MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
How Nato went rogue
TOMASZ PIERSCIONEK welcomes a succinct demonstration of how Nato became a vehicle for the US to pursue its dreams of global dominance
WAR NOT PEACE EVERYTIME: US 82nd airborne division paratroopers prepare to be flown out Pope army airfield, NC in February 2022 - 2,000 of whom will be deployed in coordination with the Polish government to increase US presence and activities in Europe as part of strong and unremitting commitment to our Nato allies
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New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
Nato: What You Need to Know
Medea Benjamin and David Swanson, OR books, £12.99
TO mark the 75th anniversary of Nato’s creation, veteran anti-war activists Medea Benjamin and David Swanson have published a book that explores the alliance’s origins and critiques its role in global affairs over the past several decades.
The authors produce a much needed antidote to the pervasive propaganda that claims Nato makes the world a safer place.
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