Reviews
Lessons for the Left?
Bryn Jones on the case for economic transformation
"Capitalism and Its Critics" - A Battle of Ideas in the Modern World by John Cassidy published...
Flogging a dead donkey
Glyn Ford on losing an election
"107 Days" by Kamala Harris published by Simon & Schuster
Gerald Kaufman’s mean labelling of Labour’s 1983 manifesto, The New Hope...
There is nothing for you here
Nigel Doggett on repairing democracy
"Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century" by Fiona Hill published by Mariner Books
This fascinating memoir has fresh relevance for the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...