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NHS workers should ignore the guilt trips and fight for better pay | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: Governments have long exploited the goodwill of NHS staff, but their fight for more money is actually a fight for my wellbeing

Mike Marqusee

04, Jun, 2014 @1:07 PM

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Fifty years of Bob Dylan's stark challenge to liberal complacency | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: Its title song now has an elegiac patina – but the radicalism of the Times They Are a-Changin' album still burns

Mike Marqusee

21, Feb, 2014 @7:02 PM

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How do we talk about cancer? | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: Knowing whether to say 'how are you?' or mention 'bravery' is one problem, another is our society in which death is a taboo

Mike Marqusee

31, Jul, 2013 @11:45 AM

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Test cricket's complex drama hits the breezy Indian Premier League for six | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: Millions follow the frenzy of 20-20 cricket, but tomorrow's Test match at Lord's is a celebration of the game's subtle pleasures

Mike Marqusee

15, May, 2013 @4:00 PM

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Iain Banks's announcement is a brutal memento mori | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: Cancer is the most intimate of experiences, but also a social issue which makes it impossible to remain apolitical about privatisation of the NHS

Mike Marqusee

06, Apr, 2013 @8:01 AM

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My stay of execution from cancer
Mike Marqusee: Cancer remission is a relief and a challenge to me, but cuts to the NHS mean others will be less lucky

Mike Marqusee

10, Dec, 2012 @8:45 PM

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London 2012: spare us the jingoistic Olympic hype | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: Sport does offer an escape, but it is not a vacation from critical thought. This endless Olympic boosterism is oppressive

Mike Marqusee

07, Aug, 2012 @9:04 AM

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Having cancer is an education, and this is what I have learned | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: Illness introduced me to a beautiful network of dependence – and a struggle for autonomy I can't win on my own

Mike Marqusee

26, Jul, 2011 @9:00 PM

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NHS cuts my lifeline at risk | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: The idea that hospitals won't be affected by back-office cuts beggars belief: the truth is this will hurt

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18, Feb, 2011 @9:59 PM

My cancer appeal to NHS staff | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: Cuts to cancer treatment will hurt patients like me. You have the power to fight them. Please use it

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05, Nov, 2010 @9:30 PM

Come on you Ghana, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Korea, Italy… | Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee: The luckiest World Cup fan is the neutral fan – we can shift loyalties, revel in the drama, and avoid the dismay of defeat

Mike Marqusee

08, Jun, 2010 @7:00 AM

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IPL scandal exposes dark side of neoliberal dream | Mike Marqusee

Mike Marqusee: Critics of India's cricket innovation were derided but its disgrace reveals the cost of unleashing the private sector

Mike Marqusee

09, May, 2010 @12:00 PM

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