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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
Hack Attack: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Paul Donovan recommends an exposé of how the News International empire spread corruption through every walk of public life
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
Hack Attack, by Nick Davies (Chatto and Windus, £20)
This excellent book reveals the true horror of a media empire run wild, spreading corruption into almost every area of public life.
The consequences for democracy are huge, with Guardian journalist Nick Davies unveiling nothing less than the British equivalent of the Watergate scandal.
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IAN SINCLAIR examines the curious memory lapses across liberal media when it comes to British government crimes
Enduring myths blame print unions for their own destruction – but TONY BURKE argues that the Wapping dispute was a calculated assault by Murdoch on organised labour, which reshaped Britain’s media landscape and casts a long shadow over trade union rights today
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JOE GILL appreciates a lucid demonstration of how capital today is an outgrowth of the colonial economy