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Poetry for the Many - An Anthology
Jeremy Corbyn, Len Mccluskey; Introduction by Karie Murphy
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Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey collaborated to help achieve the
biggest electoral success for socialism in recent British history.
The two men share a passionate belief in a fairer, more equal
Britain, encapsulated in Labour’s election slogan “For the
many, not the few.” That slogan, inspired by Shelley’s famous
poem The Masque of Anarchy, points to something else the two have
in common: a lifelong enthusiasm for poetry. In this sparkling
anthology they discuss the poems that have moved and enlightened
them. Their choices travel over centuries and continents, with
poets ranging from Shakespeare and Juana de la Cruz, through
William Blake and Emily Dickinson, to Bertolt Brecht, Stevie Smith
and Linton Kwesi Johnson. Rounding out the collection are
appreciations of poems selected by guest contributors Melissa
Benn, Russell Brand, Rob Delaney, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ken Loach,
Morag Livingstone, Francesca Martinez, Karie Murphy, Maxine Peake,
Michael Rosen, Alexei Sayle and Gary Younge. With the
burgeoning popularity of poetry, especially among Gen Z, this
joyful celebration of the power of verse is bound to delight and
inspire across a wide audience. All royalties from sales of this
book will be donated to the Peace and Justice Project.
Steeped in conspiracy, scandal and socialism - the disappearance of
radical icon Victor Grayson is a puzzle that's never been solved. A
firebrand and Labour politician who rose to prominence in the early
twentieth century, Grayson was idolised by hundreds of thousands of
Britons but despised by the establishment. After a tumultuous life,
he walked out of his London apartment in September 1920 and was
never seen again. After a century, new documents have come to
light. Fragments of an unpublished autobiography, letters to his
lovers (both men and women), leading political and literary figures
including H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, and testimonies from
members of the Labour elite such as Clement Attlee have revealed
the real Victor Grayson. New research has uncovered the true events
leading up to his disappearance and suggests that he was actually
blackmailed by his former Party. In a time when homosexuality was
illegal, and socialism an international threat to capitalism,
Grayson was a clear target for those wanting to stamp out dissent.
This extraordinary biography reinstates to history a man who laid
the foundations for a whole generation of militant socialists in
Britain.
In his Preface to the 1902 first edition of Imperialism: A Study,
imperial critic J.A. Hobson demonstrates his prophetic talents by
noting, just as the Victorian age was ending and World War I was
brewing, that "Imperialism has been adopted as a more or less
conscious policy by several European States and threatens to break
down the political isolation of the United States." Though the book
speaks mostly of British imperialism of the period, Hobson
inevitably explores the general principals-and hidden motives-of
imperialist policy. Hobson covers: . the commercial value of
imperialism . imperialism as an outlet for population . economic
parasites of imperialism . imperialist finance . moral and
sentimental factors . and much more. With imperialism again a hot
topic in the political arena, Hobson's treatise continues to lend
invaluable, necessary insight into a complex ideology. British
writer JOHN ATKINSON HOBSON (1858-1940) was an historian and
economist as well as a popular lecturer on the topics. His other
books include The Evolution of Modern Capitalism (1894), The
Economics of Distribution (1900), The Economics of Unemployment
(1922), and the autobiographical Confessions of an Economic Heretic
(1938).
An old union rep, Joe, and his granddaughter, Arushi, spend a few
pleasant days together going over the history of the labour
movement. Over tea and sandwiches in his studio they consider the
whole wide sweep and points of connection throughout history.
Starting way back with the 14th-century Peasants' Revolt, taking in
the Levellers and the Luddites, the expansion of the unions in the
19th century, the height of their power in the `70s, and the great
conflicts and decline of the `80s. With a mix of serious research
and family jokes Joe and Arushi go into the complicated history,
the ideological battles, the class conflict, a consideration of
what unions are for, and what the future of unions may be.
Michael Manley is perhaps the most written about and the
best-chronicled leader of any Caribbean nation of the modern era.
Yet none of the three published biographies or the numerous
articles and analyses of his legacy as Jamaica’s most
controversial leader has succeeded in taking readers beyond his
public persona to reveal who Michael Manley really was – until
now – and in his own words. Truth be Told is not Michael
Manley’s autobiography, but it is as close to one the world will
ever get. Rather, it is the transcribed text of three years of
taped interviews conducted by his wife Glynne between 1993 and
1996. Manley passed in 1997. Here is Michael Manley, no doubt with
some presentiment of his impending mortality and having made a
sacred covenant with Glynne to tell nothing but the truth,
revealing his most intimate thoughts and feelings, recollections
and experiences from boyhood days to his exit from political life
and beyond. Twenty-two years after his passing, the release of
these interviews is an event unprecedented in the annals of the
political history of any nation. Their historical value is
priceless. Inevitably in the interviews, Manley expresses opinions
and makes comments that could be embarrassing and even hurtful to
public figures and their families. For this reason portions of the
raw text have been redacted but this has in no way, reduced the
impact and authenticity of the overall text.
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