John Merrick
@johnmerrick.bsky.social
Writer, critic, historian, editor etc. "Leftist pseudo-intellectual", The Critic
Deputy editor: @the-breakdown.bsky.social
[email protected] / [email protected]
https://www.johnmerrick.co.uk/
Deputy editor: @the-breakdown.bsky.social
[email protected] / [email protected]
https://www.johnmerrick.co.uk/
The sterile glamour of Sandbanks is the focus, but more starkly drawn is the poverty of Poole
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The sterile glamour of Sandbanks is the focus, but more starkly drawn is the poverty of Poole
Grimly telling comment (well, the little of it that makes sense). for so many of these edgy rwers this is all a big fun game. Which would be fine if it wasn’t in the service of people with actual commitments — to white nationalism, antisemitism, and the worst kind of reactionary politics
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Grimly telling comment (well, the little of it that makes sense). for so many of these edgy rwers this is all a big fun game. Which would be fine if it wasn’t in the service of people with actual commitments — to white nationalism, antisemitism, and the worst kind of reactionary politics
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November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Full details of how and where to pitch are on our website: www.break-down.org/pitching/
We're now open for pitches for Issue #3 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, AIRBORNE, on the importance of air in the climate crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.
If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/
If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We're now open for pitches for Issue #3 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, AIRBORNE, on the importance of air in the climate crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.
If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/
If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/
We're at the Historical Materialism conference all weekend, selling issues (with a discount on our already cheap subscriptions!). Come through if you're here
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We're at the Historical Materialism conference all weekend, selling issues (with a discount on our already cheap subscriptions!). Come through if you're here
PLEASE WAIT A FEW WEEKS!!!
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
PLEASE WAIT A FEW WEEKS!!!
The right have reached the "Is [pop star] a feminist? Is MasterCard a Queer ally?" stage of online derangement
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The right have reached the "Is [pop star] a feminist? Is MasterCard a Queer ally?" stage of online derangement
I fear the overuse of the term "doom loop" is reaching crisis proportions
October 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I fear the overuse of the term "doom loop" is reaching crisis proportions
Every day i read the right-wing press in the UK i discover new ways to butcher the English language
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Every day i read the right-wing press in the UK i discover new ways to butcher the English language
All these spotty middle class boys who have spent far too much time online, memeing themselves into ethnonationalism, getting funny feelings in their tummies at the thought of race war
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All these spotty middle class boys who have spent far too much time online, memeing themselves into ethnonationalism, getting funny feelings in their tummies at the thought of race war
Very much appreciate the NS's new line in reporting on the London and Home Counties Grotesque
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Very much appreciate the NS's new line in reporting on the London and Home Counties Grotesque
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
A superb essay by Ashok Kumar from the latest issue of the BREAK–DOWN – a brilliant tour of the political economic terrain of fossil capital, from which springs essential strategic advice for activists. A must read!
October 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A superb essay by Ashok Kumar from the latest issue of the BREAK–DOWN – a brilliant tour of the political economic terrain of fossil capital, from which springs essential strategic advice for activists. A must read!
In it, they take us from the fields of western France, as activists battle against the building of a mégabassine, to the new ideology that says: “these extreme weather events are now a fact of life, but they can be managed if powerful enough technologies are put in place"
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
In it, they take us from the fields of western France, as activists battle against the building of a mégabassine, to the new ideology that says: “these extreme weather events are now a fact of life, but they can be managed if powerful enough technologies are put in place"
It outlines the ruling climate ideology of the present, what they call "muscular adaptationism"
October 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It outlines the ruling climate ideology of the present, what they call "muscular adaptationism"
This is something i've also been trying to sketch out with my stuff on decline – how the "affective infrastructure" of the right is formed and attached to particular (real) problems
September 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is something i've also been trying to sketch out with my stuff on decline – how the "affective infrastructure" of the right is formed and attached to particular (real) problems
ena sharples as stalin
September 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
ena sharples as stalin
I doing so, i tried to draw out some lessons/thoughts on what it means to be a political radical and a socialist
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I doing so, i tried to draw out some lessons/thoughts on what it means to be a political radical and a socialist
This is a moment of upmost danger, in which the left had a moral obligation to make this work. So bleak to see this all happening, publicly
September 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is a moment of upmost danger, in which the left had a moral obligation to make this work. So bleak to see this all happening, publicly
All so very depressing
September 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
All so very depressing
This is a great interview with David Peace dispatch-media.com/david-peace-...
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is a great interview with David Peace dispatch-media.com/david-peace-...
Surely you could just automate the weekly Rod Liddle column at this stage
September 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Surely you could just automate the weekly Rod Liddle column at this stage
For all the talk of decline in Britain today by the right, the thing that is never mentioned is privitisation and financialisation. Very glad to see @cmmonwealth.bsky.social tackling this head-on:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
September 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
For all the talk of decline in Britain today by the right, the thing that is never mentioned is privitisation and financialisation. Very glad to see @cmmonwealth.bsky.social tackling this head-on:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Issue 2 of The BREAK–DOWN lands with us on Wednesday.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Issue 2 of The BREAK–DOWN lands with us on Wednesday.
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