The long march is a strategy to abolish existing structures and the institutions that reproduce them. It is a process of working politically from within, pushing boundaries through agitation not negotiation, and creating a counter public-sphere.
Stuart Hall, the Jamaican immigrant who became one of the premier left wing intellectuals in the United Kingdom during the last half century, was a pioneering theorist on the rise of the right wing in modern politics, an major exponent of postcolonial theory, and a founder of Cultural Studies as an academic discipline. In this ironically titled review of two new important books of Hall's writing, Vernon offers a compelling portrait of this important figure.
‘We have been through some bitter experiences and we need to learn from the past.'
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