Issue 6 Out Now !
Welcome to Citizen32 Magazine
July 2009
Radical poetry, fiction and art with a global view
Benjamin Zephaniah in "Race" issue
Interviews with Benjamin Zephaniah and Lemn Sissay will feature in the next issue of Citizen 32, themed on "race". more
Submissions call for new C32 issues
Poets, writers and artists are invited to submit work for the next three issues of Citizen 32 themed on "sanity" and "crime and punishment". more
Citizen 32 returns to Tolpuddle
Activists and artists to speak at anti-fascist conference (July 9th 2009)
An emergency conference of Unite Against Fascism will be held on July 18th 2009 to combat the threat posed by the British National Party.
Speakers will include Glyn Ford MEP, Dominique Walker and Jon McClure, from Reverend and the Makers.
The conference will be held at Manchester Central Hall, Oldham Street.
Email unite@ucu.org.uk for more info.
Equality workers fight for jobs (July 9th 2009)
Members of the civil service union, the PCS at the Equality and Human Rights Commission are fighting to cut 50 jobs at its Manchester office.
The move comes at a time when staff are struggling to cope with a significant increase in calls from people affected by the recession.
Last year the Manchester helpline handled over 50,000 enquiries from members of the public facing discrimination.
The PCS says the closure of the Commission's helpline will also put increased demands on the remaining helpline offices in Cardiff, Birmingham and Glasgow, leading to a potential worsening of the service and to increased pressures on remaining staff as they struggle to cope with the volume of calls.
Colombian trades unionists face death threats
“Left’s Glastonbury” unearths talent
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Poets sign up for the "left's Glastonbury"
Poet/activists can take part in the open mic event between 11am and 1pm. Anyone interested in taking part can email editor.citizen32@ntlworld.com or speak to Citizen 32 co-editor Dave Toomer and sign up on the day.
Race Issue
OUT NOW
After a rest from live events, Citizen 32 is back and is returning to the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival on July 18th 2009, where poets can show off their talents at an open mic spot.
The session starts at 11am and anyone can sign up to perform on the day, but to make sure of a slot email editor.citizen32@ntlworld.com
Other attractions include Billy Bragg, Marxist magician Ian Saville, and speeches from Tony Benn and other trade union activists
Issue 6
out now.
Race issue out now
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The Race issue is out now and features some of the best poets in the UK, USA and throughout the world.
British black poets, Benjamin Zephaniah and Lemn Sissay share their views on race, racism and their poetic roots and have provided us with some excellent examples of their work.
And from across the Atlantic, we publish the work of controversial beat legends Amiri Baraka and Diane di Prima as well as the artwork of acclaimed collagist Theodore A Harris
Virtually unheard of in the UK, Baraka has been a massive influence on black writers in the USA and has had to fight relentless attacks from the establishment, particularly in the wake of his post 9/11 poem Somebody Blew Up America.
Di Prima is an anarchist, a revolutionary and is the most important female beat poet. She has recently published a new updated version of her acclaimed collection, Revolutionary Letters.
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Miners' strike 25 years on
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In issue 5...
Poetry from one of the world's greatest
living poets, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Interviews with the "Bard of Salford," perfomance poet, John Cooper Clarke, musician and activist Billy Bragg and American poet Larry Jaffe. Plus Bob Kaufman remembered, short stories and reviews.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the miners' strike in the UK when ordinary men and women stood up to the might of the Tory government and the state to defend their communities and jobs.
This picture by John Harris on the back of Citizen 32's Class issue came to symbolise that struggle.
More of John's pictures plus others from that period can be seen on the Report Digital website
