Antonio Negri, Goodbye Mr Socialism: Radical Politics in the 21st Century (Serpent’s Tail, 2008), £8_._99 This collection of interviews with Antonio Negri provides some insights into one of the most important thinkers on the anti-capitalist left. Negri is the co_author,… Continue Reading
Conor Kostick, The Social Structure of the First Crusade (Brill, 2008), £93.99 In 1095 Pope Urban II called on the faithful to retake the Holy Land for Christianity. This unleashed a crusading movement which saw hundreds of thousands of Europeans… Continue Reading
Emanuele Saccarelli, Gramsci and Trotsky in the Shadow of Stalinism (Routledge, 2008), £60 Books culled from doctoral theses are rarely page-turners but this work by unashamed Trotskyist Emanuele Saccarelli is better than most. Saccarelli attempts to rescue Antonio Gramsci and… Continue Reading
Mark Zeitoun, Power and Water in the Middle East: The Hidden Politics of the Palestinian–Israeli Water Conflict (IB Tauris, 2008), £47.50 Water is one of the most obvious symbols of the injustice of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians. In Israeli… Continue Reading
Francisco Boldizzoni, Means and Ends: The Idea of Capital in the West, 1500–1970 (Palgrave, 2008), £45 Francesco Boldizzoni sets out in this short book (169 pages plus notes) to write the history of capital or rather “the evolution of the… Continue Reading
Kate Crehan, Gramsci, Culture and Anthropology (Pluto, 2002), £18.99 Gramsci, Culture, and Anthropology is a welcome contribution to the revival of interest in the work of Antonio Gramsci. Kate Crehan’s clear and succinct book begins with a brief biographical summary,… Continue Reading
Alan B Krueger, What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism (Princeton University, 2007), £17.95 Explaining terrorism is a difficult and controversial business. Witness George Bush’s perplexed response to the 9/11 attacks: “I’m amazed that there’s such misunderstanding… Continue Reading
A review of Martin Wolf, Fixing Global Finance: How to Curb Financial Crises in the 21st Century (Yale University, 2009), £18.99 The great global economic crisis has put many institutions brutally to the test and destroyed them. One of these… Continue Reading
Pierre Broué and Emile Témime, The Revolution And The Civil War In Spain (Haymarket, 2008), £30 The Spanish Revolution of 1936-7 was the high point of the working class struggles that marked the 1930s. It inspired millions across the world… Continue Reading
Paul Blackledge and Neil Davidson (eds) Alasdair MacIntyre’s Engagement with Marxism: Selected Writings 1953–74 (Brill, 2008), £101.57 “The man who solved the Irish Question” was how Alasdair MacIntyre described James Connolly in an article in an early issue of New… Continue Reading