In International Socialism 108 James Woodcock took issue with some of Paul McGarr’s arguments about the role transport under capitalism plays in the growing threat of climate change (see International Socialism 107). In particular, James offers some sharp criticisms of… Continue Reading
We appreciate the attention that Alex Callinicos is giving to our work (International Socialism 108), and are especially pleased that he sees it as a ‘useful corrective’ to his earlier ‘mistaken claim’ that the end of the Cold War would… Continue Reading
The Bolivian election was due to take place two days after we went to print. But the country seems likely to be in turmoil in the months ahead, whatever the outcome. Two recent articles are a useful complement to Mike… Continue Reading
A review of Chris Wickham, Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 (Oxford, 2005), £85 The period from the 5th to the 11th centuries in Europe has traditionally been treated in Britain as the ‘Dark Ages’—of little… Continue Reading
bq. A review of Steven Rose, The 21st Century Brain (Jonathan Cape, 2005), £25, and Terrence Deacon, The Symbolic Species (Norton, 1998), £8.99 Understanding how the human brain works is one of the biggest unsolved questions in biology, and it… Continue Reading
bq. A review of Gregor Gall, The Political Economy of Scotland: Red Scotland? Radical Scotland? (University of Wales Press, 2005), £19.99 Macduff: Stands Scotland where it did? Ross: Alas, poor country, almost afraid to know itself! (Macbeth, act 4, scene… Continue Reading
bq. A review of Andrew Simms, Ecological Debt: The Health of the Planet and the Wealth of Nations (Pluto Press, 2005), £12.99; Steven P McGiffen, Biotechnology: Corporate Power Versus Public Interest (Pluto Press, 2005), £15.99 What is to be done… Continue Reading
bq. A review of James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer, Social Movements and State Power: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador (Pluto Press, 2005), £17.99 Latin America is in turmoil. What is written today will be obsolete tomorrow. People’s struggles to shift the… Continue Reading
bq. A review of Romila Thapar, Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History (Verso, 2005), £17 On 6 December 1992 the Babri Mosque at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, north India, was demolished by a mob organised by the Bharati Janata… Continue Reading
bq. A review of V G Kiernan, America: The New Imperialism—From White Settlement to World Hegemony with a preface by E J Hobsbawm and an epilogue by J Trumpbour (Verso, 2005), £15, and Neil Smith, The Endgame of Globalization (Routledge… Continue Reading