The July issue of Science & Society (volume 88, number 3) contains an interesting and timely symposium on “Imperialism, Anti-imperialism and the Global Class Struggle”. It was provoked by a couple of earlier pieces by William Robinson, who contributed an… Continue Reading
A review of China: Rise, Repression and Resistance by Adrian Budd (Bookmarks, 2024), £10 What is the history, politics and nature of the Chinese regime? Adrian Budd’s book, China: Rise, Repression and Resistance provides an excellent and in-depth answer. Regularly,… Continue Reading
A review of The Zone of Interest (2023, Jonathan Glazer) Steven Spielberg said that Jonathan Glazer’s film The Zone of Interest, based on Martin Amis’s book of the same name, was the best film about the Holocaust since his own… Continue Reading
Denis Godard’s article in International Socialism 184 aims to assess the situation in France today and sketch out the tasks of the left.1 It also presents the history of the Popular Front in France in the 1930s, intending to draw… Continue Reading
A review of Empire of Normality by Robert Chapman (Pluto Press, 2023), £14.99 Over recent years, neurodiversity has become a major social phenomenon in the societies of the Global North.1 A rapid growth in the number of those seeking or… Continue Reading
The “special relationship”, declared prime minister Keir Starmer in his first official visit to White House in July 2024, was “stronger now than ever”.1The meeting in Washington was a triumph for him. It was the reward for shadowing dutifully the… Continue Reading
One of the campaign ads used in the 2024 presidential elections was: “Kamala Harris is for they/them. President Trump is for you”.1 The slogan both taps into the transphobia promoted by the political right in the “culture wars” and appeals… Continue Reading
Eddie Prevost was a leading worker militant in the London docks from 1960 to 1989. This was a time of intense class struggle in Britain—and Eddie played a key role. He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in the… Continue Reading
The history of women’s activism in nationalist movements in Palestine has been eviscerated or marginalised at best.1 Yet, women have played a central role in the Palestinian struggle against occupation by the British and then the Israelis dating back to… Continue Reading
The success of Reform UK in the British general election of July 2024 is unprecedented.1 The far right, anti-immigration party won 4.12 million votes, 14 percent of the total, and five seats: Clacton in Essex, Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire,… Continue Reading