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Slavoj Žižek

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Evil Hour in Colombia

by Forrest Hylton
The most up-to-date book on Colombia: from the mid-19th century to today's guerrilla narco-traffickers and paramilitaries.
1 post
Chechnya

by Tony Wood

A powerful argument for Chechen self-determination, and a definitive history of the region.

8 posts
History and Revolution

Edited by Mike Haynes and Jim Wolfreys
Confronting conservative and revisionist trends in historical enquiry.
8 posts
Youth, Identity, Power

by Carlos Munoz
A unique exploration of the origins and development of Chicano radicalism in America.
3 posts

Changing Venezuela by Taking Power

by Gregory Wilpert

Venezuela under Hugo Chávez could be a model for peaceful revolution—or it could all be undone by the specters of the past.

4 posts
Revolutionary Horizons

by Forrest Hylton and Sinclair Thomson
A comprehensive history of insurrection in Bolivia.
4 posts
The Emergence of Social Space

by Kristin Ross

A thrilling ride through the literature of Rimbaud in a France in the throes of revolution.

20 posts
Napoleon’s Cursed War

by Ronald Fraser

A magisterial history of “Napoleon’s Vietnam,” by the highly acclaimed historian of Spain.

3 posts

Beyond Chutzpah

by Norman G. Finkelstein
A meticulously researched exposé of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel–Palestine conflict.
4 posts
Casualty Figures

by Michèle Barrett
A unique investigation of the impact of the Great War on the lives of the soldiers who survived.
3 posts
The Parthenon Marbles

by Christopher Hitchens

With the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, Hitchens states the case for reunification.
Unfinished Nation

by Max Lane

Illuminating account of the turbulent history of twentieth-century Indonesia.

1 post

The World According to Tomdispatch

Edited by Tom Engelhardt

From America’s most influential political blog, a grand survey of the world since 9/11.

2 posts
The Returns of Zionism

by Gabriel Piterberg

Leading Israeli scholar with a major re-evaluation of Zionism.

9 posts
Savage Mules

by Dennis Perrin

Renowned satirist with a mordant dissection of the Democrat’s record on war.
A Time to Speak Out

Edited by Anne Karpf, Brian Klug, et al.
Jewish voices challenge the terms of the Israel/Palestine debate.
4 posts

Adam Smith in Beijing

by Giovanni Arrighi
Acclaimed exploration of China’s emergence as the most dynamic center of current economic expansion.
15 posts
America's Kingdom

by Robert Vitalis
A groundbreaking account of Aramco as a microcosm of the colonial order.
5 posts
Pure Society

by André Pichot

As genetic manipulation comes to dominate medical science, a timely and trenchant history of eugenics.
Antagonistics

by Gopal Balakrishnan
A striking intervention from one of the most original young radical thinkers of today.
5 posts

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