Reviews
Internationalism or barbarism?
Duncan Bowie on the French left
Beyond the Tricolour by Ian Birchall Published by Haymarket
This is Ian Birchall’s magnum opus: a study of the French...
Solidarity with a blind spot
Mike Davis on 60 years of activism
Wherever the Struggle Is by Bob Newland published by Merlin Press
Bob’s a mate. We met in the Wapping...
Socialism through Education
Duncan Bowie on the Socialist ethos
Radicals by Geoff Andrews published by Yale
There are many books on the history of the British labour movement. This...
Outcast?
Andrew Coates on the Rassemblement National
Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe by Victor Mallet published by Hurst
In the French local elections...
Hair trigger tensions
Glyn Ford on the Volatility of Global Politics
The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and the Warnings from History by Odd Arne Westad published by Allen...
Downfall of the Assad regime
Patrick Costello on Syria
It Started in Damascus by Rime Allaf published by Hurst
My Struggle for Syria by Bassma Kodmani published by I.B.Tauris
Inevitably, there has...
Ukrainian writer soldier
Julie Ward on a writer putting words into action
War From The Rear by Andriy Lyubka published by Cherry Orchard Books, an imprint of Academic...
Update on Capital
Don Flynn on Marxist Political Economy today
The Story of Capital by David Harvey published by Verso
The revival of interest in Marxian studies of political...
Taken: Experiences of Forced Adoption
By Karen Constantine, published by Pram Publications
This book is a difficult read, dealing with a subject that has been swept under the proverbial carpet...
An Informal Empire
Duncan Bowie on South America
Small Earthquakes by Shafik Meghji published by Hurst
Meghji is a London-based writer of travel guides. This new book focuses on...
Beyond “Institutional” racism and towards structure
Don Flynn on racial bias
Structural Racism: The Dynamics of Opportunity and Race in America by Stephen Menendian published by Routledge
It is now over a quarter of a...
Survival after Stalin
Nigel Doggett on Soviet dissidents
To the Success of our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement by Benjamin Nathans published by...