MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes
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RON JACOBS points out the role that incarceration plays in the super-exploitation of the poor, the black and the immigrant
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: Border Patrol officer takes a photo of a migrant in between the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego US in May 2024, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings
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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
Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
Silky Shah
Haymarket Books, £14.99
SILKY SHAH, the author of a new book on how many immigrants to the US are treated by the US government, has worked with the group Detention Watch Network for over 20 years.
Shah’s text is divided into three sections. The first provides a history of the last three decades, give or take a couple years, of US immigration policy.
It is here where Shah details the intersection between mass incarceration of US residents as the policy for controlling surplus populations, the crackdown on immigration, the growth of the prison-industrial complex and neoliberal capitalism.
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