A book to whet the appetite
W E Du Bois: Revolutionary across the colour line by Bill V Mullen published by Pluto Press, 2016, £12.99 Reviewed by Veronica Fagan I didn’t know a very much about W.E.B. [...]
Reviews
Why isn’t God answering?
Andy Stowe reviews Silence by Martin Scorsese. Any film about Jesuit missionaries that has Ad maiorem Dei gloriam (for the greater glory of God), the Catholic [...]
Rebellions are built on hope – a Star Wars review
Andy Stowe reviews Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Is science fiction set to become the popular storytelling vehicle of choice for writers and audiences who despise everything [...]
Sport’s dance with the devil
Jane Shallice reviews Brazil’s dance with the devil : The World Cup, the Olympics and the fight for democracy by Dave Zirin Haymarket Books $17.95 The Olympics! Who [...]
Politics in a Time of Crisis
Dave Kellaway reviews: Politics in a Time of Crisis : Podemos and the future of a Democratic Europe by Pablo Iglesias published by Verso Books One passage that made me sit up [...]
Facing the Anthropocene
Facing the Anthropocene – fossil capitalism and the crisis of the earth system by Ian Angus (1) Monthly Review Press, October 2016 £15.99 Reviewed by Alan Thornett [...]
Austerity kills real people
Terry Conway reviews Ken Loach’s new film I, Daniel Blake I, Daniel Blake’s first showing in Britain was as part of the World Transformed organised by Momentum, on [...]
Spirited lessons from the platinum mines
The Spirit of Marikana: The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa by Luke Sinwell with Siphiwe Mbatha Pluto Press reviewed by Norman Traub The lead author of this [...]
