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A new kind of angry brigade lEttErs and noticEboard JErEmy Hardy tHinks...
08 PlattitudEsTheworldaccording to Steve Platt
13 know your EnEmy Back to business as usual
26 mikE marqusEE
No turning back
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tEmPEraturE gaugE Zero carbon Britain booktoPia Nina Power
54 FilmrEviEws
South of the Border and Beyond the Tipping Point?
58 craFt work Matthew herbert talks to Brendan Montague about music, production and capitalism
61 book rEviEws Secret Affairs, More Work! Less Pay!
Speaking Truth to Power, Against the Wall, Dreamers of a New Day
64 classic book tHE sEcond sEx
Simone de Beauvoir’s seminal work is still essential, writes roSie GerMain
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