Mike Marqusee

Mike Marqusee (1953-2015) was a journalist, political activist and author who was born in New York City, and who emigrated to Britain in 1971, where he developed a love of cricket. As well as his many books, Mike published articles in the Guardian , the Independent , the Daily Telegraph , the Observer , BBC History Magazine and India Today . He also was a columnist for the Indian newspaper The Hindu and for the British left-wing magazine Red Pepper . In 1995, Mike helped set up 'Hit Racism for...See more

Mike Marqusee (1953-2015) was a journalist, political activist and author who was born in New York City, and who emigrated to Britain in 1971, where he developed a love of cricket. As well as his many books, Mike published articles in the Guardian , the Independent , the Daily Telegraph , the Observer , BBC History Magazine and India Today . He also was a columnist for the Indian newspaper The Hindu and for the British left-wing magazine Red Pepper . In 1995, Mike helped set up 'Hit Racism for Six', a campaign against racism in cricket and in 2005 was named an Honorary Faculty Fellow by the University of Brighton in recognition of his 'contribution to the development of a critically-based form of journalistic scholarship in the social, cultural and political nature of contemporary global sport.' See less