The Churchill cult is out of control: Tariq Ali on Winston Churchill

Verso Books May 23, 2022
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Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, publishing writers including Andreas Malm, Nancy Fraser, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, David Harvey, Walter Rodney, Jenny Hval, Tariq Ali, Judith Butler, Perry Anderson, Mike Davis, Vigdis Hjorth, Izumi Suzuki, and more.

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Churchill was a divisive, reactionary politician - unpopular even within his own party - and an open enemy of the working class. The life he lead was that of a racist imperialist, and he was sympathetic to fascism - a supporter of Mussolini and Franco. How has this wartime leader become a household god for many? In this video (and his new book) Tariq Ali looks at the development of the Churchill cult: where it came from, why his legacy is being used in this way, and how long it will last. Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali is out now: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3971-winston-churchill?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video “In Ali's telling, which draws on more honest existing historical scholarship than most popular biographies of Churchill, the two-times prime minister emerges not so much as deeply racist - some of his contemporaries remarked on it in shock - as profoundly authoritarian, with a soft spot for fascist strongmen, and a hostility to working-class assertion.” – Priyamvada Gopal

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