MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes
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The criminal liability for Covid
STEVE ANDREW recommends an concise summary of our collective experience of Covid that is a valuable part of the campaign for justice
INCONVENIENT TRUTH: (left to right) Kirsten Hackman, Michelle Rumball, Fran Hall and Kathryn Butcher, who were removed from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry as Boris Johnson began his evidence with an apology to victims of the pandemic at Dorland House in London, during its second investigation into core UK decision-making and political governance on December 6 2023
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STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
A People’s History of Covid
Terina Hine
Counterfire, £7.50
SHORT, concise, and well written, A People’s History of Covid covers issues thrown up by the global pandemic right through to the present day, and the fact that it comes from a Marxist perspective makes it all the more welcome.
Most regular readers of the Morning Star will be familiar with nearly all the details contained therein but that does not necessarily take away from its significance as a text to be more widely distributed. The important thing about facts is that they need to be repeated time and time again until justice is done and wider social change brought about.
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