Reviews
But what about the McSweeney Files? The virus that corrupted Labour
Bryn Jones assesses the investigative journalism that has exposed dirty dealings in the party
The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Labour Together, and the Crisis of British...
Semi-Detached
Glyn Ford on postwar Britain and Europe
Between the Waves:The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016 by Tom McTague published by Picador
McTague provides...
Lessons for the Left?
Bryn Jones on the case for economic transformation
"Capitalism and Its Critics" - A Battle of Ideas in the Modern World by John Cassidy published...
Flogging a dead donkey
Glyn Ford on losing an election
"107 Days" by Kamala Harris published by Simon & Schuster
Gerald Kaufman’s mean labelling of Labour’s 1983 manifesto, The New Hope...
Seeing me hanging around
Patrick Mulcahy on Palestinian generational drama
All That’s Left of You, written, produced and directed by Palestinian American Cherien Dabis, who also appears in the...
Refugees in demand
Duncan Bowie on displaced persons and the Cold War
Lost Souls by Sheila Fitzpatrick published by Princeton University Press
This is a study of the resettlement...
Revolting peasants
Duncan Bowie on the German Peasants' War
The Time of the Harvest Has Come by Martin Empson published by Bookmarks
This is a useful study of...
There is nothing for you here
Nigel Doggett on repairing democracy
"Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century" by Fiona Hill published by Mariner Books
This fascinating memoir has fresh relevance for the...
Russian political prisoners
Voices against Putin’s War – Protester’s defiant speeches in Russian courts Edited by Simon Pirani – Resistance Books
Frank Hansen on Russians against Putin’s war
“We stand...
A commentary of struggle
Adam Herriott on bringing history alive
Resistance by Steve McQueen published by Monument Books
The highly respected British film director and visual artist Steve McQueen has...
Myths and facts
How migration really works by Hein de Haas published by Penguin
Rory O’Kelly on Migration
This book sets out to test opinions about migration against the...
The rise of State Capitalism
The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D. Dixon published by Oxford University Press
Don Flynn on political economic theory
The idea of state capitalism...