The dream fades: 50 years after Martin Luther King’s speech, how did the civil rights movement lose its way?

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Home | Politics | World Affairs | Blogs | Subscribe Weekly Online Newsletter   23 August 2013 IN THIS WEEKS ISSUE The dream fades: 50 years after Martin Luther King's speech, how did the civil rights movement lose its way?   COMMENT AND ANALYSIS    - Julie Bindel reports on female sex tourism in the Caribbean   - Robert Skidelsky on our terrible service economy  - Jeremy Bowen on Egypt's slide back into dictatorship  - John Burnside wonders whether re-wilding can work  - Ed Smith on why exams are largely useless - John Gray assesses the failures of democracy   PLUS - Laurie Penny on why some people aren't either a man or a woman  - Sarah Churchwell on Margaret Atwood's dystopian visions - Sophia McDougall on why she hates "strong" female characters - Will Self analyses the internet video meme - Rafael Behr on the political dividing lines over education - Felicity Cloake on the art of the barbeque   NEW STATESMAN SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 12 ISSUES FOR £12 PLUS FREE BOOK To take up this offer and claim your free book by Christopher Clark, worth £10.99 newstatesman.com/link/eww     Find the issue, cover dated 23 - 29 August, on sale for £3.50 in all good newsagents in London on Thursday and the rest of the country on Friday. Or buy the issue in digital form here - ideal for those living outside the UK. International and national readers can also call +44 (0)207 936 6459 or click here to obtain a print copy. New Statesman LTD, registered in England No. 03143654, John Carpenter House, John Carpenter Street, London, EC4Y 0AN. Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e-mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2010. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.