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Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Romance and Revolution
Ken Fuller concocts a thrilling blend of the personal and political in saga of militant trade unionist
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
ALL credit to Ken Fuller. After Love and Labour, the mighty opening tome in his Red Button Years series, he’s avoided the “sequel sag.”
Romance and Revolution delivers the same compelling combination that marked out the original as one of my fiction books of 2020.
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