Win a copy of Verso’s Book of Dissent

The political books publisher Verso want to offer Liberal Conspiracy readers the chance to win a copy of The Verso Book of Dissent: From Spartacus to the Shoe-Thrower of Baghdad.

You just answer these easy questions:

1. What uprising is this entry from 1916 about?

“There was much work to do in getting things right
But the old and the young were all anxious to fight.
Every man worked hard at his own barricade,
And rifles rang out from the Dublin Brigade.”

2. According to Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise, what is the true aim of government?

3. In Mahmoud Darwish’s poem ‘Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words,’ what is the “bleeding homeland of a bleeding people” fit for?

Competition details:
Entrants must email their answers to enquiries@verso.co.uk with the address to which the book should be sent.

10 winners will be chosen at random on the competition closing date of March 21st 2011.

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For all questions regarding the competition, contact Verso directly please

Who isn’t running for Labour leadership?

Well, Jon Cruddas certainly isn’t planning to, according to the Sindy today. But Sunday papers are awash with speculation that Labour MPs are mounting challenges to Gordon Brown, while a number of loyalists are busy doing rounds on the airwaves arguing that Labour is behind Brown.

But is it really? Who do you think is likely to run or is planning a stalking horse *cough* Charles Clarke *cough*?
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