Network of reading groups to foster debate about ideas ‘vital for progressive politics in Britain’ – fed by classics and new titles the club will publish The Left Book Club has launched a crowdfunding appeal backed by Noam Chomsky to find aspiring new writers from all branches of the left, and create a network of left-leaning reading groups around Britain. Organisers are looking for £25,000 to develop its website as a hub for radical writers and book groups, and have raised more than £1,000 in 24 hours. The not-for-profit collective, which has produced a series of books on welfare, housing and Greece since launching in 2015, argues that “publishing great radical books – and facilitating conversation about the ideas they contain – [is] vital for the development of progressive politics in Britain”. Continue reading...
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