JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
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‘There is no going back to the Britain of before 2008’
Unite chief of staff and Jeremy Corbyn adviser ANDREW MURRAY talks to Ben Chacko about his new book and why the resurgence of the left is a cause for optimism
Extra-parliamentary inspiration: TUC March for the Alternative, 2011
RON JACOBS welcomes the translation into English of an angry cry from the place they call the periphery
GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends a useful book aimed at informing activists with local examples of solidarity in action around the world
HENRY BELL is provoked by a book that looks toward, but does not fully explore the question of who gets to imagine the shapes of cities to come
MATTHEW HAWKINS surveys the upcoming programme of contemporary dance in Glasgow, and picks some highlights
‘Chance encounters are what keep us going,’ says novelist Haruki Murakami. In Amy, a chance encounter gives fresh perspective to memories of angst, hedonism and a charismatic teenage rebel.
ANDREW MURRAY would be launching his new book The Fall and Rise of the British Left at the Labour Party conference in Brighton this week had heart surgery not slowed him down.
Yet he is upbeat when I meet him to discuss it – something he has in common with a book that serves as a primer on the origins, heyday and crash of neoliberalism and on the fortunes of the socialist movement now challenging it.
Murray’s book is alive to the potential of a resurgent socialism to change Britain and the world. Was he aiming to lift our spirits in the face of constant media misrepresentation, belittlement and abuse?
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