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Woke Is Dead

How common sense triumphed in an age of total madness

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Woke Is Dead

By: Piers Morgan
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Piers Morgan welcomes the return of a common-sense world

They claimed it was a movement that would change society forever. Instead, it's been buried six feet under by common sense.

For a decade, “woke” infected every corner of our lives. Cancel culture ran riot. Men became toxic. Virtue signalling was everywhere. And if you dared disagree? You'd be terminated on the spot.

But then something extraordinary happened. All over the world, people woke up.

In this explosive and uproarious takedown, Piers Morgan charts the spectacular collapse of the most ridiculous ideology in human history. With his trademark wit and fearless honesty, he exposes the hypocrites, destroys the myths, and celebrates the heroes who refused to surrender to the woke brigade.

Inside, Morgan takes aim at the madness wherever it's hiding and calls out the absurdity with humour, logic, and outrage. He pulls no punches as he tackles:

  • Hollywood hypocrisy – when celebrity virtue-signaling became it's own performance
  • Environ-mentalists – how saving the planet turned into shouting about plastic straws
  • Go Woke, Go Broke – from brand deals to the price of moral posturing
  • Word Police – the battle over language and what you can and can't say
  • And much more

But this isn't just about pointing and laughing at the wreckage. With his unique blend of savage humour and surprising wisdom, Morgan offers a roadmap for navigating our post-woke world and a less divided, more sensible society.

Woke is Dead is the provocative, hilarious and essential read for anyone who wants to understand how an entire civilisation briefly lost its mind.

©2025 Piers Morgan (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers
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what a fantastic book based on facts and the hopeful turning of the tide. fantastically written and very well narrated. this book needs to be tougtht in every educational establishment so wokism will be eradicated forever. this book deserves all the top award for illuminating everything sane people want to speak about. well done piers.

free speech at its best

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Talks a lot of common sense in only a way that he can. He’s a marmite character and I for one like marmite. It’s always good to debate things and have other views alongside our own. I felt the sound quality was a little lacking at times either with earphones or through a speaker. Worth the effort.

Piers at full throttle

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Despite serious reservations about the author’s intent, curiosity got the better of me. What I found was a chuckle-worthy collection of anecdotes showcasing some of the more absurd excesses of what Morgan calls “wokery.”

His central claim — that woke is dead — unfolds through a series of triumphant examples: companies rolling back diversity initiatives, controversial celebrities being unbanned on social media, and politicians reasserting fixed definitions of “woman,” all set against the backdrop of Trump’s second term.

For many, this might feel like a long-awaited moment of relief — a cultural coming-up-for-air. But I’d caution against early celebrations. Woke isn’t dead; it’s merely shifted to the right. Its hallmarks remain unmistakable: speech is still curtailed, authoritarianism persists, division deepens, and identity politics continues to dominate.

From the outside looking in, the U.S. seems to be teetering on chaos, and a backlash feels inevitable. When the pendulum swings again — as it always does — what will be left standing?

Morgan’s book isn’t serious political analysis. It doesn’t interrogate, persuade, or enlighten. Instead, it’s a piece of entertainment — brisk, provocative, and occasionally funny. In that respect, it succeeds.

If, after listening this, you desire a sort of sorbet for the brain, I’d suggest George Monbiot’s Invisible Doctrine or Yanis Varoufakis’s Technofeudalism. Both offer the kind of intellectual engagement and moral depth that Morgan’s book deliberately sidesteps.

Woke isn’t dead

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The last 5 years have been like drowning in the 0.1%'s mental illness. Social media has given tiny people a big voice. But the jungle is the jungle, and nothing will ever change that.
This book was bloody brilliant Pierce. Like coming out of a coma. Glad your alive. The world needs more men like yourself. Used to think you were a massive bellend but I'm quite fond of you now.
John

Bloody brilliant! Breath of fresh masculine air.

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I generally have some time for Pierse and his ways. He's an old school Fleet Street guy who shoots from the hip today and moderates and/or apologised later.

The content here is right up my alley. I like the writer, am interested in the content but the performance is just like his TV shows. it's ok there but for a book it was too fast, flat and lacked the impression of a book reading.

I bought the audiobook to hear "a book". Not just to hear rapid fire P Morgan doing his nightly thing.

Presentation is far too fast and lacking in, I don't know. Nuance. ... a story teller.

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