...
The brilliant centrist parody account that is Simon Hedges.
September 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The brilliant centrist parody account that is Simon Hedges.
Via Naomi Thompson. It is a sign of our morally lopsided times that people on here saying that they didn't like his politics but nonetheless RIP have had diddly squat to say about the millions more victims of the forms of colonial and imperial violence this guy condoned to the hilt.
September 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Via Naomi Thompson. It is a sign of our morally lopsided times that people on here saying that they didn't like his politics but nonetheless RIP have had diddly squat to say about the millions more victims of the forms of colonial and imperial violence this guy condoned to the hilt.
Stop the genocide, stop the persecution of those who want to stop it.
September 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Stop the genocide, stop the persecution of those who want to stop it.
Far-right figures with actual executive power spotted practising the kind of "liberal" (Mondon and Winter) and "state" (Foucault) racism that gets large numbers of people killed. Known to brandish flags and spout demented ideas about immigration when they think it'll get them out of a political jam.
September 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Far-right figures with actual executive power spotted practising the kind of "liberal" (Mondon and Winter) and "state" (Foucault) racism that gets large numbers of people killed. Known to brandish flags and spout demented ideas about immigration when they think it'll get them out of a political jam.
Look at this letter that was tacked onto a speaker during our performance at Victorious by a staff member, which read, "We ask that no flags at all be flown on our site on our stages or screens."
And then look at these pictures by the excellent photographer Jon Neil.
And then look at these pictures by the excellent photographer Jon Neil.
August 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Look at this letter that was tacked onto a speaker during our performance at Victorious by a staff member, which read, "We ask that no flags at all be flown on our site on our stages or screens."
And then look at these pictures by the excellent photographer Jon Neil.
And then look at these pictures by the excellent photographer Jon Neil.