ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
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GAVIN O’TOOLE applauds a disturbing book that demonstrates how failing immigration policy has undermined liberal democracy itself
DRIVEN BY DESPAIR: Migrant from Mexico assesses his chances of successfully crossing into the US at the Tijuana-San Diego border - the crosses represent the deaths during failed attempts at crossing
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
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer
Picador, £22
IF Donald Trump’s latest bile about immigrants, spat out at the Republican National Convention, was wearily predictable, that does not makes it any less alarming.
His claim that there was “a massive invasion at our southern border that has spread misery, crime, poverty, disease and destruction” across the US confirms his instinct that the signature issue of his 2016 election can be revived as a key attack line in 2024.
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