The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power) (Counterblasts) - Softcover

Browne, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781680825 ISBN 13: 9781781680827

Verlag: Verso Books, 2013

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Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates itsdelusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2’s iconic frontman, Bono—afact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a merephilanthropist—indeed, he is said to lag behind some peers when it comes toparting with his own money—Bono is better described as an advocate, one who hasbecome an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite.

The Frontman shows how Bono defended U2's partial move to Amsterdam, avoiding Irish taxes;his paternalistic advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinationalbusiness interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrineeconomist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bonothe political operator, The Frontman argues that he is an ambassador forimperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savageinjustice, inequality and exploitation—and helped make it worse.

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Harry Browne is a Dublin-based activist and journalist who has written for the Irish Times, Sunday Times, Irish Daily Mail, Evening Herald and Sunday Tribune. He is the author of Hammered by the Irish: How the Pitstop Ploughshares Disabled a US War Plane – With Ireland’s Blessing.

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• Verlag: Verso Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1781680825
• ISBN 13: 9781781680827
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 179
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