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Comrade - book review

Comrade - book review

Book Reviews February 27, 2020

In Comrade, Jodi Dean champions comradeship as a political relationship, against the passivity encouraged by much of identity politics, argues Martin Hall ...

Toby Young is wrong again: the threat to free speech comes from the right

Toby Young is wrong again: the threat to free speech comes from the right

Analysis February 26, 2020

Right wingers like Toby Young are no friends of free speech and the left must fight back, argues Chris Nineham

Starmer sides with Trump against Assange: expect more of the same if he’s leader

Starmer sides with Trump against Assange: expect more of the same if he’s leader

Analysis February 25, 2020

Sir Keir Starmer is less critical of the Extradition Treaty than Boris Johnson, says John Cook

Centre politicians are feeling the Bern – and they don’t like it – weekly briefing

Centre politicians are feeling the Bern – and they don’t like it – weekly briefing

Opinion February 24, 2020

Lindsey German on Sanders, women’s liberation and the Assange case 

Time to take a stand: the crucial case of Julian Assange

Time to take a stand: the crucial case of Julian Assange

Analysis February 23, 2020

The British State's sinister maneouvres around the extradition of Julian Assange are a flagrant injustice and are being rightly challenged, reports Alistair Car...

Pickets out in force for first day of UCU strike

Pickets out in force for first day of UCU strike

Latest News February 20, 2020

Reports from picket lines around the country on the first day of the UCU strike

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Coronavirus: how effective are facemasks?

Coronavirus: how effective are facemasks?

In his second note on the political economy of the imminent Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Yannis Gourtsoyannis looks at the antinomies of facemasks

February 29, 2020 Dr Yannis Gourtsoyannis

Syrian crisis set to grow deeper as NATO might extend involvement

Syrian crisis set to grow deeper as NATO might extend involvement

We are now facing another moment of extreme danger which could extend Syria's suffering for years, says Chris Nineham

February 29, 2020 Chris Nineham

Why HS2 is on the wrong track

Why HS2 is on the wrong track

Opposing HS2 in the name of reduction damages the working-class green movement, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh

February 28, 2020 Elaine Graham-Leigh

Modi, Trump and the defilement of Delhi

Modi, Trump and the defilement of Delhi

Hope for Delhi's ravaged communities lies in practical solidarity irrespective of faith, writes Susan Ram

February 28, 2020 Susan Ram

Notes on the political economy of the imminent Covid-19 pandemic: Conspiracies

Notes on the political economy of the imminent Covid-19 pandemic: Conspiracies

Dr Yannis Gourtsoyannis addresses the conspiracies surrounding China's response to the spread of Covid-19

February 27, 2020 Dr Yannis Gourtsoyannis

Assange trial shows all journalists are now under attack

Assange trial shows all journalists are now under attack

The extradition of Assange will deter journalists from speaking truth to power, says Shadia Edwards-Dashti

February 27, 2020 Shadia Edwards-Dashti

Theory

What did Engels say about revolution?

What did Engels say about revolution?

Engels was a revolutionary democrat and a revolutionary realist, argues Dragan Plavšić

July 26, 2019 Dragan Plavšić

Media and the infrastructure of radical movements

Media and the infrastructure of radical movements

Our movements need media that inspire mass participation, amplifying analysis to reach new audiences turning to the left, writes Des Freedman

September 17, 2018 Des Freedman

Socialism: utopian and scientific - an introduction

Socialism: utopian and scientific - an introduction

Engels’ popular pamphlet offers one of the best concise accounts of capitalist development and an accessible introduction to Marx's revolutionar...

June 20, 2018 John Rees

Books

The Fall and Rise of the British Left - book review

The Fall and Rise of the British Left - book review

Andrew Murray shows that Corbynism’s roots in social movements and rebellion against neoliberalism will mean its enduring significance, argues Chris Bambery ...

February 20, 2020 Chris Bambery

James Baldwin: Living in Fire - book review

James Baldwin: Living in Fire - book review

Living in Fire is a pithy yet powerful introduction to James Baldwin’s political life as a street fighting intellectual, raging against the world’s racist and r...

February 13, 2020 Adam Tomes

In the Red Corner: the Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui - book review

In the Red Corner: the Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui - book review

Mike Gonzalez, In The Red Corner, recovers José Carlos Mariátegui’s Marxist understanding of Latin America in the context of the development of capitalism...

February 6, 2020 Orlando Hill