Book Reviews - Counterfire

A People’s History of Catalonia - book review

Michael Eaude’s A People’s History of Catalonia brilliantly tells the story of an oppressed people’s struggle through the centuries, finds Chris Bambery

Radek: A Novel - book review

Stefan Heym’s classic novel tells a fascinating story of the Russian revolution through the Bolshevik Karl Radek, finds John Westmoreland

Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change - book review

Future on Fire offers a compelling argument that only mass movements can bring about a solution to the climate crisis, finds John Clarke

Whatever Happened to Antisemitism? Redefinition and the Myth of the ‘Collective Jew’ - book review

Mizanur Rahman welcomes Antony Lerman’s new book on the ‘new antisemitism’ and the use of the concept against supporters of Palestine

The London Revolution 1640-1643: Class Struggles in 17th Century England - book review

Sturza’s The London Revolution demonstrates the power and coherence of Marxist approaches to the seventeenth century, finds Dominic Alexander

Charged: How the Police Try to Suppress Protest - book review

Charged shows how the police and the wider establishment have attacked protests and the right to protest for the last forty years, finds Chris Nineham

Marx and the Robots. Networked Production, AI and Human Labour - book review

A new collection of essays provides important sceptical discussions of the impact of robotics and AI on the economy, finds Elaine Graham-Leigh

Digital, Class, Work: Before and During COVID-19 - book review

Digital, Class, Work gives an important analysis of value and labour in the context of new technology, and workers’ resistance, finds Kieran Crowe

Scotland After Britain: The Two Souls of Scottish Independence - book review

Chris Bambery welcomes Scotland After Britain, which argues for a radical version of an independent Scottish nation, rejecting the neoliberalism of the SNP

Green capitalism does not work - book review

Capitalist measures to fix the climate have not worked, as two recent books show, so the key is to link working-class and ecological movements, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh

Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries - book review

Uncontrollable Women brilliantly tells the history of women who fought for rights and against repression during the radical years in Britain of 1789-1832, finds Ellen Graubart

Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm than Good - book review

Lucette Davies reviews an already classic argument by James Davies on the damage that capitalism and profit seeking has done to the practice of psychiatry

A People’s History of Catalonia - book review

Michael Eaude’s A People’s History of Catalonia brilliantly tells the story of an oppressed people’s struggle through the centuries, finds Chris Bambery

Radek: A Novel - book review

Stefan Heym’s classic novel tells a fascinating story of the Russian revolution through the Bolshevik Karl Radek, finds John Westmoreland

Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change - book review

Future on Fire offers a compelling argument that only mass movements can bring about a solution to the climate crisis, finds John Clarke

Whatever Happened to Antisemitism? Redefinition and the Myth of the ‘Collective Jew’ - book review

Mizanur Rahman welcomes Antony Lerman’s new book on the ‘new antisemitism’ and the use of the concept against supporters of Palestine

The London Revolution 1640-1643: Class Struggles in 17th Century England - book review

Sturza’s The London Revolution demonstrates the power and coherence of Marxist approaches to the seventeenth century, finds Dominic Alexander

Charged: How the Police Try to Suppress Protest - book review

Charged shows how the police and the wider establishment have attacked protests and the right to protest for the last forty years, finds Chris Nineham

Marx and the Robots. Networked Production, AI and Human Labour - book review

A new collection of essays provides important sceptical discussions of the impact of robotics and AI on the economy, finds Elaine Graham-Leigh

Digital, Class, Work: Before and During COVID-19 - book review

Digital, Class, Work gives an important analysis of value and labour in the context of new technology, and workers’ resistance, finds Kieran Crowe

Scotland After Britain: The Two Souls of Scottish Independence - book review

Chris Bambery welcomes Scotland After Britain, which argues for a radical version of an independent Scottish nation, rejecting the neoliberalism of the SNP

Green capitalism does not work - book review

Capitalist measures to fix the climate have not worked, as two recent books show, so the key is to link working-class and ecological movements, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh

Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries - book review

Uncontrollable Women brilliantly tells the history of women who fought for rights and against repression during the radical years in Britain of 1789-1832, finds Ellen Graubart

Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm than Good - book review

Lucette Davies reviews an already classic argument by James Davies on the damage that capitalism and profit seeking has done to the practice of psychiatry

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Michael Eaude’s A People’s History of Catalonia brilliantly tells the story of an oppressed people’s struggle through the centuries, finds Chris Bambery

Stefan Heym’s classic novel tells a fascinating story of the Russian revolution through the Bolshevik Karl Radek, finds John Westmoreland

Future on Fire offers a compelling argument that only mass movements can bring about a solution to the climate crisis, finds John Clarke

Mizanur Rahman welcomes Antony Lerman’s new book on the ‘new antisemitism’ and the use of the concept against supporters of Palestine

Sturza’s The London Revolution demonstrates the power and coherence of Marxist approaches to the seventeenth century, finds Dominic Alexander

Charged shows how the police and the wider establishment have attacked protests and the right to protest for the last forty years, finds Chris Nineham

A new collection of essays provides important sceptical discussions of the impact of robotics and AI on the economy, finds Elaine Graham-Leigh

Digital, Class, Work gives an important analysis of value and labour in the context of new technology, and workers’ resistance, finds Kieran Crowe

Chris Bambery welcomes Scotland After Britain, which argues for a radical version of an independent Scottish nation, rejecting the neoliberalism of the SNP

Capitalist measures to fix the climate have not worked, as two recent books show, so the key is to link working-class and ecological movements, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh

Uncontrollable Women brilliantly tells the history of women who fought for rights and against repression during the radical years in Britain of 1789-1832, finds Ellen Graubart

Lucette Davies reviews an already classic argument by James Davies on the damage that capitalism and profit seeking has done to the practice of psychiatry

Help boost radical media and socialist organisation