Reviews
Paul Embery: When the dog whistle becomes tedious
A review of Despised by Paul Embery
Communist Party of Britain’s road to reformism
The CPB has re-released its programme, Britain’s Road to Socialism.
Review: Small Axe hews heavy beams
Review of Mangrove, first film in Steve McQueens Small Axe series.
Review: Spitting Image and the death of British satire
Punch up, not down.
Fully Automated Luxury Communism or scientific socialism
Aaron Bastani's manifesto promises a utopian world of plenty, but one in which the fundamental relations of the capitalist system remain untouched.
Review: Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay: The Fight to Stop the Poll Tax by Simon Hannah
By Bernie McAdam To mark the 30th anniversary of the Trafalgar Square Poll Tax demo-turned-riot, Simon Hannah has produced an excellent and enthralling account of the epic struggle that helped […]
Review: The Road to Somewhere by David Goodhart
David Goodhart's new book presents a deeply conservative analysis of the post-Brexit convulsions in British politics
How Black Lives Matter shattered illusions in Obama’s ‘post-racial’ presidency
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a leading member of the International Socialist Organisation until its dissolution earlier this year, has provided a useful analysis of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement that erupted across the US in the aftermath of the police killing of Mike Jones in Ferguson, Missouri in 2016
Review: Superior The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
Angela Saini’s third book, Superior, is a logical follow-on from her second, Inferior, on the failure of science in relation to women. She is a science journalist and BBC scientific […]
Review: The Left Case Against The EU
ANDY YORKE critiques Costas Lapavitsas’ recent book making the case for Lexit
