Sayle, Alexei - How I've Tried to Change the World By Walking Down the Middle of the Street Shouting

Lifelong socialist and comedy legend Alexei Sayle reflects on his life on the Left through a
history of key marches over the past seven decades, and asks what we can learn from
protest and standing up to power.

'My parents were members of the British Communist Party and they began taking me with
them on marches more or less from the moment I was born. This book is an examination
of some marches, some protests, some rallies, some meetings that happened in my
lifetime and what we can learn from them. And if there are no lessons to be learned from
this book, then at least it can serve as a chronicle of the 17th best comedian in the history
of the world (Channel 4) finally being driven mad by the wickedness and cruelty of those
who control the world and the imbalances of power that caused it to happen.'

Known for his distinctly mordant, no-holds-barred approach to comedy, lifelong socialist
Alexei Sayle finally opens up about his life on the political Left.
Covering key political moments over the past seven decades, Sayle explores - in his own
inimitable dark, absurd and surrealist way - what it means to be left and what being left
can offer the world.
Part memoir, part social history, part soapbox, How I've Tried to Change the World is a
timely, powerful and hilarious book from one of our most beloved comedians.