Reviews
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...