Dan Hancox > Quotes

“Our aim was not to create profit, but jobs,' Sanchez Gordillo explained to me. This philosophy runs directly counter to the late-capitalist emphasis on 'efficiency' - a word which as been elevated to almost holy status in the neoliberal lexicon, but in reality has become a shameful euphemism for the sacrifice of human dignity at the altar of share prices.”
― Dan Hancox, The Village Against The World

“I recall our permanently-harassed English teacher, Mr Maine, laughing kindly and reeling off the crusty old canard: “if you’re not a communist at 16, you have no heart. But if you’re still a communist at 60, you have no brain.”
― Dan Hancox, Utopia and the Valley of Tears: A Journey Through the Spanish Crisis

“Demands from the mainstream media that we understand a little less and condemn a little more have held grime back”
― Dan Hancox, Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime