The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
Britain and the Dictatorships of Argentina and Chile, 1973-8:
Foreign Policy, Corporations and Social Movements
by Grace Livingstone
(Palgrave Macmillan, £79.99)
DON’T let the rather cumbersome title of Grace Livingstone’s book put you off, even if the price might, because it's a very readable and pioneering work. Although Livingstone is scrupulously accurate and bases her arguments on extensive research, she makes little secret of where her sympathies lie — and they are not with dictators or arms manufacturers.
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
STEPHEN ARNELL looks back to when protesters took to the streets in London demand to Irish liberty, fair pay and free speech — and wonders what’s changed in 138 years
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America


