On Adrian Mitchell’s Answerphone

Palestine’s wandering poet Mike Marqusee on Mahmoud Darwish, the poet of the Palestinian people

The message is not the medium Radical poetry just sloganises, argues BRIGG57. Good poetry is about much more than its politics

Well versed From publishing translations of the only known female poet whose work has survived from Roman times to editing a successful poetry column in the Morning Star, the anarchist-communist John Rety is well respected in the poetry world. Here he describes his long involvement with poetry and chooses four poems from his new book Well Versed, an anthology of his Morning Star column, to share with Red Pepper readers

An ‘excess of democracy’: what two generations of radicals can learn from each other The philosophy and experience of 1960s/70s radical movements are in several ways complementary to the ideas of the direct action movements of today. Hilary Wainwright examines the possibility of forging a new kind of political economy by learning from the best of both

N30 and after: was that it? A debate on the public sector strikes Gregor Gall analyses the 30 November strikes. With a response by Heather Wakefield

Audio: Rebellious Media Conference Exclusive podcast with Dan Hind, James Curran, Zahera Harb

Leanne Wood: Why I’m standing for the Plaid Cymru leadership Leanne Wood AM sets out a socialist vision for Wales.

After Durban: All talked out? The UN climate talks in Durban followed a familiar script of inaction. Oscar Reyes asks if activists should still be focusing attention on them