October’s Science and Society (volume 80, number 4) is a special issue edited by Eduardo Albuquerque and Alex Callinicos entitled “Crises and Transformation of Capitalism: Marx’s Investigations and Contemporary Analysis”. Their reasons for revisiting Marx’s writings on crises are twofold:… Continue Reading
A review of Celia Hughes, Young Lives on the Left: Sixties Activism and the Liberation of the Self (Manchester University Press, 2015), £70 For those who argue that women and men make history, it makes sense to assess the 1968… Continue Reading
A review of John Smith, Imperialism in the Twenty-first Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism’s Final Crisis (Monthly Review Press, 2016), £18.99 The significance of John Smith’s book lies in his powerful critique of mainstream economics and official statistics as he… Continue Reading
A review of Shourideh C Molavi, Stateless Citizenship: The Palestinian-Arab Citizens of Israel (Haymarket, 2014), £20 Israel defines itself as a Jewish State although many of its citizens are not Jewish. It is the state of all Jews worldwide rather… Continue Reading
A review of Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams, Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work (Verso, 2015), £12.99 Inventing the Future is a welcome intervention into the growing debate about how we can move beyond capitalism. The authors… Continue Reading
A review of Maha Abdelrahman, Egypt’s Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings (Routledge, 2015), £34.99 This book was written as the Egyptian Revolution unfolded. Its author experienced the hopes and anxieties of tens of millions of people, sharing “moments of… Continue Reading
My previous piece on the German Revolution in International Socialism 1491 was prompted by John Rose’s argument at his meeting at Marxism 2014 that the revolution was effectively over by January 1919.2 My article was not an attempt to provide… Continue Reading
Rob Murthwaite’s review of my book A Very Capitalist Condition: A History and Politics of Disability endorses its general approach that disability discrimination is rooted in the development and continued existence of capitalist society.1 However, I want to respond to… Continue Reading
A review of Steve Cushion, A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution: How the Working Class Shaped the Guerrillas’ Victory (Monthly Review Press, 2016), £20.42 and Jane Franklin, Cuba and the US Empire: A Chronological History (Monthly Review Press, 2016),… Continue Reading
A review of Michael Helquist, Marie Equi: Radical Politics and Outlaw Passions (Oregon State University Press, 2015), £19 On May Day 1950 the dockers’ union in Portland, Oregon, presented a bouquet of 13 red roses and a poem to 78-year-old… Continue Reading