Reviews
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...
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...
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...
Parliamentary revolutionaries
Duncan Bowie on a new study of the English Civil War
The Fiery Spirits by John Rees published by Verso
This is a very different...
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...
Punk and Protest
Peter Hain on the ANL
A People’s History of the Anti-Nazi League by Geoff Brown published by Bookmarks
Sunday, April 30th, 1978, standing on the stage...
True Democracy?
Duncan Bowie on the failure of the English republic
The Fall by Henry Reece published by Yale University Press
This study covers the twenty months between...
Seeing me hanging around
Patrick Mulcahy on Blue Moon
“Blue Moon”, the latest film from Richard Linklater, the second most prodigious director (after Steven Soderbergh), working in contemporary American...
Why “liberal” support for migration isn’t enough
Don Flynn on migration
Migration as Economic Imperialism by Immanuel Ness published by Polity
There is a strong tendency at the liberal end of commentary on immigration...