Another five star review for Jordan Goodman's The Devil and Mr Casement: One Man's Struggle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness, this time from the Independent:

The Devil and Mr Casement is a fine achievement, offering both a rigorous account of atrocities in the Amazon and a balanced portrait of Casement himself. The Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa's forthcoming

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By Tamar Shlaim / 13 December 2010 / post comment

Following the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, Tariq Ali has written a piece for the London Review of Books Blog in which he reminds us of the hypocrisy of what he call's "The Nobel War Prize" and points to Liu Xiaobo's own neo-conservative leanings ...

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By Clara Heyworth / 12 December 2010 / post comment

WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society has reviewed Jan Willem Stutje's Ernest Mandel: A Rebel's Dream Deferred—the first ever biography of this leading revolutionary thinker of late capitalism. The reviewer notes the book's "powerful ability to move the reader," calling it an "invaluable and stimulating work ... a clear, concise, and riveting account of one of the most dynamic political figures in world history."

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By Clara Heyworth / 12 December 2010 / post comment

The jailed Chinese human rights activist and writer Liu Xiaobo has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison last year after spearheading a petition calling for freedom of assembly, expression and religion in China. For the first time since the 1930s, a representative of the winner is not on hand to collect the award. Democracy Now! broadcast live from the ceremony.

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By Clara Heyworth / 09 December 2010 / post comment

In the latest edition of the World Wide Work newsletter, Rebel Rank and File is summed up as "an important collection ... honest and thoughtful."

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By Clara Heyworth / 09 December 2010 / post comment