Books
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Housmans Books June 2014 Newsletter
27 May 2014 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Peace News 2014 Summer Camp2. Campaign against Climate Change Cabaret Fundraiser3. Thousands needed to join Human Peace Scarf protest Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter May 2014
29 April 2014 — Housmans NEWS 1. London Radical Bookfair & Alternative Press Takeover 2014 2. Left Book Club run for sale 3. Zed Books Competition 4. Petition to stop recruitment of 16 year olds into the UK armed forces Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter April 2014
28 March 2014 — Housmans NEWS 1. Agit Disco: a benefit shindig for Housmans2. London Radical Bookfair & Alternative Press Takeover 20143. Shop closures Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books March 2014 Newsletter
25 February 2014 — Housmans NEWS 1. Agit Disco: a benefit shindig for Housmans2. Office space to let at 5 Caledonian Road3. Left Unity job opportunity: Administrative Assistant Continue reading
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Book Review: War on Libya: Not a Humanitarian Intervention By Edward S. Herman
Maximilian Forte’s book on the Libyan war, Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa (Montreal: Baraka Books, 2012), is another powerful (and hence marginalized) study of the imperial powers in violent action, and with painful results, but supported by the UN, media, NGOs and a significant body of liberals and leftists who had… Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books January 2014 Newsletter
14 January 2014 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWS UPDATE1. Housmans New Year Clearance Sale now on!2. Peace News WW1 event and campaign3. Two event additions and a date change Continue reading
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Book Review: From the Bullet to the Ballot: An Unfavorable Review of a Work on the Black Panther Party Bruce A. Dixon
Historians are supposed to help us make sense of the world, by illuminating the forces and trends that shape the lives and destinies of ordinary people. But historians in the service of power do something else. Whether carelessly or carefully, they omit and distort to come up with histories that justify today’s establishment as the… Continue reading
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Housmans Newsletter December 2013
3 December 2013 — Housmans NEWS 1. Please encourage your friends and family to support Housmans2. Seasonal closing times3. Date change for Seumas Milne event4. ForcesWatch petition to stop recruitment of 16 year olds into the UK armed forces Continue reading
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Book Review: How the corporate elite win the class war By John Palmer
Susan George returns to the conceit of the global conspiracy as the framework for her latest book. This approach allows her, tongue in cheek, to track just how far the financial, economic, ecological and social crisis has intensified over the past 16 years and has neutered so much of the democratic life of out societies. Continue reading
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Housmans Books 26 November 2013: Building improvements / Boycott Amazon / Cards & Calendars / Books of the Year
26 November 2013 — Housmans 1. HOUSMANS IMPROVEMENTS & A REQUEST FOR YOUR SUPPORT2. DIARIES & CALENDARS3. CHRISTMAS CARDS4. BOOKS OF THE YEAR Continue reading
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Book Review: Israel’s Evolution towards a Fascist Racist State By Jim Miles
This is a powerfully written book, a mixture of current events, historical data, and personal anecdotal comments and stories. Throughout there are pervasive themes that clearly outline the nature of the Israeli state as it exists today. From May 2009 up to early 2013, Max Blumenthal passed “many prolonged stays in the Holy Land,” from… Continue reading
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Terry Bell's 'Right to Fight' download
Now available for download (as pdfs – below) is this selection of 17 years of Inside Labour columns, illustrated by 19 Zapiro cartoons that summarise developments between the watershed years of 1996 (the SA Constitution) and 2012 (Marikana). [Brilliant cartoons by Zapiro. WB] Continue reading
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Terry Bell’s ‘Right to Fight’ download
Now available for download (as pdfs – below) is this selection of 17 years of Inside Labour columns, illustrated by 19 Zapiro cartoons that summarise developments between the watershed years of 1996 (the SA Constitution) and 2012 (Marikana). [Brilliant cartoons by Zapiro. WB] Continue reading
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Housmans Books News Update: Ticket offer/ Ralph Miliband Sale/ Late additions to October events
2 Otober 2013 — Housmans NEWS UPDATE1. Housmans Peace Diary 2014 2. Special Offer for Housmans supporters – half-price tickets to a benefit gig for our sister organisation Peace News‘COME OUT! WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED: A Celebration of People Power’ Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter September 2013
3 September 2013 — Housmans NEWS 1. Housmans New Online Shop – In Affiliation With Hive2. Peace News fundraiser: “Come Out! We Have You Surrounded!”3. The Cally Festival, Sunday 8th September 12-6pm Continue reading
The New Dark Age 