MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
IN THE current Black Lives Matter crisis, this book offers key insights into the conditions of black and working-class families in the US.
Focusing on the US’s grinding culture of overwork, job insecurity and absence of basic levels of support, it shows the astonishing disparities created by free-market policies.
Maxine Eichner, Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina, references the original premise of the American Dream to show how the fundamental expectation of the right to flourish has been decimated by government policies.
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