Mike Marqusee

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Mike Marqusee (born 1953) is an American-born writer, journalist and political activist in London.

Marqusee, who describes himself as a "deracinated New York Marxist Jew" has lived in Britain since 1971. He writes mainly about politics, popular culture, the Indian sub-continent and cricket. He is a regular correspondent for, among others, The Guardian and The Hindu.

Marqusee has been the editor of Labour Left Briefing, and an executive member of the Stop the War Coalition and the Socialist Alliance . He is a leading figure in Iraq Occupation Focus [1]

[edit] Partial bibliography

Slow Turn (Sphere, 1988) ISBN 978-0747401209
War Minus the Shooting: a journey through South Asia during cricket’s World Cup (Mandarin, 1997) ISBN 978-0749323332
Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: Inside Kinnock’s Labour Party (co-author with Richard Heffernan) (Verso, 1992) ISBN 978-0860915614
Chimes of Freedom: the Politics of Bob Dylan’s Art (New Press, 2003) ISBN 978-1565848252
Anyone but England: An Outsider Looks at English Cricket (Aurum Press, 2005) ISBN 978-1845130848
Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties (Verso Books, 2005). ISBN 978-1844675272
Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan and the Sixties (Seven Stories Press, 2006) ISBN 978-1583226865.