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?
Persuasive points on new politics from the left
Hilary Wainwright's analysis of the recent upsurge in anti-capitalist movements is well worth reading, says PAUL SIMON
A New Politics from the Left
by Hilary Wainwright
(Polity Books, £9.99)
THIS book is a reminder of why Hilary Wainwright is one of contemporary British socialism’s most perceptive and thoughtful writers.
Yet, while there is much which the socialist reader will agree with and be intrigued by, hers is by no means a perfect analysis in advancing ideas about a “new politics” from the left.
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