As he navigates the world of 2050, Julian West offers a roadmap for the path we’re already on, a chronicle of impending disaster, and a faint light of hope. He may be humanity’s last best chance to ex
In this comprehensive and dynamic Deutscher Prize winning work, Liebman rises about the dogmatism and sterility that plague most appraisals of Lenin, and persuasively makes the case that the Russian R
"This is a book of conscience. Shocking, eloquent, carefully researched, it should be read?and acted upon."?Gena CoreaReproductive Rights and Wrongs also tells the story of how international women's h
In this groundbreaking look at the history and politics of the US child welfare system, The Unbroken Cycle exposes the system in its totality, from child protective investigation to foster care and ma
In October 1932, the streets of Belfast were gripped by vicious and widespread rioting that lasted the best part of a week. Thousands of unarmed demonstrators fought extended pitched battles against h
Leon Trotsky's 1905despite long being out of printhas remained the central point of reference for those looking to understand the rising of workers, peasants, and soldiers that nearly unseated the Tsa
In this wide-ranging volume, Dick Boer argues that the biblical watchword 'delivery from slavery' offers the key to translating the message of the exodus from slavery into a theory and practice releva
The pieces collected here offer a stimulating, empirically grounded survey of North American collective behaviour, popular mobilizations, and social struggles. What emerges is Palmer's sustained refle
Collected here are articles and reviews capturing the breadth of Bryan Palmer’s interests as a radical historian. Themes as diverse as the analytic and political contributions of Eric Hobsbawm and E.P
Marx’s Economic Manuscript of 1864-1865 makes available the original draft manuscript of Volume III ofCapital. These notebooks were heavily edited by Engels to prepare the text for publication, and it
Most scholars assume that Gramsci’s thinking can be clearly periodized, drawing a distinction between his early work and The Prison Notebooks.’ In this important book, Marcos Del Roio instead defends
Drawing upon Greek state-theorist Nicos Poulantzas, Gallas challenges both mainstream and critical accounts of British politics in the 1980s and 90s. He shows that Thatcherism’s success and novelty, i
This book begins by examining the concept of utopia in Latin-American thought, particularly its roots within indigenous emancipatory practice, and suggests that within this concept can be found a reso
In this wide-ranging analysis of the processes, mutations and trends currently characterizing the world of work, Valencia offers important new insights into the ways these changes are bound up within
Praise for Fugitive Days:"[A] gripping and provocative story. . . . What is most remarkable about this dramatic and revelatory personal and social history are the always urgent questions it raise
In this collection British and Argentinian historians analyze the Asiatic, Germanic, peasant, slave, feudal, and tributary modes of production by exploring historical processes and diverse problems of
Graffiti crews are willing to risk anything for their art. Called vandals, criminals, even creative terrorists, graffiti artists set out to make their voices heard and alter the way people view the wo
Little known to today's radicals, Babeuf and his conspiracy of equals were in some ways the direct historical precursor of the revolutionary socialist movement. Ian Birchall, a prolific writer and aut
These classic essays from the international socialist tradition make a powerful and convincing case for building revolutionary socialist organizations in the fight for liberation.
Praise for AFL-CIO's Secret War against Developing Country Workers:"It belongs in every library in the country."Online Journal"A welcome, overdue, and highly informed expose of U.S. lab
This volume reclaims for sociology a history and paradigm only recently acknowledged for helping shape the American sociological tradition. This settlement paradigm of neighborly relations” combined t
Alvin W. Gouldner (1920-1980) was a leading sociologist of his era who provided groundbreaking analyses in the areas of industrial sociology, critical sociological theory, ideology, reciprocity, and c
Japan’s postwar economic growth depended in large part upon the reproductive bargain.’ In this system of employment male breadwinners were expected to work long hours in exchange for benefits and rela
"Rosmer's book should be on the shelf of every militant."Christopher HitchensLike thousands of others drawn to the promise and potential of the first workers' revolution, Alfred Rosmer found
How four exonerees convicted of first-degree murder in Cook County, Ill, represent the many flaws in the criminal justice system, the collateral damage of wrongful incarcerations and their journeys to
“Tomas Young become one of the most powerful and eloquent voices denouncing the war. He served as the conscience of the nation. And although his life was cut short, his is the final word on a war that
Much has been written about the activity of Lenin and his colleagues on the editorial board of Iskra, whereas little has been said about his interlocutors in these debates. To redress the balance, Ric
Leon Trotsky was one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution who was exiled and murdered following Stalin’s rise to power. Written by two of his closest collaborators, this book provides an invaluabl
This study of Vladimir Lenin's conception of the revolutionary party, and its place in Marxist thought, gives a vibrant sense of the historical context?both Russian and international?in which Lenin's
"A dogged and intrepid journalist who won't take 'no comment' for an answer, Nick Turse has done a fantastic job of exposing the US military's expansion into Africa and the proliferation of its secret
During the twentieth century the problem of post-revolutionary bureaucracy emerged as the most pressing theoretical and political concern confronting Marxism. No one contributed more to the discussion
Written from a Marxist perspective, this book argues that the global economy is in a depression. The profitability of capital is too low and debt built up before the Great Recession is too high. This
"[A] rare description of the final months of the Holocaust is marked by political consciousness, moral understanding, and perceptive observation. Levy-Hass has much to tell us of death and su
Duncan Hallas was one of the most erudite Marxists of the twentieth century. An activist, teacher, and revolutionary, Hallas wrote about class struggle as a leading participant. This volume collects h
In Dialectics of the Ideal: Evald Ilyenkov and Creative Soviet Marxism Levant and Oittinen provide a window into the subterranean tradition of creative’ Soviet Marxism, which developed on the margins
Best known for his role as Evo Morales’s vice-president, Alvaro Garcia Linera is also known across Latin America as one of Bolivia’s foremost intellectuals. With a theoretical trajectory beginning in
Using the historical-materialist method to unravel the promise and limits of critical practice since the Revolutionary Age, John E. O’Brien investigates the problems and prospects of cultural criticis
Just as blues influenced the Harlem Renaissance and jazz influenced the Black Arts Movement, hip-hop's musical and cultural force has shaped the aesthetics of and given rise to a new generation of Ame
In the 1960s historians on both sides of the Atlantic began to challenge the assumptions of their colleagues and push for an understanding of history "from below." In this collection, Staughton Lynd,
