Reviews
Weimar and Hitler’s people
Duncan Bowie on German History
Vertigo by Harald Jahner published by W H Allen Hitler’s People by Richard Evans published by Allen Lane
Vertigo is,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...