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One of the greatest poets of the last half-century, his work evokes the loss of his homeland and is suffused with the pain of dispossession and exile. Here, his close friends John Berger and Rema Hammami present a beautiful new translation of two of Darwish’s later works: his long masterpiece Mural, a contemplation of his life and work written following life-threatening surgery, and his last poem,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dice Player\u003c\/i\u003e, which Darwish read in Ramallah a month before his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with original drawings by John Berger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"c-product-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"metafield-rich_text_field\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Darwish’s poetry is an epic effort to transform the lyrics of loss into the indefinitely postponed drama of return.\"\u003cbr\u003eEdward Said\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The most celebrated writer of verse in the Arab world.\"\u003cbr\u003eAdam Shatz,  The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The translation is very fine . . . It's a joy to read and among the very best Palestinian literature.\"\u003cbr\u003eRaja Shehadeh, author of Palestinian Walks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Did as much as anyone to forge a Palestinian national consciousness.\"\u003cbr\u003ePeter Clark,  The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"an exquisitely designed book, enhanced by several of Berger's evocative drawings ... Mural is a spiraling and circuitous poem, alive with swerves and sly twists, moving along corridors that dead-end only to open out unexpectedly into detours and hidden passageways. That single adjective, conspicuous in Darwish's spare style, presages the very structure of Mural.\"\u003cbr\u003eEric Ormsby,  Bookforum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/  Verso \/ 80\u003cspan\u003e pages \/ April 2024 \/ 9781804297117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55920674930761,"sku":"vci1787266104088","price":15.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7185\/7993\/files\/mural-mahmoud-darwish_1.png?v=1787266109"},{"product_id":"gaza-the-story-of-a-genocide-fatima-bhutto-and-sonia-faleiro-eds","title":"Gaza: The Story of a Genocide – Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro, eds","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaza: The Story of a Genocide\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis an urgent and powerful collection of personal testimony, poetry, art, and frontline reportage. Together, these works bear witness to the vast and ongoing destruction in­flicted on the Palestinian people—their lives, their land, and their future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAhmed Alnaouq recounts the devastating loss of twenty-one family members. Noor Alyacoubi offers a searing reflection on starvation. Mariam Barghouti examines the brutality of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, while Eman Bashir describes the phenomenon of a “wounded child, no surviving family.” These voices, among many others, illuminate the endur­ing psychological, physical, and generational toll of state violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith contributions from recipients of the Palestine Book Award, Arab American Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award, National Book Award, and Gandhi Peace Award, this collection also honors the late poet Hiba Abu Nada—killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Khan Younis, Gaza, on October 20, 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll royalties will be donated directly to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"c-product-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-product-reviews__all-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"c-product-reviews__reviews-group\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eAn absolutely vital compendium of intellectual and emotional scholarship about not only the ongoing grotesquerie of crimes committed against the Palestinian people, but the very nature of colonialism and apartheid. There is so much incisive, fearless and honest writing here, but also immense beauty of language, immense humanity. This is a landmark anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eOmar El Akkad, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eThis book offers a glimpse into the way this genocide is changing who we are as Palestinians and the way that it is molding our view of ourselves and of the world around us. The Nakba of 1948 was a formative point in the development of modern Palestinian identity. Even for the Palestinians born after the Nakba, we were raised to see this event as the worst moment of our lives and that we as individuals and as a people should strive to overturn that catastrophic moment. The genocide in Gaza is a historical event of equal magnitude that will reshape Palestinian identity for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eGhassan Abu-Sittah, co-author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eReconstructing the War Injured Patient\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eThis absorbing collection uses—to remarkable effect—a variety of forms and voices to convey the devastating reality of Gaza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eKamila Shamsie, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ref=\"content\" id=\"3511-gaza-all-reviews\" class=\"c-product-reviews__reviews-group c-product-reviews__toggle-reviews\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Additional reviews\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-ref=\"inner\" class=\"c-product-reviews__inner\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eThis book comes at a time when so many feel there are no more words left to describe the second Nakba unfolding in Gaza. Yet every writer in these pages reminds us that there are words still to speak, and silence is not an option. Enraged, defiant, mournful, and yes, hopeful, the writings in Gaza shed light on a world devouring itself with astonishing cruelties. To read this magnificent, wide-ranging book is an act of reclamation of the dead, of the still living, and those yet to be born in Gaza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eMaaza Mengiste, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the Booker Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eThe horror is real. As this book shows, so is the commitment to fighting it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eBenjamin Moser, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSontag: Her Life and Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eThe ongoing horror of the Palestinian genocide in Gaza, undertaken by Israel and abetted by the United States, livestreamed and posted 24\/7 for the uncaring world to see, remains difficult to fully comprehend. So perhaps it is best then, whenever possible, to give Palestinians a voice. Here then is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaza: The Story of a Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e, with contributions from some of the greatest Palestinian and Arab writers working today, including Mosab Abu Toha, Susan Abulhawa, Omar Barghouti, Huda J. Fakhreddine, Lina Mounzer, and Mary Turfah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eEditors Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro present twenty contributions from a wide range of Palestinian perspectives — poets and writers, doctors and academics, artists and organizers…The contributors bear witness to unspeakable brutality and callousness and disregard for human life. Yet somehow, as the writer Eman Basher notes in her essay, Gaza is a place where hope is the ultimate act of defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eBrian Tanguay\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalifornia Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eThis haunting and informative collection of personal accounts, reporting, poetry, art, and photographs by prominent Palestinian writers and artists fills in the backstory of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and provides some unexpected perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eJournalists and Books for Gaza cofounders Bhutto and Faleiro bring together a ‘record of the human toll’ of Israel’s genocide in Palestine in this arresting anthology. The collection contains a moving mix of history, personal essay, and poetry on what contributor Yara Hawari describes as ‘one of the most brutal assaults on human life in recent history’…a maddening glimpse of the massacre unfolding in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eThis crucial anthology offers firsthand accounts of the genocide in Gaza and reflects on the importance of storytelling, particularly in life’s most challenging moments. Enraging and heartbreaking to read, it’s imperative we bear witness to the atrocities and act upon the glimmers of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eKarla J. Strand\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eReaders will find a corrective to the Israel First ideology and policy that Uncle Sam and ruling classes in Western countries such as Germany facilitate despite growing opposition from the American and global public watching the carnage on their cell phones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eSeth Sandronsky\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCounterpunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eAmid Israel’s assault on truth telling, a book like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaza: The Story of a Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis all the more relevant. In its pages, Palestinians share their stories in their own words, and in their own genres. A face on a screen becomes a voice in your head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eColeson Smith\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Seminar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eBest Nonfiction of 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ref=\"frame\" class=\"c-product-reviews__button-frame\"\u003ePaperback \/ \u003cspan\u003e304 pages \/ October 2025 \/ 9781836742241\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55920675160137,"sku":"aet1787266105067","price":13.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7185\/7993\/files\/gaza-the-story-of-a-genocide-fatima-bhutto-and-sonia-faleiro-eds_1.webp?v=1787266109"},{"product_id":"view-large-hold-everything-dear-dispatches-on-survival-and-resistance-john-berger","title":"View large Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance – John Berger","description":"\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--15135263850557__product\" class=\"shopify-section main-product-section a-bg-default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-container l-container--wide\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-product-detail__end\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful meditation on political resistance and the global search for justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the ‘ War on Terror’ to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic dislocation in the Middle East, Berger explores the uses of art as an instrument of political resistance. Visceral and passionate,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHold Everything Dear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a profound meditation on the far extremes of human behaviour, and the underlying despair. Looking at Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq, he makes an impassioned attack on the poverty and loss of freedom at the heart of such unnecessary suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays offer reflections on the political at the core of artistic expression and at the center of human existence itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"c-product-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-product-reviews__all-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"c-product-reviews__reviews-group\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eJohn Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel, how to stare at things till we see what we thought wasn’t there. But above all he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003eArundhati Roy, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"c-product-reviews__review-block\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-product-reviews__quote\"\u003eOne of the most influential intellectuals of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"c-product-reviews__source\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-product-reviews__author\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003ePaperback \/ \u003cspan\u003e160 pages \/ March 2025 \/ 9781804298251\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55920675323977,"sku":"vkm1787266106891","price":13.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7185\/7993\/files\/view-large-hold-everything-dear-dispatches-on-survival-and-resistance-john-berge_1.png?v=1787266111"},{"product_id":"workers-and-the-world-fighting-ecological-crisis-from-within-lorenzo-feltrin","title":"Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within – Lorenzo Feltrin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConnecting workplace struggles with community movements to confront today's ecological crisis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorkers are not doomed to be merely the victims of environmental devastation. As Lorenzo Feltrin shows, they can be key actors in preventing it. Because labour supports an unsustainable system of endless growth, it holds a central place in any strategy for our long-term survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBringing Italian workerist theory into dialogue with a range of traditions from dependency theory to ecofeminism, Feltrin examines the intersection of labour and nature across the globe. By addressing several urgent dimensions of the ecological crisis, such as automation, precarious employment, imperialism and social reproduction, he offers a new framework for understanding how labour struggles and environmental justice are intertwined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lorenzo Feltrin shows us that there are many alternatives to the authoritarian rule of fossil capital, but also to capital as a social relation, since workers essentially reproduce capital. Organised workers and local communities are at the core of struggles for environmental justice and an ecological transition from below. Workers and the World shows the relevance of operaismo. A must read!\"\u003cbr\u003e- Ulrich Brand, University of Vienna and co-author of the books \u003cem\u003eImperial Mode of Living\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCapitalism at the Limit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Can workers win the world for humanity? In this synthesis of shop floor and study, Lorenzo Feltrin makes the most compelling case yet for the ecological potentials of working-class politics. 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It is a compelling on-the-ground account of how workers brought the country to a standstill for nine extraordinary days. Callum Cant and Matthew Lee take us on a journey through a Britain living on its nerves, from the London docklands to the South Wales coalfields and the railways and warehouses of middle England. Churchill feared that labour militancy presaged a Bolshevik-style revolution. The question of power hung in the air as rank-and-file militants pursued a chaotic, improvised and wildly uneven confrontation with the British ruling class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is social history at its most immediate and relevant. 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He demonstrates that, from its beginnings, the game had wide popular appeal and examines the role of British commercial and military interests as well as that of newcomers from Italy, Spain and Portugal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the moment when Uruguay won the Olympic football tournament in 1924 to Argentina’s bizarre appearance in the World Cup final of 1990, international success on the pitch brought with it prestige and influence abroad. At home, Mason shows how dictators used football to ensure political passivity. He concludes by asking if the attention focused on football in Latin America today is exaggerated or whether the game truly is the “passion of the people.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"No other book has taken an overview of soccer and politics in Latin America as a whole. Academics, politicians, fans, take note: keep it handy at every World Cup.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Andrew Graham-Yoll,  \u003cem\u003eBuenos Aires Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tony Mason plays fulsome tribute to the history of South American football, and in terms of passion for the game he reveals that Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay leave the British trailing well behind.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Alan Green,  BBC Radio Sport\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \/ 196 \u003cspan\u003epages \/ May 1995 \/ 9780860916673\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55920676012105,"sku":"kbf1787266109862","price":13.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7185\/7993\/files\/passion-of-the-people-football-in-south-america-tony-mason_1.webp?v=1787266114"}],"url":"https:\/\/streetclad.shop\/collections\/books.oembed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}