We Need New Stories
The Myths that Subvert Freedom

Absolutely stunning book. Brilliantly written and carefully considered, there is attention to the macro and the micro, the banality and the horror. Why does racism exist? Why does sexism exist? Why have colonial histories - so clearly weathered by the weight of injustice - survived and thrived? Nesrin......more

Nesrine Malik offers a powerful analysis of 5 political myths in an effort to show how history, race, gender, and classical liberal values are being leveraged by various groups to stop "any disruption of a centuries-old hierarchy that is paying dividends for fewer and fewer people." Her point is tha......more

We Need New Stories is a book that looks at six myths used across Western culture—particularly the US and the UK—to discredit progressive causes in various ways, and analyses them, how they've come into play, how they work, and what might be done to find new narratives to take hold in place of these......more

I've been reading We Need New Stories since October. It's not that this book is boring, it's just that it is seriously intellectually challenging. Each chapter, Nesrine Malik takes a new myth and dissects it, critically examining the doctrines that inform it and the practices that maintain it. For ex......more

I really enjoyed reading ‘We Need New Stories’ so well written and thought out, well researched. The way she articulated the words on the page, reflected what I thought and how I feel about certain topics, the way political correctness and free speech is being manipulated from what they original wer......more