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Cliff Burns

@cliffburns.bsky.social
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Indie author & publisher for more than 35 years, with 17 books and appearances in well over 100 publications and anthologies around the world. Host of the literary podcast "Standing At an Angle to the Universe". For more info, visit cliffburns.com

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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yanis Varoufakis reminds us that democracy is a farce and the economics of austerity--which leads only to inequality, racism and fascism--are our worst enemy: www.theguardian.com/politics/vid...
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'There’s no such thing as democracy' – Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. What does he ma...
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Congratulations to Anne Carson, a worthy recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"NAZA", the most important film of the past decade. The documentary that won't be ignored (or censored). The true story of the Palestinian genocide...as told by the people perpetrating it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIBR...
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NAZA - official trailer
YouTube video by The Guardian
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's on...
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wise words from the late Annie Dillard. And, as usual, she's not just talking about writing:
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Farewell to the great Annie Dillard. If you haven't read HOLY THE FIRM, you don't know what you're missing. It had a transformative effect on my life and soul.
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The newest issue of QUEEN'S QUARTERLY (Summer, 2026) features one of my poems, "Act of Mercy". Available on newsstands now:
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Whenever I hear someone say "I write/paint/make movies because I can't do anything else", I immediately understand. Because I am not equipped to do anything other than put words on paper & arrange them into agreeable sentences. That's it. That's my skill set.
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This sums up my mentality perfectly:
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Don't forget #Palestine.
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Let's be clear: This is a crime against humanity: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’
Defence minister says he believes US backing could tip regional balance in favour of forced resettlement
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Christian nationalists are scary, scary people and Jared Huffman's new book, NO PROPHETS, seeks to expose them and their efforts to impose a theocracy over the rest of us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=90-O...
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Spot on, mate:
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The great E.O. Wilson explains exactly why political and religious fanatics are possessed by a special kind of stupidity that exceeds all others:
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And just who are these invading hordes of immigrants and refugees, seeking to steal the land and its treasures from its rightful owners? Oh, wait, it's us.
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump's crimes and corruption deconstructed in four minutes. Genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cowI...
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Blame Canada!
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The true spirit of Christianity: tolerance, generosity, universal love:
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One of my heroes, talking about Palestine.
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Jason Arday was a serial liar--the most pressing question to me is, why did Cambridge University make no serious attempt the vet the guy and expose his dishonesty? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Jason Arday’s Final Self-Delusion
Elevating a fraud is shameful. Exposing one isn’t.
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I watched "The Zone of Interest" last night & was particularly struck by the similarity of language between Nazis & capitalism. As an engineer is explaining to the commandant about redesigning the gas chambers, he uses words like "efficiency", "volume", "capacity" and "yield". Horrifying.
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Cliff Burns @cliffburns.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You are complicit in evil if you remain a bystander, letting it happen without interceding:
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