The New Corporation: Joel Bakan interviewby Ian SinclairMorning Star17 March 2021 Published in 2004 alongside the 2003 film documentary of the same name, Joel Bakan’s The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power was a timely and influential critique of the central institution of contemporary capitalism. Bakan, Professor of Law at the University of […]
Book review. The New Corporation: How “Good” Corporations Are Bad For Democracy by Joel Bakanby Ian SinclairPeace NewsAugust-September 2021 Published in 2004 alongside the film documentary of the same name, Joel Bakan’s The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power was a timely and influential assault on the central institution of contemporary capitalism. Bakan […]
The importance of knowing our own strength: the anti-war movement and UK foreign policyby Ian SinclairMorning Star28 June 2021 Though considered an abject failure by many, the enormous anti-war movement against the 2003 Iraq War has had a number of long-lasting impacts on British politics and society. One unfortunate effect is, nearly 20 years later, […]
Book review: How To Start A Revolution by Ruaridh Arrowby Ian SinclairPeace NewsJune-July 2021 Having directed the award-winning 2011 documentary about Gene Sharp, How To Start A Revolution, Ruaridh Arrow has now published an engrossing biography of the man who CNN once called ‘the father of nonviolent struggle’. Sharp, who died in 2018 aged 90, led […]
Book review. Parents For A Future: How Loving Our Children Can Prevent Climate Collapse by Rupert Readby Ian SinclairMorning Star3 May 2021 RUPERT Read’s latest book on the climate crisis is underpinned by the realisation pretty much all of us are “in some form or another of climate denial” – about honestly facing up to […]
Book review: Collateral Damage by Steve Howellby Ian SinclairMorning Star15 April 2021FROM Reagan-loving Republican Tom Clancy, to the Conservative Frederick Forsyth and Jonathan Freedland’s rose-tinted views of Democratic presidents, political thrillers are often underpinned by some unpleasant, power-friendly politics. Which makes Steve Howell’s Collateral Damage a welcome addition to the genre. The book’s politics are […]
Where is the Left on Zero Covid?by Ian SinclairMorning Star9 April 2021 “There is… no credible route to a zero covid Britain or indeed a zero covid world”, Boris Johnson told the House of Commons on 22 February. “We cannot persist indefinitely with restrictions that debilitate our economy, our physical and mental well-being, and the […]
Book review. Twyford Rising: Land and Resistance by Helen Beynon with Chris Gillhamby Ian SinclairMorning Star23 February 2021 IN 1989 the Thatcher government announced the “biggest road-building programme since the Romans”. One of the new schemes was the M3 extension past Winchester across Twyford Down. With local groups having fought the planned road for decades […]
Book review. In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action. Vicky Osterweilby Ian SinclairPeace NewsMarch 2021 Written in the wake of the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, Vicky Osterweil’s central argument is that looting and rioting are positive actions, which ‘in most instances… transform and build a nascent moment into a movement’. She […]
“There is no acceptable level of transmission”: Zero Covid campaign interviewby Ian SinclairMorning Star20 January 2021 On 13 January official figures showed a record daily 1,564 new covid fatalities in the UK, shamefully taking the total number of deaths from covid in the country to over 100,000. In response to this ongoing government-made national catastrophe, […]
