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Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee was born in New York and migrated to Britain in 1971, age 18. Since then he's lived mostly in London, where he has been active in numerous campaigns for social justice. For twenty years, until 2000, he was a member of the British Labour Party, working (largely without success) to stop the party's takeover by the forces of 'New Labour'. More recently he has been involved with the anti-war and Palestine solidarity movements.Mike has written extensively about the politics of culture, including sport, music and the visual arts. He has writen books on a variety of topics, including the politics of cricket in both England and south Asia, Muhammad Ali (Redemption Song), Bob Dylan (Wicked Messenger), and, most recently, If I Am Not for Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew (Verso, 2008). Mike contributes columns to The Hindu (in India) and Red Pepper (in Britian). His published aticles and comment on his books can be found on www.mikemarqusee.com
The Guardian 6 April 2013 Receiving a cancer diagnosis, and with it, at times, a harsh prognosis, is inevitably a strange and…
1200 BC: The world’s first industrial action … rescuing the past for the future Contending for the living Red Pepper, April-May 2013…
Like travellers since Alexander, we started at the pyramids. After a spell in Cairo’s medieval quarter, followed by a visit to the…
When CLR James’ Beyond A Boundary was first published fifty years ago, the sociology of sport and the politics of popular culture…
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As we approach the tenth anniversary of the global anti-war protest of February 15th, 2003, people are bound to ask what it…
I woke early on Wednesday morning to check the results. First, I was relieved. Romney had failed, and more importantly the bigots…
For a long time I was perplexed by the phenomenon of “survivor’s guilt”. While I recognised it as a reality, a terrible…
This is a companion piece to my column in Red Pepper, which chronicles the hopes and frustrations of the revolutionary year of…