A review of John Crabtree and Laurence Whitehead (eds), Unresolved Tensions: Bolivia Past and Present (University of Pittsburgh, 2008), £24.50 Bolivia has long been marginalised from mainstream international political discussion and affairs. Even the rest of South America has often… Continue Reading
A review of Shlomo Sand, The Invention of the Jewish People (Verso, 2009), £18.99 and Avi Shlaim, Israel and Palestine (Verso, 2009), £16.99 I’ll risk a prediction. Shlomo Sand’s book, already a best seller in Israel and France, will accelerate… Continue Reading
The debate on “sex work” has divided the trade union movement. While the GMB has tried to organise women who work in lap dancing clubs, in 2009 the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Women’s Congress voted against a motion which supported… Continue Reading
There is a striking paradox at the heart of contemporary anti-capitalism. Many within the movement deny what is undoubtedly one of its defining characteristics: the very fact that it is political at all.1 The practical problems with this approach have… Continue Reading
Upon joining the Dagenham and Ilford International Socialists in late 1972 I was offered a special bargain price package of reading material. I eagerly devoured what was a fairly mixed selection of work but one pamphlet stood out: Chris Harman’s… Continue Reading
This is the second in a series of responses to Chris Harman’s last book, Zombie Capitalism: Global Crisis and the Relevance of Marx. It was written shortly before Chris’s death. The great merit of Zombie Capitalism is that it outlines… Continue Reading
Michel Husson has criticised a number of Marxist economists, including myself, in the most stringent manner.1 He writes that: The crisis has given rise in recent months to a series of contributions characterised by a counterproductive and discouraging dogmatism…What these… Continue Reading