Carne on The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert interviews me about The Leaderless Revolution, occupy, and the bank. Continue reading Carne on The Colbert Report
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A review of The Leaderless Revolution.
The Daily Telegraph Books of the Year 2011 features The Leaderless Revolution
Key quote is here:
John Burnside. The surprise hit of 2011, in our house at least, was The Leaderless Revolution (Simon and Schuster, £16.99), an inspiring plea for emergent anarchism from former British WMD and sanctions expert Carne Ross. If everyone read this book, politics might begin to be about trusting each other rather than lobbies, subsidies and cynicism
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The Guardian: Review of The Leaderless Revolution by John Kampfner
The nation state, the construct that has dominated global politics and diplomacy for two centuries, can no longer meet the needs of citizens. This is the stark conclusion of a former high-flying British diplomat who quit the Foreign Office in disgust over Iraq and who has since worked with emerging governments in trying to assert themselves on the world stage.
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The Guardian: Ousting Foreign Tyrants by Jonathan Freedman (with extensive ref to TLR)
Why wait for politicians to oust foreign tyrants? Every one of us can do our bit. Governments bomb despots, or do nothing. It is time to explore the alternatives. And that’s where you come in …
State of Independence: “Financial Times” review by John Lloyd
Carne Ross, a former high-flying British diplomat, would lead us to a leaderless revolution. His experience in the diplomatic service, especially his period as point man for Iraq at the UK delegation to the UN in the early 2000s, disillusioned him profoundly. It led to his resignation in 2004 and pushed him to create Independent Diplomat, an advisory agency for those excluded from the system in which he once served.
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“Total Politics”: Brunch with… Carne Ross
Ben Duckworth takes the former diplomat and author of The Leaderless Revolution out for brunch.