Doreen Rappaport

#2

1996

"Tony Benn is the longest serving MP in the history of the Labour Party. He left Parliament in 2001, after more than half a century in the House of Commons, to devote more time to politics." "This volume of his Diaries describes and comments, in a refreshing and honest way, upon the events of a momentous decade including two wars, a change of government in Britain and the emergence of New Labour, of which he makes clear he is not a member." "Tony Benn's account is a well documented, formidable and principled critique of the New Labour Project, full of drama, opinion, humour, anecdotes and sparkling pen-portraits of politicians on both sides of the political divide." "But his narrative is also broader and more revealing about day-to-day political life, covering many aspects normally disregarded by historians and lobby correspondents, relating to his work in the constituency, including his advice surgeries." "This volume also offers far more of an insight into Tomy Benn's personal life, his thoughts about the future and his relationship with his family, especially his remarkable wife Caroline, whose illness and death overshadow these years."--BOOK JACKET.

#3

In Living Dangerously, Henry Giroux confronts one of the most important questions facing our educational system today: "How do we bring our children together as members of a democratic society that respects cultural difference?" Employing film criticism, political theory and an acute sense of contemporary culture, Giroux forces the reader to confront the walls of prejudice that divide us. He compels all readers, but especially educators, to forego a life of indifference and to live dangerously in order to tear those walls down and create a more just and democratic society. Living Dangerously will be of interest to anyone who believes that we can reform our educational system in order to create a society that celebrates the multifaceted possibilities existing within our culture today.