Book description
"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." -
Rosa Luxemburg
In this considered and polemical piece, Dan Hancox examines a world
in which our fates are no longer governed by elected representatives
with shirts and ties, but abstract finance. Where the problem is not
so much false consciousness as blurred consciousness. He examines the
'spectacle of capitalism' that has stymied political activism for so
long and how the closing months of 2010 saw a surge in rage that
continues as the youth of Britain is waking up from its malaise in the
face of provocation and the cuts programme.
Beginning in the stifling kettle on Westminster Bridge, Hancox
weaves on-the-ground reportage with political theory to describe and
explain the growth of movements like UK Uncut, the University for
Strategic Optimism and other actions to create a better society. An
anthem for kettled youth, this ebook is a stake in the ground
signalling the rebirth of the curiosity of a generation breaking free
of its shackles.
BRAIN SHOTS is the pre-eminent source for high quality, short-form
digital non-fiction. The Summer of Unrest series brings
together stellar writers to explore the issues surrounding the
austerity measures in the UK, uprisings in the Middle East and the
nature of the protest movements springing up all over the world.
Dan Hancox is a freelance writer whose work on music and politics
appears in the
Guardian
,
New Statesman
,
Prospect
,
Q
Magazine and the
National
, among others. He is the author of
My Fellow Americans
and the editor of the free ebook
Fight Back! A Reader on the Winter
of Protest
.
