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'I started reading this and couldn't stop. It's a remarkable piece
of work, and very revealing. A stirring rendition of a people's
revolution'- Noam Chomsky 'The deepest and most comprehensive
account of Egypt's revolution in the English language' - Paul Mason
Egypt is a nation in turmoil, caught in a cycle of revolution and
counter-revolution. In The Egyptians: A Radical Story, Jack Shenker
uncovers the historical roots of today's unrest and reveals a land
divided between two irreconcilable political orders: authoritarian
power and grassroots resistance. Challenging conventional analyses
that focus only on the battle between Islamists and secular forces,
he travels the Arab World's most populous country to explore other,
far more important fault lines - the communities waging war against
transnational corporations, the people subverting long-established
gender norms, the workers seizing control of their factories, and
the novelists, graffiti artists and back-alley DJs defying their
repressive regime. Showing that the revolution was no isolated
episode but rather part of an ongoing struggle against state
authority and economic exclusion, Shenker explains why recent
events are so threatening to elites both inside Egypt and abroad.
While Egyptian rulers seek to eliminate dissent, seeded within the
politics of the young generation are forms of democracy, social
justice and resistance that could yet change the world.
'One of the most important and compelling books I've ever read...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.
"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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