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Description: Drinking Up the Revolution by James Wilt James Wilt exposes the links between the global alcohol industry and capitalism. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description James Wilt exposes the links between the global alcohol industry and capitalism.James Wilt exposes the links between the global alcohol industry and capitalism.In Drinking Up the Revolution, James Wilt shows us why alcohol policy should be at the heart of any socialist movement.Many people are drinking more now than ever before, as already massive multinationals are consolidating and new online delivery services are booming in an increasingly deregulated market. At the same time, public health experts are sounding the alarm about the catastrophic health and social impacts of rising alcohol use, with over three million people dying ever year due to alcohol-related harms.Exposing the links between the alcohol industry and capitalism, colonialism and environmental destruction, Wilt demonstrates the failure of both prohibition and deregulation, and instead focuses on those who profit from alcohols sale and downplay its impacts- producers, retailers, and governments.Rejecting both the alcohol industrys moralizing against individual "problem drinkers" and the sober politics of "straight-edge" and wellness lifestyle trends, Drinking Up the Revolution is not another call for prohibition or more governmental control, but is instead a cry to take back alcohol for the people, and make it safe and enjoyable for all those who want to use it. Author Biography James Wilt (he/him) is a freelance journalist, PhD student, and the author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk (Between the Lines Books, 2020). His writing has appeared in many publications including The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Vice, Canadian Dimension, Briarpatch, The Narwhal, Passage, National Observer, CBC Calgary, Alberta Oil, Ricochet, and Rabble. Review "Drinking Up the Revolution offers both an incisive expose of the extensive harm perpetrated by a cynical globalised alcohol industry in its naked pursuit of profit, and a lower-risk, alternative way for the world to enjoy alcohol – or not.""Drinking Up the Revolution is not only persuasive in its calls for an end to the oligopoly of Big Alcohol, its manifesto envisions a set of compelling alternatives that could very well help break up alcohols near-monopoly on culturally-sanctioned means of celebration and connection.""You might feel a general anxiety about societys worsening relationship with alcohol, and Drinking Up the Revolution explains why.""James Wilt fills a much needed gap in left thinking about alcohol. With care, passion, and rigour Wilt is able to not only map out the capitalist problems of big alcohol plaguing society but also present promising solutions, and an abolitionist hope of dreaming bigger.""A fascinating and informative read." Review Quote " Drinking Up the Revolution offers both an incisive expose of the extensive harm perpetrated by a cynical globalised alcohol industry in its naked pursuit of profit, and a lower-risk, alternative way for the world to enjoy alcohol - or not." - Maurice Smithers, Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance in South Africa " Drinking Up the Revolution is not only persuasive in its calls for an end to the oligopoly of Big Alcohol, its manifesto envisions a set of compelling alternatives that could very well help break up alcohols near-monopoly on culturally-sanctioned means of celebration and connection." - Rick Harp, host/producer, Media Indigena "You might feel a general anxiety about societys worsening relationship with alcohol, and Drinking Up the Revolution explains why." - Josiah Hughes, host of 155 and Globe Hell Warning podcasts "James Wilt fills a much needed gap in left thinking about alcohol. With care, passion, and rigour Wilt is able to not only map out the capitalist problems of big alcohol plaguing society but also present promising solutions, and an abolitionist hope of dreaming bigger." - Nashwa Lina Khan, organizer and host of Habibti Please "A fascinating and informative read." - Olivier van Beemen, author of Heineken in Africa: A Multinational Unleashed "This is the most ambitious, provocative, groundbreaking critique of the modern beverage-alcohol industry Ive ever read. regardless of your politics, if youre AT ALL interested in the business of booze, you owe it to yourself to read James Wilts latest." -- Dave Infante, Vine Pair. Details ISBN1913462765 Author James Wilt Short Title Drinking up the Revolution Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1913462765 ISBN-13 9781913462765 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 354 Publication Date 2022-07-12 Imprint Repeater Books AU Release Date 2022-07-12 NZ Release Date 2022-07-12 UK Release Date 2022-07-12 Publisher Watkins Media Limited Subtitle How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy Edition Description New edition Replaces 9781913462772 DEWEY 338.47663 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135545754;

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