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Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy

Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy

Wilt, James

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Addiction & RecoveryGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

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ISBN10: 1913462765
ISBN13: 9781913462765
Publisher: Repeater
Published: Jul 12 2022
Pages: 345
Weight: 0.75
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
James Wilt exposes the links between the global alcohol industry and capitalism.

In Drinking Up the Revolution, James Wilt shows us why alcohol policy should be at the heart of any socialist movement.

Many people are drinking more now than ever before, as already massive multinationals are consolidating and new online delivery services are booming in an increasingly deregulated market. At the same time, public health experts are sounding the alarm about the catastrophic health and social impacts of rising alcohol use, with over three million people dying ever year due to alcohol-related harms.

Exposing the links between the alcohol industry and capitalism, colonialism and environmental destruction, Wilt demonstrates the failure of both prohibition and deregulation, and instead focuses on those who profit from alcohol's sale and downplay its impacts: producers, retailers, and governments.

Rejecting both the alcohol industry's moralizing against individual problem drinkers and the sober politics of straight-edge and wellness lifestyle trends, Drinking Up the Revolution is not another call for prohibition or more governmental control, but is instead a cry to take back alcohol for the people, and make it safe and enjoyable for all those who want to use it.

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