CAPITALIST SUPERHEROES – Caped Crusaders in the Neoliberal Age
By Dan Hassler-Forest, Zero Books
Just read this excellent book which echoes my mind-set in Marshal Law. Law was always more than a satire on men in capes, it is also a critique on the fortresses of the establishment – hence the hero hunter’s attack on the US corporations trading with the enemy in World War 2 and the role of the US in Vietnam. Continue reading
An important and unique book
Just received James Heartfield’s An Unpatriotic History of the Second World War, kindly sent to me by Tariq Goddard, novelist and publisher at Zero Books. It’s a really important and unique book and I can’t wait to read and review it.
Previous titles in this genre, which I’ve made a special study of, include James Bacque’s Crimes And Mercies: The fate of German civilians under allied occupation, 1944-1950; Sean Longden’s To The Victor The Spoils: D-Day to VE Day, the reality behind the heroism; and Clive Ponting’s 1940 Myth And Reality. All three were insightful and revealing, but only cover aspects of the war. And Ponting’s book is still written by a member of the establishment. This book, however, is absolute dynamite!
It’s the kind of book I was looking for when I wanted to carry Charley’s War into WW2. But it didn’t exist. More soon!
Pat Mills 