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Clear Bright Future by Paul Mason
Radical arguments for a new humanism
Tackling big issues: Paul Mason
[Marta Jara El Diario]
Reviews of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tamikrest, and Dub Colossus
The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
AS A broadcast journalist for the best part of two decades, Paul Mason has reported from the front lines of revolts across the world and in his books sought to theorise about them with a far-seeing eye.
After covering the so-called Arab Spring in Why It’s All Kicking Off Everywhere, he argued that the new agent of history is the networked individual. As social-democratic parties across Europe collapsed, his book Postcapitalism provided an alternative to rearguard welfarism by illustrating how digital technologies are already paving the way towards a more co-operative economic model.
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