Reviews
Neoliberalism and the city
Duncan Bowie on Manchester
The Rentier City by Isaac Rose published by Repeater
There is an increasing academic literature on rentier capitalism and the financialisation of...
Otherness, allyship and defiance
Jasmine Piakan says "Wicked" makes us reconsider our assumptions
As the opening notes of “No One Mourns the Wicked” swelled, I was transported into the...
A socialist feminist icon
Mike Davis on fighting back in the 1980s
Reasons to Rebel by Sheila Rowbotham published by Merlin
These are the author’s recollections of life, love and...
McCarthyism in Britain
Duncan Bowie on hunting communists
Anti-Communism in Britain during the early Cold War by Matthew Gerth published by University of London Press
The subheading of the...
French political culture
Andrew Coates on a critique which does not fix
Fixing France by Nabila Ramdani published by Hurst
Published last year Fixing France came with the publisher's...
Rhodesia before UDI
Duncan Bowie on a colonial critique
A Critical History of Southern Rhodesia by Gardner Thompson published by Lynne Reinner
There are surprisingly few books on...
European Social Policy
Peter Kenyon releases the vapourware
Social Europe: From Vision to Vigour by Björn Hacker published by Foundation for Progressive European Studies
Thin pocket-sized booklets covering policy...
A Thin Defence
Mazin Zeki on the complexities of conflicting rights
Human Right: The Case for the Defence by Shami Chakrabarti pubished by Allen Lane
Chakrabarti responds to left and right critiques....
How not to be a Prime Minister
Duncan Bowie on Liz Truss and her legacy
Truss at 10 by Anthony Seldon published by Atlantic
There was a rumour that Seldon was not going...
Brutal and barbarous
Glyn Ford on lessons from 20C Fascism
Duce: The Contradictions of Power by Peter J. Williamson published by Hurst
In the wake of the victory of...
The Mental Deficiency Act
Rory O’Kelly on eugenics and social control
The undesirables: The law that locked away a generation by Sarah Wise - published by Oneworld
Between its passage...
Uncovering corporate power
Mike Davis on a searing indictment
Vulture Capitalism by Grace Blakeley published Bloomsbury
Subtitled, “Corporate crimes, backdoor bailouts and the death of freedom” this book is...