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The Common Wind charts the black resistance movement that won - book review
Scott’s classic
The Common Wind
shows the world-historic impact of the Haitian Revolution of 1791, the first successful slave revolt in history, finds Dominic Alexander
Thank God it's Friday: 300 years of Robinson Crusoe
On the 300 year anniversary of the publishing of Robinson Crusoe, Morgan Daniels analyses what the book really tells us from a Marxist perspective
The Apocolypse of Settler Colonialism - book review
Gerald Horne exposes how the Three Horseman of the Apocalypse - Slavery, Capitalism and White Supremacy gave birth to the rise of the West, finds Adam Tomes
The problem of relativisation
On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Kevin Ovenden takes on the mistaken politics of relativisation and argues that Europe must take responsibility for its history.
Modern slavery finds its roots in capitalism
As Theresa May declares her intention to stamp out slavery, John Westmoreland delves into the roots of its modern form
Race to Revolution: The United States and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow
The interwoven history of racism and liberation in Cuba and the United States in
Race to Revolution
illuminates a new historical narrative, argues William Booth