A review by tildahlia
Trigger Warnings: political correctness and the rise of the right by Jeff Sparrow

3.0

3.5 - I really rate Sparrow’s writing so hoped for more out of this book. I was wary of it as the title seemed annoyingly provocative and sneering but was encouraged by others to give it a go. It has some good points for those in the post-election doldrums (the importance of community connection, organising and civil disobedience and smug politics) but overall quite lumpy. Some chapters say a lot, some say very little. He also doesn’t really talk to ‘ordinary people’ and just quotes lots of academics and commentators which kind of seems to be what he derides in the left?! Also the failure to talk about the decline of the union movement and offer current solutions to current problems felt like a pretty big omission.