WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Opening windows to socialist vistas
NICK WRIGHT reports on the achievements and future publishing plans of the Manifesto Press co-operative
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
MANIFESTO PRESS (manifestopress.coop) was founded 12 years ago as a non-profit design, publishing and distribution service to the labour, peace and solidarity movements.
Fifty books have been published, commissioned by Manifesto itself, in collaboration with trade union and solidarity movements and others as a service to organisations and authors who needed production and marketing assistance.
Publishing partners include the RMT, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, NUT, the Venezuelan embassy, Derby Trades Council, the International Brigade Memorial Trust, Rete di Comunisti, Communist Review, Marx Memorial Library, Connolly Association, the Communist Party and its History Group, Socialist Educational Association and the Education for Tomorrow collective.
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