Reviews

We Only Want the Earth rs21 pamphlet review

By Geillis Duncan This pamphlet explores the concept of ecosocialism. i.e. a socialism that puts environmentalism at the centre of the working class struggle. Secondly it takes up some of the debates amongst left wing environmentalists, and finally how rs21 propose ecosocialist organising in Britain in the coming years. However, the author makes clear on […]

Workers Power  ·  03 November 2024

Undercover: Exposing the Far Right review

Hope Not Hate go undercover to expose the changing dynamics of the international far right mixing racism, violence and conspiracy theories

Workers Power  ·  03 November 2024

Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods review

By KD Tait This recent Panorama documentary examining the sexual assault allegations against Mohamed Al-Fayed, former owner of the Harrods department store, sheds critical light on the intersection of wealth, power and the systemic neglect of survivors of sexual violence.  In an era where accountability is urgently demanded, this film provides a necessary exploration of […]

Workers Power  ·  03 November 2024

AWL gets it wrong on Portuguese revolution

A review of the AWL's pamphlet on the 1974 Portuguese revolution

Workers Power  ·  10 September 2024

British rule kneecapped

A review of Kneecap

Workers Power  ·  30 August 2024

Review of Defiance: Fighting the Far Right

A review of documentary Defiance: Fighting the Far Right directed by Satiyesh Manoharajah, Channel 4 mini-series.

Alex Rutherford  ·  16 July 2024

Book review: 1984, the Miners and the Strike that could have won

A review of 1984, the Miners and the Strike that could have won by Ian Taylor, Socialist Worker.

Dave Stockton  ·  15 July 2024

Book review: The Carnation Revolution

A review of The Carnation Revolution: The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell by Alex Fernandes, Oneworld, 2024, 400 pages, £22.

Dara O'Cogaidhin  ·  14 July 2024

Review: The power and politics of textiles in art

An international representation of textile art interrogating gender, race, environment and more

Workers Power  ·  02 March 2024

Review: Women in revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990

Exhibition at Tate Britain London, running until 9 April 2024.

Workers Power  ·  17 January 2024

Mr Bates vs the Post Office: A great British scandal

Review of the tv series that exposed the Horizon scandal.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  17 January 2024

Review: The Last Colony by Philippe Sands

By Jeremy Dewar Between 1969 and 1973, Britain deported 1,500 islanders from their homes on the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Many of them were descendants of African slaves, brought to the islands to work on coconut plantations, first by the Portuguese, then by the French. Twice removed from their homes, on both occasions […]

Jeremy Dewar  ·  16 October 2023

Review: One State by Ghada Karmi

Making the case for a one state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Urte March  ·  16 October 2023

Review: Capitalist China and Socialist Revolution

By Peter Main In this short pamphlet, Simon Hannah seeks to, ‘outline the recent history of China as well as the ways in which the politics and economy of the country have shifted – making it one of the most powerful capitalist and emerging imperialist countries in the world’. More than that, as the title […]

Peter Main  ·  15 October 2023

‘We don’t need no thought control’: Review of Roger Waters, ‘This Is Not a Drill’ world tour

The 'controversial' politics of Roger Waters take centre stage in his first farewell tour 'This Is Not a Drill' tour

George Banks  ·  13 June 2023

Investigating the new proletariat

Marcel Rajecky reviews Work, Work, Work: Labor, Alienation and Class Struggle by Michael D. Yates

Marcel Rajecky  ·  05 June 2023

‘You caan’ mek we shut up’ – Review of Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik

Jeremy Dewar reviews Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik

Jeremy Dewar  ·  18 December 2022

How to lose… again: A review of Our Bloc by James Schneider

Dave Stockton reviews Our Bloc: How We Win by James Schneider

Dave Stockton  ·  18 December 2022

Organising from above: Review of A Collective Bargain by Jane McAlevey

Tim Nailsea reviews A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organising and the Fight for Democracy by Jane McAlevey

Tim Nailsea  ·  18 December 2022

The limits of municipal socialism: A review of Radical Lambeth by Simon Hannah

Dave Stocking Radical Lambeth: 1978-1991 by Simon Hannah

Dave Stockton  ·  05 September 2022

Why You Should Be A Trade Unionist by Len McCluskey

Tim Nailsea reviews Why You Should Be A Trade Unionist by Len McCluskey

Tim Nailsea  ·  15 November 2021

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