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By (author) Sarkar, Ash
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The explosive debut from political commentator Ash Sarkar, Minority Rule breaks down how the power of ordinary people is under attack by an elite minority – and how we can focus our energy on the real problem at hand.
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**The instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar, now available in paperback with a brand new afterword**
”One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation”
NAOMI KLEIN
”Delivers its message with punch and panache … A joy to read” GUARDIAN
”If leftists feel they have been stumbling around in the darkness, Minority Rule flicks on the light” STANDARD
Minority rule (noun): an irrational fear fuelled by right-wing pundits, lobby journalists and billionaires, that minority groups are displacing majority populations.
We all know that the modern world is in crisis. But it’s not just a crisis for the climate, or of living standards – it’s a ‘blame crisis’. Whether it’s infighting on the left or the demonisation of immigrants on the right, there’s always a new talking point to distract us from real, systemic change.
Now is the time to realise that we have been duped into fighting with each other; now is the time to redirect our outrage towards those who deserve it.
In Minority Rule, political commentator Ash Sarkar offers a sharp and lively reality check. Whether it’s exposing the origins of the ‘white working class’, or examining how ‘non-events’ have taken over journalism, this book – now with a brand new afterword – will help you break the blame cycle for good.
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Ash Sarkar is one of the
boldest and
most exciting thinkers of her generation
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brilliantly bracing polemic
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An exegesis of the playbook of the right … [Sarkar] is one of the most refreshing, salient voices on the left. For many progressives, the last decade has felt like something akin to a slow descent into madness, or falling victim to a collective, large-scale gaslighting campaign. With spectacular clarity and genuine wit, Sarkar puts her arm around their shoulders, offers a little tough love, and invites them to step out of the mist. If leftists feel they have been stumbling around in the darkness, Minority Rule flicks on the light
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Sarkar has the inestimable advantage of being right … We”ve been had. The truth is not online. The truth is about who owns what – and who doesn”t … Changing the world, as Marx famously said, is the point. But how? Sarkar”s gambit would appear to be, start by getting people to see the world clearly. Minority Rule is a good start … Sarkar is candid; she examines her own past errors. She is often funny … Pick up this book. The future is at stake
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A Marxist critique of left-liberal politics that delivers its message with punch and panache … She prosecutes her case with more panache and punchiness, more hilarity, than is usual from the dour quarters of British political punditry. Her hyper-caffeinated prose and acid observations are unquestionably a joy to read … Sarkar cultivates the image of a sassy social commentator, a sort of Tariq Ali of looking at your phone a lot
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Original, vivid, reflective … Feels like it”s written by a really sage old philosopher, sequestered away in the corner of the university, but who is somehow across pop culture to be able to make references that you find funny and have touchstones with … A marvellous piece of writing
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I love a book which confounds your expectations. And Minority Rule is definitely that. It”s the sort of book actually you wish you”d written.
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