CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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NICK WRIGHT reports on the achievements and future publishing plans of the Manifesto Press co-operative
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EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
MANIFESTO PRESS (manifestopress.coop) was founded 12 years ago as a non-profit design, publishing and distribution service to the labour, peace and solidarity movements.
Fifty books have been published, commissioned by Manifesto itself, in collaboration with trade union and solidarity movements and others as a service to organisations and authors who needed production and marketing assistance.
Publishing partners include the RMT, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, NUT, the Venezuelan embassy, Derby Trades Council, the International Brigade Memorial Trust, Rete di Comunisti, Communist Review, Marx Memorial Library, Connolly Association, the Communist Party and its History Group, Socialist Educational Association and the Education for Tomorrow collective.
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