Phil Cohen Works

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Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

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Phil Cohen A New Title from eyeglass books. Three years in the making, this book is an experiment in close collaboration between a writer and four visual artists who together take a stab at capturing the zeitgeist from Left Field. This is no prophecy of Doom or New Dawn but a groundling’s view of the theatre of cruelty which currently passes for everyday life, … [Read more...] about Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

A Long Life in the Making

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  Phil's has created a Vimeo video of the book with selected readings.   This is an afterword to my father's  memoir which I have just edited  for forthcoming publication by eyeglass books. I thought that the reader might  be interested to know a bit more  about the biographical background to this memoir, what motivated and influenced … [Read more...] about A Long Life in the Making

Political Mindfulness: Fresh Perspectives on Multiple Crises’

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By Phil Cohen The text assembled here represents a thoughtful attempt to begin to find a way out of the current impasse in which progressive politics finds itself. The collection explores the connections between the personal and political dimensions of mindfulness and how this might help us build strategies capable of winning the battle for hearts and … [Read more...] about Political Mindfulness: Fresh Perspectives on Multiple Crises’

There Must Be Some Way Out of Here

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Political Mindfulness and Left responses to a multiple crisis Edited by Phil Cohen With contributions from Ruth Lister,Angela McRobbie, Dick Pountain, Michael Rustin, and Valerie Walkerdone   Taken together  the pieces assembled here  represent a thoughtful attempt to begin to  find a way out of the current impasse in which the Left finds itself, … [Read more...] about There Must Be Some Way Out of Here