Book Reviews
Thursday, 17 January 2013 17:05
An analysis of Obama’s economic policy in his first term is an important resource for understanding what is to come, argues Henry Parkyn-Smith
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Deepa Kumar’s important new book on Islamophobia explores the link between the politics of Empire and domestic attacks on Muslims in Western nations, finds Sean Ledwith
A novel by Roger Smith, which has gathered praise, disappoints with its misogyny and many failures of both politics and craft
István Mészáros’ updated study of Sartre is a valuable exploration of the political implications of that great philosopher’s commitments and ideas
The current weakness of American imperialism has provoked much new debate, but we still need Lenin and Trotsky, argues William Booth
An argument on gender and evolution, presented as friendly to feminism, turns out to be mired in discredited shibboleths of genetic determinism and human nature, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh
A People’s History of London is a fascinating insight into radical events through two thousand years of London history, finds Ralph Graham-Leigh
A disturbing new look at the US army during the ‘War on Terror’ reveals further horrors of the last decade of imperialist war, finds Season Butler
Lindsey German reveals the resonant social context of Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina, in which a decaying elite struggles to deal with modern realities
Michael Heinrich’s newly translated introduction to Capital is lucid and succinct in outlining Marx’s revolutionary economics
Trotsky’s eventful life is a natural story for biographers, but the key thing is to engage with his real politics rather than textbook caricature, argues Peter Stauber
A critical assessment of the Cuban revolution underlines that it was never socialist, but fails to put the Cuban experience fully into the context of US imperialism, argues Jacqueline Mulhallen
Sarah Irving's new book is a sympathetic but not uncritical account of a crucial figure in the past and present of the Palestinian liberation movement, finds Nadine El-Hadi
Too Many People? rebuts claims that population is the source of environmental crisis. Since capitalism is the problem, the fight for a sustainable society must be at the centre of the struggle against austerity
Lars Lih’s recent biography of Lenin overturns textbook distortions and gets us back to the real Lenin that is needed for the movement, argues Alistair Stephens
David Harvey’s new book explores the intersections between capitalism and the city, and is fascinating and frustrating by turns, finds Dan Poulton
David Graeber’s ambitious attempt to interpret the span of history through the prism of debt is flawed
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Saturday 22 June 2013
9:30am – 5pm
Central Hall Westminster
Books
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
By Lindsey German
A Marxist History of the World
From Neanderthals to Neoliberals
By Neil Faulkner
The People V Tony Blair
Politics, the Media and the Anti-War Movement
By Chris Nineham
Timelines
A Political History of the Modern World
By John Rees
A People's History of London
By Lindsey German and John Rees
Counterfire Books
The People Demand: A short history of the Arab revolutions
By John Rees and Joseph Daher
Strategy and tactics: how the left can organise to transform society
By John Rees
Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
By Chris Nineham
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