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Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth by Kevin Ovenden

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3.0

This was published by the Left Book Club, whose stated aim is that "the books will be used as the basis of reading circles, discussion groups, and other educational and cultural activities relevant to developing, sharing and disseminating ideas for progressive social change in the interests of working people." Any progressive social change will almost certainly come as a result of resistance by the working people, and yet - despite being informative (if possibly inaccurate in places according to other reviews, although my knowledge of the history of Greek politics is nowhere near extensive enough to pass comment) - I found this book quite inaccessible. I'm not sure whether it was the dry style, or the employment of Bigger More Impressive Words when standard ones would have done, but I suspect it'll be consigned to the unfinished pile by a lot of people.
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