Re-issue of the classic socialist call to arms in 1968The original publication of the May Day Manifesto in 1968 collected together the most influential radical voices of the era. Amongst the 70 signat
A comprehensive history of the development of Marxist theory and the parameters of 21st-century politicsIn this pithy and panoramic work - both stimulating for the specialist and the accessible to the
How to save our cities: leading architect on the fall of the neoliberal cityWhat has happen to New York since the Bloomberg era? What lessons can we draw lessons from a city that was home to both Jan
Charting the decline of the French intellectual, from the Dreyfus Affair to IslamophobiaThe best-selling author of The Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand examines the troublesome figure of th
First English language collection of writings by the legendary 19th century insurrectionistLouis-Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881) was one of the most important and controversial figures in nineteenth-centu
Explosive novel of Italy’s revolutionary 1969 by leading Italian novelistIt was 1969, and temperatures were rising across the factories of the north as workers demanded better pay and conditions
On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Tariq Ali paints an illuminating portrait of Lenin“Without Lenin there would have been no socialist revolution in 1917. Of this much we can be certain
A firsthand account of a Greek refugee camp--and the stories of the refugees staying in themHara Hotel chronicles everyday life in a makeshift refugee camp on the forecourt of a petrol station in nort
Poulantzas's book is the first major Marxist study of German and Italian fascism to appear since the Second World War. It carefully distinguishes between fascism as a mass movement before the sei
The first full presentation of a fundamental aspect of Marx, the concept of need.The basic discoveries underlying Marx's critique of political economy - labour power, surplus value, use value - are al
A devastating analysis of what is happening to our universitiesDoes “marketization” threaten to destroy what we most value about education? Will this new era of “accountability&rdquo
A historical look at the emergence of fascism in EuropeDrawing on a Gramscian theoretical perspective and development a systematic comparative approach, The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe: Ita
"In 1968 we celebrated the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. We still have reason to hope for a concrete celebration in 2018"This study of Marx serves not only as an exce
In this new edition of his memoirs, Tariq Ali revisits his formative years as a young radical. It is a story that takes us from Paris and Prague to Hanoi and Bolivia, encountering along the way Malcol
Neoliberalism's war against democracy and how to resist itHow do we explain the strange survival of the forces responsible for the 2008 economic crisis, one of the worst since 1929? How do we explain
Vivid account and reflection on two struggles that are at the heart of the contestation of neoliberal technocracy and the stateAt a time of ever more accelerated and expanded development of natural an
A walker’s guide to Paris, taking us through its past, present and possible futuresEric Hazan, author of the acclaimed The Invention of Paris, leads us by the hand in this walk from Ivry to
Britain’s leading radical delivers an eviscerating attack on the indistinguishable political elite of the UK.What is the point of elections? The result is always the same: a victory for the Extr
An impressive re-examination of the theories of Marx and Engels on nationalismReally Existing Nationalisms challenges the conventional view that Marx and Engels lacked the theoretical resources needed
The extradition of terror subjects reveals who is considered to be human—and who is notWhen Minh Pham was extradited from Britain to the US to face terrorism related charges, his appeal against
A major account of the failings of the European Union—and why it has to goThe European Union is a besieged institution. It is struggling in vain to overcome the eurozone crisis and faces an infl
Revolution in the Air is the definitive study of how radicals from the sixties movements embraced twentieth-century Marxism, and what movements of dissent today can learn from the legacies of Lenin, M
The BBC: the mouthpiece of the Establishment?The BBC is one of the most important institutions in Britain; it is also one of the most misunderstood. Despite its claim to be independent and impartial,
A new vision of politics “below the radar”Unexceptional Politics develops a vocabulary of terms drawn from a wide range of media (political fiction, art, film, and TV serials), highlightin
One of the world’s leading radical philosophers analyses the failure of the Syriza experience in GreeceIn a series of seven trenchant interventions Alain Badiou analyses the decisive development
Tracking the postconceptual dimensions of contemporary artIf, as Walter Benjamin claimed, “it is the function of artistic form … to make historical content into a philosophical truth,&rdq
One of the world’s leading radical philosophers analyses the failure of the Syriza experience in GreeceIn a series of seven trenchant interventions Alain Badiou analyses the decisive development
An expansive investigation into the relationship between contemporary states and the far-rightIt is clear that the right is on the rise, but after Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the spike in
When cowboys were workers and battled their bossesAlthough later made an icon of “rugged individualism,” the American cowboy was a grossly exploited and underpaid seasonal worker, who wage
Leading artists, theorists, and writers exhume the dystopian and utopian futures contained within the present“I am the supercommunity, and you are only starting to recognize me. I grew out of so
Recovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish traditionJewish radicals manned the barricades on the avenues of Petrograd and the alleys of the Warsaw ghetto; they were in the vanguard of those re
A revolutionary reimagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on in the earth beneath our feet Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map, but
The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the fate of PalestineOn November 2, 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, decl
A cutting exploration of how cities drive climate change while being on the frontlines of the coming climate crisisHow will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt?
The story of the remarkable resurgence of right-wing extremists in the United StatesJust as Donald Trump’s victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked liberal Americans, the seemingly sudden nat
The principle of the “lesser evil”—the acceptability of pursuing one exceptional course of action in order to prevent a greater injustice—has long been a cornerstone of Western ethical phi
Tracing the complexity and contradictory nature of work throughout historyBy the end of the nineteenth century, the general Western conception of work had been reduced to simply gainful employment. Bu
America’s leading essayist on the frantic retreat of democracy, in the fire and smoke of the war on terrorIn twenty-five years of imperial adventure, America has laid waste to its principles of democr
