Minority Rule

An exegesis of the playbook of the right ... [Sarkar] is one of the most refreshing, salient voices on the left. For many progressives, the last decade has felt like something akin to a slow descent into madness, or falling victim to a collective, large-scale gaslighting campaign. With spectacular clarity and genuine wit, Sarkar puts her arm around their shoulders, offers a little tough love, and invites them to step out of the mist. If leftists feel they have been stumbling around in the darkness, Minority Rule flicks on the light * Standard *

Sarkar has the inestimable advantage of being right ... We've been had. The truth is not online. The truth is about who owns what - and who doesn't ... Changing the world, as Marx famously said, is the point. But how? Sarkar's gambit would appear to be, start by getting people to see the world clearly. Minority Rule is a good start ... Sarkar is candid; she examines her own past errors. She is often funny ... Pick up this book. The future is at stake * Irish Times *

A Marxist critique of left-liberal politics that delivers its message with punch and panache ... She prosecutes her case with more panache and punchiness, more hilarity, than is usual from the dour quarters of British political punditry. Her hyper-caffeinated prose and acid observations are unquestionably a joy to read ... Sarkar cultivates the image of a sassy social commentator, a sort of Tariq Ali of looking at your phone a lot * Guardian *

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 lively analysis of how the ruling classes purposefully misdirect political blame * Observer New Review *

Ash Sarkar is one of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation -- Naomi Klein, author of Doppelganger and The Shock Doctrine