Book strip #1

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  How to See Like a Machine

  by Trevor Paglen

  Today our world is under the watchful and tireless eye of computer vision, with cam­eras and monitors tracing our every move. Furthermore, generative AI is now able to render a synthetic world indi...
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  The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy

  by A.J.A. Woods

  “Cultural Marxism” is one of the far right’s favorite buzzwords. But despite its currency, the meaning and origins of the term are rarely investigated. This book uncovers the bizarre story of the c...
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  Hyperpolitics

  by Anton Jäger

  What happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher’s London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton Jäger traces how p...
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  The Story of Capital

  by David Harvey

  For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundriss...
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  The Alibi of Capital

  by Timothy Mitchell

  Today, extraordinary wealth seems to arrive from nowhere. The trick of conjuring this unearned wealth is, in fact, the key to understanding capital­ism’s origins and a clue to why the catastrophe o...
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  Control Science

  by Henry Snow

  Whether on Caribbean plantations in the seven­teenth century or in Amazon warehouses today, the powerful have constantly developed new techniques to control workers—and new justifications for doing...
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  Architecture Against Architecture

  by Reinier De Graaf

  Architecture, as we know it, is in crisis. The authority of architects is crumbling, their methods no longer tenable. In a highly critical introspection, architect and writer Reinier de Graaf explo...
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  Mutual Aid

  by Dean Spade

  Mutual Aid is a radical handbook for anyone who grasps the severity of the global poly-crisis and wants a community-based means to fight back. Dean Spade — lawyer, academic, writer, and activist — ...
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  Cyberboss

  by Craig Gent

  Across the world, algorithms are changing the nature of work. Nowhere is this clearer than in the logistics and distribution sectors, where workers are instructed, tracked and monitored by increasi...
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  The Paris Commune

  by Quentin Deluermoz

  In 1871 and over the years to follow, the impact of the Paris Commune was felt the world over. Concepts and practices developed there were taken up in all corners of Europe and travelled as far afi...
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  Counterrevolution in Egypt

  by Hossam el-Hamalawy

  The agents of coercion in Egypt – its military, police, and intelligence services – have been locked in a perennial struggle for power since their inception. Each institution has vied for dominance...
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  The Global Casino

  by Ann Pettifor

  The global market in money – housed in the offshore ‘shadow’ banking system – holds $217 trillion in financial assets and operates beyond the reach of any nation’s taxman. Asset managers, private e...