A piercing historical explanation of poverty and inequality in African societies today and the social impact of resource-driven growth, Extracting Profit explains why Africa, in the first decade and a
Short-listed for the The Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. Across the world, economic recovery, growth and investment are - at best - slow. At the same time, shares, derivatives and other fin
“Kim Moody is one of the leading intellectuals of the labor movement.”—Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Race Rebels: Culture, Politics and the Black Working Class In his latest book, Kim Moody analyzes ho
A panoramic account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath animated by the lives, ideas and experiences of workers, peasants, intellectuals, artists, and revolutionaries of diverse
Building on the work of Raymond Williams, Terry Eagleton and Fredric Jameson, Hartley delineates the historical and conceptual preconditions for the emergence of a ?politics of style’, and uncovers an
One hundred years ago, workers and peasants in Russia turned the world upside down when they overthrew their Tsar, took over their factories, farms, and schools, and set out to build a new society. In
Countering the chorus of anti-immigrant voices that have grown increasingly loud in the current political moment, No One is Illegal exposes the racism of anti-immigration vigilantes and puts a human f
“Policing a Class Society is a significant contribution to the literature on criminal justice history.”—Alexander W. Pisciotta, Journal of Criminal Law and CriminologyAn urgent history of the creation
Clara Zetkin, an organizer of the First International Women’s Day, presented this Report and Resolution on fascism at the June 1923 enlarged plenum of the Communist International’s executive committee
In a completely original analysis, prize-winning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power--from the 1890s through the Cold War--and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into t
From a small group of devout Puritan settlers, the USA ultimately became the richest, most powerful Empire in the history of the world. Yet it is now in a process of implosion and decay. This book, in
Murray’s essays concentrate on Marx the historical materialist, the investigator of historically specific social forms of wealth and labour. In probing Marx’s dialectical accounts of the commodity, va
Praise for Socialism . . . Seriously:“Danny Katch has done the impossible: he makes socialism sexy. Socialism . . .Seriously is eye-opening, inspiring, and funny. Warning to all Democrats, Republicans
In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement.?Foner's careful and detailed scholarship makes this the best o
This volume offers readers a concise and accessible introduction to the ideas of Noam Chomsky, described by the New York Times as "arguably the most important intellectual alive."In these recent, wide
This unique volume explores the intersections between racial, class, and gender-based oppressions, and shows how these have been challenged through practical organizing and radical movements.Paul Le B
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was created in a surge of revolutionary self-determination that rejected both the free-market-Capitalism of Europe, and the bureaucratic-Socialism of the S
Kozo Uno is widely recognized as one of the most important Marxist economists of the 20th century, and yet most of his work remains untranslated and thus unavailable to the Anglo-Saxon world. This Eng
Nadezhda Krupskaya was a founding member of the Russian Bolshevik Party and the wife of Valdimir Lenin from 1898 until his death in 1924. As both his closest political collaborator and personal confid
Regarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written, this book offers an unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history. This book, rel
As it spreads its tendrils across the globe, one of Neoliberalism’s most important policy demands has been ?labor flexibilization”?coded language for tearing up collective bargaining agreements and di
Investigating the origins and development of Herbert Marcuse's dialectical approach vis-à-vis Hegel, Marx, and Freud as well as the central figures of the Frankfurt School, Sethness Castro chronicles
The concept of human rights is often deployed by states in defense of various policies, as well by those resisting the impact of those same policies. Using case studies from contemporary Mexico and Co
A road map to resistance in the Trump era from internationally acclaimed activist and bestselling author Naomi Klein."This book is a toolkit to help understand how we arrived at this surreal political
Radicals in the Barrio uncovers a long and rich history of political radicalism within the Mexican and Chicano working class in the United States. Chacón clearly and sympathetically documents the ways
Spurred by the commitment to continue the critical work that Malcolm X began, this volume analyizes the enduring significance of his life, work, and religious philosophy. Bringing together thirteen di
In the months following the collapse of the Tsarist regime in war-torn Russia, the Bolshevik Party emerged from obscurity to overthrow the provisional government and establish the world’s first commun
?Democracy hasn’t eradicated caste,” writes Arundhati Roy. ?It has entrenched and modernized it.”To best understand caste today in India, Roy insists we must examine the influence of Gandhi in shaping
Known variously as ??the Windy City,”’ ??the City of Big Shoulders,”’ or ??Chi-Raq,”’ Chicago is one of the most widely celebrated, routinely demonized, and thoroughly contested cities in the world.Ch
When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What
Building on his highly original and always insightful earlier works on collective activity, in Origins of Collective Decision Making Andy Blunden turns his attention to the question of how groups make
Praise for Men Explain Things to Me:"It's a fraught time to be female in America (or should I say fraught-er), and Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me is the most clarifying, soothing, and socia
How do individuals and organizations move beyond the boundaries of constitutional or legal constructs to challenge neoliberalism and capitalism? As major urban areas have become the principal sites of
From the Marxist-tinged anarchism of the Haymarket martyrs to the Occupy Wall Street movement, these essays give a vibrant sense of the central role of the Left in social movements and struggles of th
Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty . . . never dull . . . should be read and remembered for a long time."?New York Times Book Review "The authors argue persuasively that biol
Edward W. Said once urged the legendary Eqbal Ahmad not to "leave your words scattered to the winds, or even recorded on tape, but collected and published in several volumes for everyone to read. Then
Dower draws heavily on hard data and internal U.S. planning and pronouncements in this concise analysis of war and terror in our time. In doing so, he places U.S. policy and practice firmly within the
Karl Kautsky was, for three decades before the First World War, the main authority on the intellectual heritage of Marx and Engels. His interpretation of Marx’s Capital and the basic laws and contradi
Trotsky’s analysis in Lessons of October ran counter to the efforts of Bolshevik leaders to depict October as a foundational event in which the Bolshevik Party, and its clear-sighted leader Lenin, pla
Over a decade ago Foster and Burkett introduced a revolutionary understanding of the ecological foundations of Marx’s thought, demonstrating that Marx’s concepts of the universal metabolism of nature,
