Books
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Book Review: To the Barricades! Then and Now… By Peter Monaghan
In a new book, The Insurgent Barricade (University of California Press), Mark Traugott relates the history of “the most striking embodiment” of the revolutionary spirit of the times. And it is the dissemination of “barricade consciousness” that most interests the scholar, a professor of history and sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books London Events Newsletter March 2011
22 February, 2011 — Housmans NEWS 1. Ebooks now available from Housmans! 2. Volunteer fundraising cleaner 3. Getting ready for the national anti-cuts demo on the 26th IN-STORE EVENTS 4. ‘Canada’s Genocide: One Man’s Journey to Uncover the Truth’ with Rev Kevin Annett 5. ‘Eleven Reasons to Resist the Con-Dem Cuts’ with Neil Faulkner 6. Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: an update
After a month in hospitals, cussing doctors and wanting to escape, Joe Bageant is back home in his own bed in Winchester. He is continuing the chemotherapy as an out-patient. Continue reading
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NEW LEFT PROJECT: DAN HIND & RICHARD SEYMOUR
1 February, 2011 — Cafe Oto Tonight, Tuesday 1 February ’11 £4 adv. / £5 on the door [I know it’s short notice but I only got the info this am. Ed] Our politicians, now carrying out wholesale transformation of British society without a democratic mandate, have ever-decreasing legitimacy. Two of Britain’s leading radical writers, Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books London – Events Newsletter for February 2011
21 January, 2011 — Housmans NEWS 1. Student article competition 2. Housmans sale continues into February IN-STORE EVENTS 3. ‘Ecology & Anarchism’ with Brian Morris 4. The Kettled Generation Speaks Out! 5. ‘Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music’ with Rob Young 6. The Short Film Movement 7. ‘Canada’s Genocide: One Man’s Journey to Uncover the Continue reading
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A note from Joe Bageant
6 January, 2011 I got this email from my dear friend Joe the other day. He is currently receiving treatment at a Veterans hospital. Please send him a get well note, I’m sure he’ll appreciate it. Dear friends, associates and fellow travelers, As you may or may not know, I have been struck down by Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, London Events Newsletter for January 2011
4 January, 2011 – Housmans NEWS 1. Supporters Cards are here! 2. Massive January Sale 3. Free ‘Peace Not War’ double CD with every Peace Diary or peace book IN-STORE EVENTS 4. ‘Hobson’s Imperialism’ presented by Jeremy Corbyn MP, Alex Callinicos and Nathaniel Mehr 5. ‘Restless Revolutionaries’ with Clive Bloom 6. ‘Ecology & Anarchism’ with Continue reading
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Book Review: Britain’s dangerous double games By Tapani Lausti
Curtis’s latest book opens up a weird world where British national interests are promoted by collusion with forces which at first sight have nothing to do with those interests. This is how Curtis sums it all up: ‘Islamist groups have long performed a variety of key functions for British foreign policy, as we have seen… Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, London Events Newsletter for December 2010 – January 2011
30 November, 2010 — Housmans NEWS 1. Loyalty cards and events charging 2. The Spirit Level IN-STORE EVENTS 3. ‘John Lennon’s Poetry and Politics’ with Tim Biancalana 4. ‘Hobson’s Imperialism’ presented by Jeremy Corbyn MP, Alex Callinicos and Nathaniel Mehr 5. ‘Restless Revolutionaries’ with Clive Bloom 6. ‘Ecology & Anarchism’ with Brian Morris Continue reading
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George W. Bush can’t fight for freedom and authorise torture By Boris Johnson
It is not yet clear whether George W Bush is planning to cross the Atlantic to flog us his memoirs, but if I were his PR people I would urge caution. As book tours go, this one would be an absolute corker. It is not just that every European capital would be brought to a… Continue reading
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Housmans Seasonal Reading Recommendations
Last year Housmans launched our online bookshop, offering a much-needed ethical alternative to Amazon. Amazon continues to use their near-monopoly position to squeeze publishers, and still prevents unionisation amongst their poorly-paid workforce, with sackings and intimidations commonplace for those who try. Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, London Newsletter of events November 2010
2 November, 2010 — Housmans NEWS 1. Loyalty cards and events charging 2. Coalition of Resistance National Organising Conference 3. Housmans Plastic Bag Free Zone EVENTS 4. ‘Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory’ with Debora M. Withers 5. ‘Politics & Song’ with Leon Rosselson 6. ‘Class in British Cinema’ with Carl Neville 7. ‘Electric Eden: Continue reading
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No More Waiting: Holmes And Watson Roll Again By the Winter Patriot
I have been away for more than a week, and during that time at least three or four readers have been waiting patiently for Chapter 20 of my factual/fictional work-in-progress, in which Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are investigating the mysterious death of Welsh code-breaker Gareth Williams. Continue reading
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Creating a Public Sphere By Dan Hind interviewed by Samuel Grove
At present the content of public opinion largely derives from the products of state-owned and commercial institutions. Our knowledge of the world, and our knowledge of others’ opinions – our knowledge of ourselves, even – all comes from institutions that have been demonstrably unreliable in recent years. And this unreliability stems from their structure; it… Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books London, Events Newsletter for October 2010
28 September, 2010 — Housmans NEWS 1. Peace Diary 2011 – coming very soon! EVENTS 2. ‘Afrocolombians for the land and against militarism’ with Jota Ramos 3. ‘The struggle for West Papuan’s indigenous rights’ with Rosa Moiwend 4. Mouvement Communiste present: ‘Workers’ Struggle in China’ 5. ‘Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy’ with Matthew Alford 6. Continue reading
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Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: THE ATTACK ON THE GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA AND HOW IT CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT
We are delighted to inform you that “Midnight on the Mavi Marmara”, the story of the Israel’s bloody assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, is available online. Continue reading
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Down Under Radio interviews with Joe Bageant on his new book ‘Rainbow Pie – A Memoir of Redneck America’
4 September, 2010 Joe Bageant is on a two-week tour of Australia and New Zealand where he is talking about his new book, Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir, a new release by Scribe Publications. Listen to the interview. I will be publishing a review of the book shortly. Continue reading
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