A Painter of Our Time and Corker's Freedom, two beautiful new editions of two of John Berger's early novels, gain praise and admiration from the New Statesman and Times Literary Supplement.
Max Saunders, reviewing for the the Times Literary Supplement, remarks "these reissues are a welcome reminder of the seriousness and versatility of Berger's contribution to British post-war fiction."
André Schiffrin speaks to Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, Paris Correspondent of the Irish Times about Words & Money and whether publishing companies continue to support serious writing with "the printed word under siege."
In his review of Rebel Rank and File for In These Times, Joe Burns commends the new collection for "bringing to life [a] fascinating period in labor history," and for pointing the way to "another path to union renewal" at a time when "organized labor's strategies are not working."
Long before today's quieted labor movement came the turbulent 1970s, with its militant picket lines and industry-wide strikes. During this often-ignored period of U.S. labor history, workers tenaciously fought back against employers committed to eroding hard-won union gains. In contrast to today's staff-driven labor movement, workplaces teemed with radical rank-and-file caucuses and wildcat strikes.
Keith Gessen's "A Year in Reading" for The Millions includes, we were relieved to note, David Harvey's Limits to Capital and Immanuel Wallerstein's Historical Capitalism. If you, like Gessen, would like "to get to the bottom of things by reading Capital," we would also recommend Harvey's A Companion to Marx's Capital—"without a doubt one of the two best companions to Marx's [Capital]" according the the Nation.
Visit The Millions to read Gessen's post in full.
Peter Hallward gives his analysis of the tuition fees ("one of the most reactionary and ill-conceived pieces of legislation in this country's history") for the Times Higher Education. The piece is also a personal account of the protests of 9th December, including the injuring by police of Middlesex student Alfie Meadows.
My partner and I found him wandering in Parliament Square a little after 6pm, pale and distraught, looking for a way to go home. He had a large lump on the right side of his head.