Böcker av Paddy Docherty

Swift Volume One (black and white edition) is the inaugural edition of a new arts and politics publication aimed at speaking out against the rise of fascism in the UK and our populist government. Founder Leanne Warren has worked with a collaborative of artists, photographers, bloggers, writers, poets and academics (The Swift Collaborative) to create this bi-annual publication. Featured contributors include anti-fascist historian Dr Louise Raw, historian of empire Paddy Docherty and composer Dr Richard Norris. List of contents & contributors: Foreword by Paddy DochertyDr Louise Raw: No Pasaran! Why a Woman's Place is in Anti-fascismDeath by Brexit - Wendy NowakCorruption in Plain Sight - Nigel DaviesPoetry by Mandoline WordsmithSolidarity! A story about Scotland, Solidarity against dictatorship, and the connection between fascism and Brexit - by Paddy DochertyPoetry by A Yorkshire PoetTwo World Wars and One World Cup by Jim PoolLed by Donkeys & Hassan Akkad - A Message from the white cliffs of DoverLauren Caldwell - "È un casino."A Covid 19 Timeline from Led by DonkeysFrom the Heart of Lockdown by Mrs AitchbeeTriggered - Diary of a Madman - by Martin, againPoetry by Laura-Ding EdwardsClimate Change - A world in Crisis by Nigel DaviesMENTAL HEALTH: Therapist Mita Mistry - Finding Happiness and Hope Amid UncertaintyAusterity's Victims by Neil CarpenterThe grim outlook for music education - Dr Richard NorrisNo to Brexit Chaos - Magdalena WilliamsI have abolished the honours system and I suggest that you do too - Paddy DochertyThrough the Lens by Simone RudolphiMaking Sense of It All by Nigel Davies'Experiences of racism' - from the Dad of Joel BaccasLondon Black Lives Matter Protests by Alice Mason3.5% - Making Your Voice Heard by Jan AltendorffAutonomous Civil Disobedience by Kirsty NeilTaking a Small Stand: 3.5% by Chris 'Doc Strange' TaylorMeet 'EU Supergirl' Madeleina KaySODEM at Chequers by Chris 'Doc Strange' TaylorWork Together or Fail - Jon JohnsonBook Club - reviews & recommendations by Simon Ferrigno & Simone RudolphiArtwork by Ceris Jones, Rachael House, Pauline Plug, Lauren Caldwell, Madeleina Kay, Mrs Aitchbee, Fiona Mary, and Leanne WarrenSwift Volume One colour edition is available here: https: //www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KWRYRKN/

An incisive history revealing BritainΓÇÖs conquest of the Kingdom of Benin and the plunder of its fabled Bronzes. The Benin Bronzes are among the British MuseumΓÇÖs most prized possessions. Celebrated for their great beauty, they embody the history, myth and artistry of the ancient Kingdom of Benin, once West AfricaΓÇÖs most powerful, and today part of Nigeria. But despite the BronzesΓÇÖ renown, little has been written about the brutal imperial violence with which they were plundered. Paddy DochertyΓÇÖs searing new history tells that story: the 1897 British invasion of Benin. Armed with shocking details discovered in the archives, Blood and Bronze sets this assault in its late Victorian context. As British power faced new commercial and strategic pressures elsewhere, it ruthlessly expanded in West Africa. Revealing both the extent of African resistance and previously concealed British outrages, this is a definitive account of the destruction of Benin. Laying bare the EmpireΓÇÖs true motives and violent means, including the official coverup of grotesque sexual crimes, Docherty demolishes any moral argument for Britain retaining the Bronzes, making a passionate case for their immediate repatriation to Nigeria.