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Enemies of the People: How a small independent publisher is fighting back
Ruth Hunt speaks to Galley Beggar Press founder SAM JORDISON about publishing in the era of Amazon and Brexit
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY reflects on 2025, tracing how war, imperialism, shrinking democratic spaces and neoliberal restructuring shaped global and Indian politics – pointing towards the urgent task of building a more democratic and just future
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Tensions have once again escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia over GERD, Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, and now Trump has offered to mediate. NICHOLAS MWANGI reports
MENTION Galley Beggar Press and most people will make the connection with A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride, but there is so much more to this independent publisher, co-owned by Sam Jordison and his wife, Eloise Millar.
From the vantage point as an independent publisher, Jordison has an ideal view of the industry and the threats facing it.
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