Revolutionary Brand may be worth a listen

Russell Brand has been ridiculed and lambasted for his rage against The System, but the sharply politicised and spiritualised message of his new book may just have something from which we can all learn.

Many of us have had enough of things the way they are, but have been told that this is just how it is. That it’s is The System, and we are stuck with it, so we might as well distract ourselves with another mobile phone upgrade or pair of shoes.

Russell Brand, comedian, author, and would-be revolutionary, asserts “the most potent tool in maintaining the status quo is our belief that change is impossible.”