Reviews
Act of solidarity
Glyn Ford on the other Spanish republicans
Volunteers for the Revolution: International Militia of the POUM in the Spanish Civil War by Andy Durgan published...
Which people, which revolution?
Victor Anderson on Populism in France
Now, the People!: Revolution in the 21st Century by Jean-Luc Melenchon published by Verso
Jean-Luc Melenchon could become President of...
In place of squalor
Duncan Bowie on postwar housing policy
The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation by Phil Child published by Bloomsbury
This book focuses on Labour Party policy...
Life of a German Jacobin
Glyn Ford on a great visionary
The Traveller: The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity by Andrea Wulf published by Allen...
Journey’s End
Patrick Mulcahy on Nolan’s questioning of heroism and killing
The Odyssey, British writer-director Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, is no ordinary hero’s...
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...
Revolutionaries in Fitzrovia
Duncan Bowie on Communards in exile
The Paris Commune in Britain by Laura Forster published by Oxford University Press
This is an important book as...
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...
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...
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...