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Issue 130

Analysis

The return of the Arab revolution

Alex Callinicos

Engels on the power of nature

The return of fear

Iain Ferguson

Tunisia: the people’s revolution

Chamseddine Mnasri

Act One of the Egyptian Revolution

Philip Marfleet

Social media and social movements

Jonny Jones

The student movement today

Dan Swain

The origins of the united front policy

John Riddell

The Tories, Eton and private schools

David Renton

I love the sound of breaking glass: the London crowd, 1760-2010

Keith Flett

Feedback

Facing the crisis: the strategic perplexity of the left

Stathis Kouvelakis

Sexuality, alienation and capitalism

Sheila McGregor

Counterpower, participatory democracy, revolutionary defence: debating Black Flame, revolutionary anarchism and historical Marxism

Lucien van der Walt

The social roots of “impairment”

Lee Humber

Book reviews

We want rebel music

Lee Billingham

Natural’s not in it

Martin Empson

State of the union

Chris Bambery

Forgotten famine

John Newsinger

Africa’s opening

Andy Wynne

Pick of the quarter

This quarter's selection

Cover of issue 130

New Resources on this website:

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Videos from the ISJ event on ‘Marxism and Revolution Today’ with Alex Callinicos, Claire Ceruti, Neil Davidson and others

Videos from a discussion of the crisis and the left in Europe with Charlie Kimber and Giorgos Pittas

Videos from the ISJ conference on ‘Crisis, Class and Resistance’ with Robin Blackburn, Alex Callinicos, Guy Standing and others

Why the Earth Summit Failed by David Treece – originally published in ISJ 56

Video: ISJ seminar on “Egypt, Tunisia and revolution in the 21st century” with Gilbert Achcar and Anne Alexander

“The sex work debate: a response to Jess Edwards” by Thierry Schaffauser

Video: Seminar on ‘Racism in Britain today’ with Richard Seymour”

Audio: Alex Callinicos on the International Socialist tradition in political economy

Continuing crisis in Thailand

A report on the presidential election in Cyprus

Audio: full recordings from the recent International Socialism conference Marxism and Political Economy

Audio: Harman, Brenner and Itoh discuss the world economy today at Historical Materialism’s annual conference

A report on Turkey’s recent elections

New book on Thailand’s coup

From our archives

The roots of gay oppression (Norah Carlin 1989)

The ‘workers’ government (Chris Harman 1977)

A critique of Nicos Poulantzas (Colin Barker 1979)

Theories of Patriarchy (Lindsey German 1981)

Mike Kidron on Marxist political economy (1974)

The State and Capital (Chris Harman 1991)

Gramsci versus Eurocommunism (Chris Harman 1977)

The changing working class (Alex Callinicos and Chris Harman)

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