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Now We Have Your Attention - The New Politics of the People (Hardcover)
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Now We Have Your Attention - The New Politics of the People (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R347
Discovery Miles 3 470
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"One of the most important and compelling books I've ever read, by
one of Britain's most gifted writers. If you want to understand why
we are in this crisis, listen to the voices all too often
airbrushed from the political conversation" OWEN JONES Now We Have
Your Attention makes sense of what is happening in British politics
by taking a radically different perspective: the people's. From a
warehouse in Manchester to a pub in Essex, from the outskirts of
Glasgow to a racecourse in Durham, Jack Shenker uncovers the root
causes of our current crisis and the future direction of British
politics through the lives of ordinary individuals. Taking us deep
into communities hollowed out by austerity and decades of economic
disadvantage, among a generation crippled by precarious work and
unaffordable housing, he shows where the chaos at Westminster
ultimately springs from - and how disillusionment with it is
fuelling a passionate engagement with politics of a completely
different kind: local, personal, effective and utterly fearless.
Joining a 'McStrike' protest on a roundabout in Cambridge and a
gathering of the London Renters' Union in the aftermath of
Grenfell, meeting hard-right bloggers in Newcastle and climate
change protesters in Brighton, Shenker draws on exceptional access
to campaign groups, activist movements and grassroots gatherings
throughout the country - including unique access to Momentum, who
have re-radicalised the Labour party from the outside in - to
introduce us to the citizens and leaders of tomorrow: people who
are changing things for themselves. Inspiring and terrifying in
equal measure, Now We Have Your Attention uncovers a revolutionary
transformation in attitudes and behaviour, and a future that will
shape us all.
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