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Minority Rule

Adventures in the Culture War

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Minority Rule

By: Ash Sarkar
Narrated by: Ash Sarkar
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**The instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar**

'One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation' NAOMI KLEIN

'Delivers its message with punch and panache ... A joy to read' GUARDIAN

'If leftists feel they have been stumbling around in the darkness, Minority Rule flicks on the light' STANDARD

Minority rule (noun): an irrational fear fuelled by right-wing pundits, lobby journalists and billionaires, that minority groups are displacing majority populations.

We all know that the modern world is in crisis. But it’s not just a crisis for the climate, or of living standards – it’s a ‘blame crisis’. Whether it’s infighting on the left or the demonisation of immigrants on the right, there’s always a new talking point to distract us from real, systemic change.

Now is the time to realise that we have been duped into fighting with each other; now is the time to redirect our outrage towards those who deserve it.

In Minority Rule, political commentator Ash Sarkar offers a sharp and lively reality check. Whether it’s exposing the origins of the ‘white working class’, or examining how ‘non-events’ have taken over journalism, this book – now with a brand new afterword – will help you break the blame cycle for good.

©2025 Ash Sarkar (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Elections & Political Process Literary History & Criticism Political Science Politics & Government Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

Original, vivid, reflective ... Feels like it's written by a really sage old philosopher, sequestered away in the corner of the university but is somehow across pop culture to be able to make references that you find funny and have touchstones with ... A marvellous piece of writing (Oli Dugmore, PoliticsJOE)
I love a book which confounds your expectations. And Minority Rule is definitely that. It's the sort of book actually you wish you'd written. I really recommend it. Ash is a truly original thinker: unafraid to have something uncomfortable to say to her own side, which to me, is one of the marks of any political book which is worth reading (Lewis Goodall, The News Agents podcast)
Her analysis is painfully true – it’s brave and honest and the Left needs to hear this, especially from one of their own (Ian Martin, writer for THE THICK OF IT)
A brilliantly bracing polemic (Nigella Lawson)
This book is a timely investigation of how our culture, in its broadest sense, supports ideas that favour the ruling class … Ash Sarkar’s book is essential reading – and time is short! (Ken Loach)
A thrilling polemic-meets-memoir, which identifies who really wins when the marginalised and the exploited turn on one another, and is not afraid to name names (William Davies, author of THIS IS NOT NORMAL and THE LIMITS OF NEOLIBERALISM)
All stars
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Not one to agree with a communist out-look on history or society (and still don’t) but the arguments made about societies failings are absolutely spot on. Hard to argue with the substance, but can argue through the lence it is applicable. Solid arguments, very gripping and informal writing style, 5/5 book would recommend,

Solid arguments.

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Ash says things as they are. She’s objective and provides a very informative dissection of our current sociopolitical condition around the world.

Insightful and bold

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Well, it’s never any surprise to me when Ash puts in another barnstorming performance, thoroughly recommend to any fellow Novara Media follower, or to anyone who feels like something isn’t right about what’s being fed to us by mainstream media, diatribe newspapers, and right wing think tanks. Keep up the good fight, Ash.

Exactly what I was expecting (in a good way)

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her eye-opening debut, she reveals how minority elites rule majorities by creating the culture wars that have taken over our politics,

great book

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Good non-fiction that captures UK history from the 2010s to 2025 through a left-wing journalist’s perspective

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