Matt Carr
Matt Carr is a writer, blogger and campaigner. His books include My Father's House, Blood and Faith: the Purging of Muslim Spain, and The Infernal Machine: an Alternative History of Terrorism. Fortress Europe: Dispatches from a Gated Continent and 'Savage Frontier: the Pyrenees in History'. His second novel Black Sun Rising will be published by Pegasus in June. He has lectured in a number of UK universities, schools and cultural institutions. He blogs atwww.infernalmachine.co.uk.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Friday, April 10, 2020 21:50 - 2 Comments
Notes from the Margins">Clap for Boris? You must be joking Notes from the Margins
In framing a negligent prime minister as a symbol of our collective national resilience, the #ClapforBoris narrative is an attempt to obfuscate the government’s very real failings at a time when the human cost of its COVID-19 errors is becoming horribly apparent, writes Matt Carr.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Friday, December 20, 2019 15:06 - 0 Comments
Notes from the Margins">Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold Notes from the Margins
Last week's shocking defeat is a national tragedy. We now need a Labour Party that is the sum of its parts, rather than a party in which one faction defeats the other, writes Matt Carr.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 18:40 - 2 Comments
Notes from the Margins">Chronicle of a Coup Foretold: Boris Johnson’s assault on democracy must be stopped Notes from the Margins
To pursue No Deal without consensus is bad enough, but to undermine parliament in order to achieve it is a gross violation of executive power, and must be opposed by anyone who cares about the integrity of representative democracy in the UK, writes Matt Carr.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Wednesday, August 7, 2019 15:06 - 0 Comments
Notes from the Margins">The President of Hate Notes from the Margins
This week's mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, have added another dismal chapter to America’s seemingly unstoppable litany of mass gun homicides. For the first time in American history, a generation of white supremacists and white nationalists are taking active inspiration from the man who occupies the White House, writes Matt Carr.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Tuesday, June 18, 2019 19:38 - 0 Comments
Notes from the Margins">Hollow Man: Boris Johnson’s delusions of grandeur won’t survive reality Notes from the Margins
It now seems almost certain that the Tory Party will make Boris Johnson the next UK Prime Minister. Narcissistic, opportunistic, incompetent, shallow, devoid of loyalty or decency, he has wanted the Big Job for a long time, and has said and done everything to get it.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 10, 2019 13:47 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Goddard’s ‘Westminster Mob’ are a threat to our common future Analysis
Accusations of hypocrisy and media bias have overshadowed the political significance of Goddard's ‘Westminster mob.’ We should call it out for what it is: the most visible expression of an organised and increasingly confident far-right movement that threatens our common future, writes Matt Carr.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, June 13, 2018 17:35 - 1 Comment
Comment">The Resistible Rise of Saint Tommy Comment
On Saturday, thousands gathered in London's Trafalgar Square to express support for far right figure Tommy Robinson. The range and breadth of the #FreeTommy movement suggests it may be making serious inroads towards the mainstream, warns Matt Carr.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Monday, December 18, 2017 22:30 - 0 Comments
Comment">Waiting for the Barbarian: We can’t allow Trump’s UK visit to distract us from our own shameful treatment of migrants Comment
It's important to Stop Trump, but we must also stand with and for migrants here in the UK, writes Matt Carr.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, October 1, 2017 19:59 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Batons vs Ballots: On the Catalan Referendum Analysis
Today's brutal crackdown on the Catalan separatist movement by the Spanish government is a turning point in an ongoing confrontation that threatens to destabilise Spanish democracy and bring darker forces from Spain’s history back onto the stage, writes Matt Carr.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Friday, August 18, 2017 14:36 - 0 Comments
Essay">History, Peace and Beauty: On Barcelona’s Ramblas Essay
Matt Carr pays homage to his old city, Barcelona, a target of yesterday's attacks. This was not the first time the Ramblas has been visited by terrorism, he writes. But, once again, we must mourn, then resume the difficult search for a society where such things cannot happen — where haters, extremists and fascistic reactionaries can have no place.
