Caliban Shrieks: Orwell on Jack Hilton's 'utter imperviousness to middle-class ideals.. All over England, in every industrial town, there are men by scores of thousands whose attitude to life, if only they could express it, would be very much what Mr Hilton’s is.'

Got a couple of last minute spaces that have come available for our event tonight to celebrate the re-issue of this working-class classic. Give us a shout if you'd like to come along. It's going to be absolutely fascinating. 7pm start. Jack Chadwick Nick Skidmore Vintage Books

@SaraNAhmed Penguin Books UK CALIBAN SHRIEKS by Jack Hilton Vintage Books Jack Chadwick housmans.com/product/caliba…

Jenny Eclair Do republished, lost classics count? Jack Chadwick

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Caliban Shrieks, published in 1935, is a working-class masterpiece - a lyrical tour of the life of a young man born in the first days of the 20th century. #OTSFest Andrew McMillan Jack Chadwick offtheshelf.org.uk/event/caliban-…

A esto se le llama la teoría de la escalera, si logras beneficios, tiras la escalera para que la gente como tú, no suba.

The social housing comment is a particular bugbear of mine. Private rented housing subsidies (ie money for landlords) is expected to hit £70bn for the period 2021-26 (vs £11bn for affordable). Imagine how much of that could have been spent on new social housing (for everyone)?

Welfare for the wealthy. The true scandal of Benefit Britain. Over the last two years, £186.4 billion of public money has been paid to the wealthiest in society via interest on government gilts. Thread 1/10

"Coercion is something that you will have no material evidence of, and that you cannot see." 👏🏼

“I’m shocked a Labour government would do this…and make this one of the first things they do.” “Do you blame the Prime Minister for that?” “Of course…” Christian Fraser speaks to actor and campaigner Liz Carr in the moments after MPs backed proposals to legalise assisted

“Colombia is trying to actually shut down fossil fuel production in their own country … there is no other significant fossil fuel producer on Earth that has said anything like this” Andreas Malm on why we should all be paying attention to Colombia 🔗⬇️ youtu.be/83fZSQNK1Qk?si…

I genuinely think swathes of modern work is punishingly dull and poorly paid, any and every pleasure/necessity is priced to exclude, the culture is a roiling stew of vapidity, venality and dishonesty, and disproportionately embroiled in that maelstrom are millions of young people

who designed this Job Centre - Albert Speer?!

New podcast out now! First of a two-parter about Jack Hilton: WWI survivor, unemployed organiser during the Depression, trade union activist, and working-class author celebrated by some of the biggest writers of his day. Listen now on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/wcl12-ja…

As Jack Chadwick explains on the podcast, Jack Hilton started writing his novel, Caliban Shrieks, after being shut down by the state for being such an effective mobiliser of the unemployed during the Great Depression. Learn more: patreon.com/posts/wcl12-ja…

The judge found that the man she killed ‘undoubtedly touched you sexually and was violent to you shortly before he was killed’ yet didn’t believe her claim of self-defence. How can a woman be sent to prison for defending herself from rape? 😡 theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…

Part 2 of our podcast about working-class author, Jack Hilton, is out this Wednesday! We look at his later work, his ongoing relationship to Orwell, and the amazing story of how Jack Chadwick brought Caliban Shrieks back into print. Support us and listen here: patreon.com/posts/wcl-13-j…