The other Moses
A review of Edward Said, Freud and the Non-European (Verso, 2004), £8 Continue Reading
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Forgotten subversives
A review of Jonathan I Israel, Radical Enlightenment (Oxford, 2002), £20.99 Continue Reading
Caught in a trap
A review of Vivek Chibber, Locked in Place: State-Building and Late Industrialisation in India (Princeton University Press, 2003), £26.95 Continue Reading
More than Culloden
A review of Neil Davidson, Discovering the Scottish Revolution, 1682-1746 (Pluto Press, 2003), £19.99 Continue Reading
Barcelona class war
A review of Chris Ealham, Class, Culture and Conflict in Barcelona 1898-1937 (Routledge, 2004), £70 Continue Reading
Militant Dubliners
A review of John Newsinger, Rebel City (Merlin Press, 2004), £14.95 Continue Reading
Cities in revolt
A review of Meena Menon and Neera Adarkar, One Hundred Years, One Hundred Voices (Seagull Books, 2004), £19.95 Continue Reading
Emin matters
Tracey Emin is the most famous contemporary artist in Britain. This is the first time a woman has occupied this position and that is, in itself, worthy of note. Moreover her fame is connected to what makes her a serious… Continue Reading
Che and the socialist tradition: a reply to Mike Gonzalez
Mike Gonzalez’s latest book, Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution (Bookmarks, 2004), is published at an opportune moment, constituting a formidable challenge to all those who see in Che’s symbolism a guiding star for their political actions. When saying that… Continue Reading
Venezuela: inside the Bolivarian revolution
Roland Denis is a leading revolutionary in Venezuela. He was briefly a member of the Chávez government (in 2002-2003) as vice-minister of planning, but resigned after ten months, together with the minister, in protest at the lack of grass roots… Continue Reading