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Henry Snow, Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World (London: Verso 2026), 352pp.

Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World – book review

Stephen Carlill

Andy Burnham, Sharon Graham and Gary Smith

Burnham leadership plans sparks union row

Walk-out at Mercedes plant, Berlin-Marienfelde, 3 July 2026. Photo: Jakob Waidner

Class and war on the shop floor: German car workers up in arms

International Working Men's Association card of membership 1870. Photo: New York Public Library / CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain

Why Marx’s dialectic is so dangerous

Rosa Luxemburg on the Mass Strike

Striking hospital ancillaries celebrate victory, Berlin, 23 June 2026. Photo: Ray Ferris

Another big win for hospital workers in Berlin

Katja Hoyer, Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe (London: Allen Lane 2026), 496pp.

Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe – book review

Meet the new boss, same as… – Counterfire freesheet July 2026

Computer centre. Photo: Public Domain

Towards a better assessment of AI; beyond the hype and dismissals

Migrant construction workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Photo: ILO / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO

Higher wages, stronger exploitation and border controls

Mustafa Barghouti addressing the International Anti-War Conference. Photo: Shabbir Lakha

A big step in forging an international anti-war movement

Jamal Elaheebocus and Lauren Simmonds

German tanks in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), March 1943 Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101III-Zschaeckel-189-13 / Zschäckel, Friedrich / CC-BY-SA 3.0

Russia: One invasion after another

Anti-fascist demonstration, Glasgow 13 June. Photo: Lewis Akers

Far right humiliated in Glasgow

Photo: Shabbir Lakha

“We will not go!”: Young people across Europe join the call for peace

Strike at SOAS University. Photo: Shabbir Lakha

Defend Soas union reps: Defend education

Andy Burnham. Photo: Scottish Government / CC BY 2.0

Why Burnham will be business as usual

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