Reviews

Third World Revolutionaries

Duncan Bowie on rebel thought Global Marxism by Simin Fadaee published by Manchester University Press The Rebel’s Clinic by Adam Shatz published by Head of Zeus Fadaee’s...

Power shift

Glyn Ford on China Great Game On: The Contest for Central Asia and Global Supremacy by Geoff Raby published by Melbourne University Press Australia’s former flamboyant,...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Glyn Ford on the Scarlet Flag Red Threads; A History of the People’s Flag by Henry Bell published by Pluto Bell covers the good, the bad...

I scoffed the sheriff

Patrick Mulcahy on Covid film without answers I arrived late to the Ari Aster party, having not seen Hereditary, Midsommer,or Beau is Afraid. However, any...

Green transitional programme

Mark Douglas on good ideas but asks how to enact? Manifesto for Eco-Socialist revolution - Fourth International Resistance Books It's good news when a new manifesto...

Transitory truth of US democracy

Glyn Ford on a tale for today The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 by Manisha Sinha published by...

People’s economy

Linda Wainwright on a dissenting voice The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton published by John Murray This book provokes a shift in perception that is difficult...

Graphic anti-capitalism

Mike Davis on a page-turning drama This Slavery by Scarlett & Sophie Rickard published by Self Made Hero This stunning graphic novel is adapted from the...

Robbery, death and destruction of Africa

Michael Nelson Byaruhanga on the dehistorisation of a continent "The African Revolution" by Richard Reid published by Princeton University Press In the forest of pages,...

Principles and pragmatism

Duncan Bowie on 70 years of the peace movement The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament by Martin Shaw published by Agenda   Books on CND tend to...

Challenging Putin

Pete Duncan on Russian mercenaries The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’s Mercenary Army by Jack Margolin published Reaktion Books The unsuccessful mutiny of the Wagner Group, led...

Waiting Game

Patrick Mulcahy on Trump’s war on independent film There is nothing remotely amusing about Donald Trump’s second term as US President. An angry narcissist who...