{"product_id":"9781805302995-underground-sea","title":"The Underground Sea","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA succinct, urgent and never-before seen collection of Berger's writing on mineworkers and miners' strikes celebrating both his acclaimed writing and deep-rooted politics \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Sea \u003c\/i\u003eis a succinct, urgent collection of writing from John Berger's archive. It brings together for the first time his work on mineworkers and the miners' strikes and has been edited as a set of actions for today. Publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Sea\u003c\/i\u003e marks the 40th Anniversary of the 1984-5 Strike, at a time when people are rediscovering the necessity, power and possibilities of collective action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding transcripts and image-essay of his rarely-seen BBC programme,\u003ci\u003e Germinal\u003c\/i\u003e; interviews and his essay 'Miners', it places itself in the heart of a Derbyshire mining village, with reflections on the everyday life of a typical pit community. Berger grapples with the politics of witness as he studies the miners' labour and the wider community shaped in service to this work. Reflecting on their precarity, he goes back to Zola's novel for hope that 'a new world is germinating underneath the ground. And when it arrives, it will crack open the earth.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41524861272161,"sku":"9781805302995","price":12.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36298175.jpg?v=1759423738","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805302995-underground-sea","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}