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The view from the bridge

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The view from the bridge Robin Ramsay Thanks to Nick Must (in particular) and Garrick Alder for editorial and proofreading assistance. *new* Simon says Regular contributor to these columns, Simon Matthews, has a new book out. Looking for a New England, the sequel to his Psychedelic Celluloid, is published on 28 January 2021. Details of […]

Everybody Knows: Corruption in America by Sarah Chayes

Lobster Issue 81 (Summer 2021) FREE

[PDF file]: […] living through a new era of corruption, and this has become absolutely central to the working of the system. The conditions for this were created during the Reagan years when the unions were defeated, union power was rolled back, and there was the beginning of a massive shift in the balance of wealth and […]

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