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Don Quixote is the best book out there on political theory, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. There is no better way to understand the tragedy and the comedy of the Mexican political system than Hamlet, Macbeth and Don Quixote. They’re much better than any column of political analysis.

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Solidarity against everyday exploitation: Stephen King’s IT

25 June 2019 / 475

Tony McKenna looks back at Stephen King’s IT Some years ago, a study was carried out into the fears of young children in the night. Just before the... Continue reading

Tony McKenna

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Secrets, crimes and the schooling of the ruling class: how British boarding school stories betrayed their audience

31 May 2019 / 471

Nicholas Tucker asks why authors of children’s stories about boarding schools chose to concentrate on escapist fantasy, rather than telling the truth Asked by a magazine in... Continue reading

Nicholas Tucker

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‘Heed the truth/Spoken by the youth!’ Stories of political activism by young people at the Battle of Cable Street

7 May 2019 / 357

As young people take to the streets to protest about climate change, Kim Reynolds discusses the way political activism by young people at the Battle of Cable... Continue reading

Kim Reynolds

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A vision of the world to come: Liam O’Flaherty’s ‘Hollywood Cemetery’

8 April 2019 / 381

Jenny Farrell reviews Liam O’Flaherty’s re-issued novel,“Hollywood Cemetery” Published in London in 1935, but never re-issued until now, “Hollywood Cemetery” is one of five novels by O’Flaherty... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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Exposing the exploitative nature of capitalism: the life and writings of B. Traven

31 March 2019 / 368

Jenny Farrell introduces B. Traven, a writer who stood consistently and unreservedly on the side of the working class and the oppressed. Like Robert Tressell, his novels and... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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Milkman

8 February 2019 / 355

Jenny Farrell reviews the novel Milkman, a peripheral view on a besieged working-class community during the North of Ireland Troubles, which has won the Man Booker Prize... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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Sugar Plum

8 January 2019 / 346

Sugar Plum by Jan Woolf A winter’s day in 2008, in Dalston, London 6am Zeina wakes, and, remembering, keeps her body as still as she can. She... Continue reading

Jan Woolf

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Dishwasher hands

17 December 2018 / 379

Dishwasher hands by Craig Campbell Saturday nights at the Dilshad were the worst. People let off steam in Hartlepool in the worst ways possible, like stray bullets... Continue reading

Craig Campbell

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The Baton: a short story by Jan Woolf

11 December 2018 / 364

Marx Memorial Library is hosting a series of readings from left-wing fiction writers. Each month a fiction writer, dramatist or poet will read from current work and... Continue reading

Jan Woolf

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Decolonising the mind: the life and work of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

5 December 2018 / 319

Jenny Farrell celebrates the life and work of the African Marxist writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Ngũgĩ turned 80 this year. He was born into colonial Kenya in 1938... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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Don Quixote is the best book out there on political theory, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. There is no better way to understand the tragedy and the comedy of the Mexican political system than Hamlet, Macbeth and Don Quixote. They’re much better than any column of political analysis.

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