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Ali Abunimah presents powerful arguments in favour of a one-state solution to establish justice for Palestinians, finds Orlando Hill
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As the third anniversary of the attack on Libya approaches, Chris Nineham draws the lessons from Horace Campbell’s Global Nato and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya
Capitalist Globalization shows that neoliberal policies have not succeeded in bringing prosperity to the world’s population, but rather have entrenched existing inequalities
Claudio Pavone’s classic history rescued the real history of the Italian resistance, and is still an essential counter to revisionist narratives, argues David Shonfield
The 17th-century English radical Gerrard Winstanley was an ancestor of more recent socialist and communist traditions, finds William Booth
Costas Lapavitsas’ analysis of the origin and nature of financialised capitalism in Profiting Without Producing leads to radical solutions, argues Orlando Hill
Peter Mortimore’s Education Under Siege attacks Gove’s neoliberal assault on education and seeks to rescue another way of valuing education, finds Sean Ledwith
Sabby Sagall’s new analysis of the causes of genocide, from a Marxist and psycho-analytical perspective, is welcomed by Neil Faulkner
A popular introduction to Mandela and the struggle against Apartheid is thorough and insightful, finds Alan Wieder
A popular history of central Europe from ancient to modern times provokes reflections on the social origins of war and national bigotry, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh
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Two leading activists of the fight against Apartheid, Ruth First and Joe Slovo, for the first time have received a comprehensive biography
Anti-capitalism and environmentalism can and must go together, but the analysis needs to understand capitalism and class, which Nature for Sale fails to do
The rise of the internet in China is explored in Guobin Yang's sophisticated analysis, posing questions for the potential of activism and social change, finds Dan Poulton
This biography of Salvador Allende raises the question of whether he was a reformist or a revolutionary, and what can be learned from his brief period in office
The global food crisis is the result of capitalism, not shortages or overconsumption, and the solution requires collective responses, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh
McChesney writes that the dangers and possibilities of the internet need to be seen in the context of capitalist relations, finds Peter Stauber
Neoclassical economics is a discipline that is hollow at the core, finds Neil Faulkner, reviewing Philip Mirowski’s important demolition of neoliberal dogmas
The importance and coherence of Sylvia Pankhurst’s lifelong activism is revealed by Katherine Connelly’s grasp of her political commitments, making this book an important new account her life
Conor Gearty’s Liberty and Security provides a detailed critique of the damage done to human rights by the ‘war on terror’, but remains trapped within liberal assumptions, argues Lindy SysonMore Articles...
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