Review: Anti-Nazi Germans
As Boris Johnson and others attempt to invoke the ‘spirit of the Blitz’ in response to COVID-19, Ian Birchall celebrates a recent publication that disrupts the national myths of WWII.
Review: On Fire by Naomi Klein
Katherine Hearst reviews On Fire, a wide-ranging examination of the climate crisis that argues for a comprehensive ‘Green New Deal’.
Review: Can’t Pay Won’t Pay
The 30th anniversary of the Trafalgar Square riot is a good time to reflect on Simon Hannah’s engaging account of the movement that scuppered Thatcher’s poll tax, writes Andrew Stone
Film review: The Plan that Came from the Bottom Up
Steve Sprung’s retelling of the story of the Lucas Plan provides an inspiring lesson in how workers might build a sustainable future for all, writes Zareen Taj.
Review: Twenty-First Century Socialism
How should socialists organise in the ‘climate decade’? Gus Woody reviews Jeremy Gilbert’s book, Twenty-First Century Socialism.
revolutionary reflections | Portugal’s revolution portrayed
Raquel Varela’s new history of the Portuguese revolution is essential reading for revolutionary socialists, argues Brian Parkin.
Review: The Twittering Machine
Mark Murphy reviews Richard Seymour’s latest book, which uses a psychoanalytical framework to understand the phenomenon of social media.
Review | Sorry We Missed You
Colin Revolting reviews director Ken Loach’s latest film, which centres on the family of two workers in the gig economy
Review: A Planet to Win – Why We Need a Green New Deal
Pete Cannell reviews an important contribution to the discussions around the Green New Deal.
Review: A Jewish Communist in Weimar Germany
Merilyn Moos reviews a new biography of Werner Scholem, an uncompromising revolutionary to the end.
Review: A Climate Emergency – Beyond a Capitalist Solution
Mike Downham reviews Ken Ferguson’s new pamphlet, A Climate Emergency – Beyond a Capitalist Solution.
Joker and the Mask of Poverty
Caliban’s Revenge asks who is behind the Joker’s mask and who should be scared.
Mariana Mazzucato: Dragons Den or progressive State Capitalism
Mike Haynes looks at the work of prominent left-leaning economist Mariana Mazzucato
Review: Facing the Apocalypse
With the insurgent activism around climate in the face of crisis, a Marxist book on climate is timely. John Walker reviews Alan Thornett’s book, Facing the Apocalypse: Arguments for Ecosocialism.
Film review: For Sama
A documentary film charts the siege of Aleppo and represents a new addition to the depressingly growing genre of ‘genocide documentaries’.
Review: Chasing the harvest
Jack Pickering reviews a powerful collection of stories of migrant workers in California’s agricultural sector.
Review: Stolen Moments
Mark Winter welcomes a new exhibition celebrating Namibia’s unsung musical heroes, and remembers the time when the artist Jackson Kaujewa came to stay with his family.
Review: Urban Warfare
Kate Bradley reviews Urban Warfare by Raquel Rolnik, an important investigation into how capitalism has shaped housing for its own ends
Review: The Order of the Day
The unfolding catastrophe of the 1930s is illuminated in new ways in a disconcerting new book by Éric Vuillard, writes Brian Parkin.
Years and Years: An Inquiry into the Human Prospect
Russell T Davies’ new BBC drama Years and Years picks up on important themes, but struggles to fully develop them, writes Escee.
Review: We Need To Talk About Putin
Mark Galeotti’s alternate perspective on Putin, as presented in his recent book We Need to Talk About Putin, provides an interesting read.
Review: Fully Automated Luxury Communism
Colin Wilson reviews Aaron Bastani’s much-anticipated account of the potential for a future society of equality and abundance.
Review: Capitalism and Theory
A collection of the writings of Mike Kidron casts light on the heterodox Marxist economist and the revolutionary socialist organisation he once belonged to, writes Brian Parkin.
Review: What’s Wrong With Rights?
Radha D’Souza’s investigation into the international liberal rights regime is a welcome intervention that should make us question the framework of ‘rights’.
Review: Green Growth
Stephen Graham reviews Green growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives
Review | Never Again
Colin Revolting reviews Never Again by David Renton, the story of the fascist National Front and the campaign which stopped it in its tracks.
Review: Contralto
Kate Bradley reviews Contralto, a one-hour work for video, strings, and percussion that features a cast of transgender women
Review: Sorry to Bother You…
Boots Riley’s film Sorry to Bother You (USA, 2018) is a breath of fresh air.
‘I was, I am, I will be’ – 100 years after the death of Rosa Luxemburg
The deaths of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht have haunted the imagination of the left for a century.