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03 EditorialDemocraciareal YA!

06 Letters, Noticeboard Jeremy Hardy Thinks

08 PlattitudesTheworldaccording to Steve Platt

12 Under the radar Democracy squashed

36 Natural born rebel Bandile Mdlalose

57 A night at the multiplexSeanGittins talks to Mark Kermode about modern cinema and the role of the film critic

54 Toronto tales Juliette Daigre and Tom

Malleson guide us round Canada’s most radical city

60 Of with their heads! Red Pepper speaks to Martin Rowson about his 30-plus years as a scourge of the political establishment

66 Fight for power Selina Nwulu reviews new civil rights movement documentary Black Power Mixtape

62 Book reviews Britain’s Empire: resistance, repression and revolt, From Dictatorship to Democracy: a conceptual framework for liberation, More Bad News from Israel, No Land! No House! No Vote! Voices from Symphony Way, The White Van Papers, Catch 22

n BP’s Olympic sponsorship n Extra bits from ‘Bashing the Fash’ n The food aid debate continues n Samir Amin at 80

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