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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Book review: Powerful case for new coalition against austerity
MARJORIE MAYO on a timely look at resistance and alternatives to privatisation
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
The Tragedy Of The Private, The Potential Of The Public
by Hilary Wainwright
(Public Services International/Transnational Institute)
At a time when public services are under continuing attack and with the threat of further cuts in the pipeline, alternative strategies are needed urgently, as this booklet by Hilary Wainwright so strongly argues.
In recent times, the failures of privatisation have been emerging only too clearly and, as a result, even in that traditional stronghold of pro-private market ideology which is the US, services are being brought back in-house.
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MARJORIE MAYO recommends a highly useful guide to the benefits and hazards of different approaches to immigration
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