Goodbye United KingdomDescent Into Chaos 2015 – 2022. E-book. Formato EPUB Josh White   -  The Battleground, 2022  - 

If it happened, he wrote about it. Whether working as a finance journalist or dissecting Labour Antisemitism, for the last decade, Josh White has covered nearly every corner of the British Isles.Writing for publications such as The New Statesman, Novara Media, and The Morning Star, The Battleground’s London editor has amassed a formidable résumé, establishing himself as one of the bright stars of Britain’s progressive press.In Goodbye United Kingdom: Descent Into Chaos, 2015-2022, White collects his hot takes on Brexit and its aftermath. As much a political autobiography as a blow-by-blow analysis, the book is the only one of its kind. So far.Hailing from a working-class family in Derbyshire, Josh White’s journalism stands out for its concerns about social justice and democracy. Though critical of Jeremy Corbyn, White represents the youth culture raised by his leadership.Repeatedly mourning the collapse of the Corbyn experiment, Goodbye United Kingdom still clings to the idea that a better Britain is possible. Albeit one which looks a lot smaller, and a lot more progressive, than today’s version.

Losing EuropeBrexit and the End of Britain. E-book. Formato EPUB Joel Schalit   -  The Battleground, 2022  - 

Featuring the best of The Battleground’s Brexit coverage, Losing Europe provides a fresh take you won’t find anywhere else. From Belfast to Bolsover, Team Battleground bins the spin from the tabloids and sets things straight.Instead of restoring sovereignty to the British people, it hands it over to the country’s elites and their American friends. With a little help from oligarchs and troll farms of dubious national provenance.Never mind the role of the country’s news media in making it happen, and their incitement of British voters against foreigners and minorities. Brexit is a platform for populism and xenophobia in an era of globalisation and diversity.For a country with an imperial history like the United Kingdom, it was the worst possible regression. But, a logical consequence of four decades of neoliberalism, without any political horizon. Hence, Losing Europe: Brexit and the End of Britain.Featuring the best of The Battleground’s coverage of the Brexit crisis, Losing Europe provides a fresh take you won’t find anywhere else. From Belfast to Bolsover, Team Battleground bins the spin from the tabloids and sets the record straight.

Listening for the FuturePopular Music for Europe. E-book. Formato EPUB Charlie Bertsch   -  The Battleground, 2021  - 

When it comes to music journalism, Charlie Bertsch has few peers. An authority on everything from German punk to Moroccan Gnawa, Bertsch is at home in nearly every conceivable genre. Not all critics are like that. Not by a long shot. Chalk it up to three decades of writing about music for publications such as Alternet, Punk Planet and Tikkun and various American newspapers.One of the many critics to come of age during the 1990s alt.culture era, Charlie Bertsch has persisted where many other critics have given up, developing a global repertoire in which the local is everywhere. Listening for the Future is that book. In 36 essays, written between March 2019 and January 2021 for Belgium's The Battleground, Bertsch paints an unparalleled portrait of European music culture.What makes Listening for the Future so special is that it's not just about sound. It's about an entire continent, without borders, using music as a jumping off point to talk about politics and art, at home and abroad.