Book Reviews - Counterfire

Book Cover

The Land Grab: Africa and Imperialism

Africa’s subordinated position in global capitalism has made its agriculture vulnerable to imperialist land-grabbing, in which the West, not China, takes the lead, argues Dan Poulton

July 16, 2014
Written by Dan Poulton
Category: Book Reviews

Book Cover

Yes: The Radical Case for Scottish Independence

Neil Faulkner welcomes a powerfully argued case for a yes vote in the coming Scottish independence referendum

July 10, 2014
Written by Neil Faulkner
Category: Book Reviews

Book Cover

The Dogs are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan

As Western policy unravels across the Middle East, it is more important than ever to expose media complicity in interventions such as in Afghanistan, argues Helen Redmond

July 4, 2014
Written by Helen Redmond
Category: Book Reviews

Book cover

Creditocracy and the case for debt refusal

The role of debt in both maintaining our economies and creating huge inequalities is explored to good effect, despite some problems, writes Lindy Syson

June 28, 2014
Written by Lindy Syson
Category: Book Reviews

Book cover

Reclaiming Development: An Alternative Economic Policy Manual

Reclaiming Development, an important critique of neoliberal economics, has now been updated in the wake of the 2008 crash, and exposes the persistent myth of neoliberal success, argues Peter Stauber

June 13, 2014
Written by Peter Stauber
Category: Book Reviews

The Battle for Europe: How an elite hijacked a continent and how we can take it back

The Battle for Europe

The alternatives are not restricted to neoliberalism in or out of the European Union. It is possible to fight for a radical left transformation of European institutions, argues Orlando Hill

June 6, 2014
Written by Orlando Hill
Category: Book Reviews

The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror

Arun Kundnani’s The Muslims are Coming! lays bare the racist victimisation visited upon Muslims in the UK and the US as a result of state policies on terrorism, finds Elaine Graham-Leigh

May 31, 2014
Written by Elaine Graham-Leigh
Category: Book Reviews