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Savage Mules

by Dennis Perrin

Renowned satirist with a mordant dissection of the Democrat’s record on war.
Enigmas

by Mario Perniola
What do we fear most? Repetition or difference? The return of a barbarism that is remote and prehistoric or the advent of a barbarism that is technological as post-human?
An Act of State

by William F. Pepper

The definitive account of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination

7 posts
A Civil War

by Claudio Pavone
“Among the few indisputable masterpieces of contemporary history.” —Financial Times
14 posts

Radical Hamilton

by Christian Parenti

A dramatic re-evaluation of the founding of the United States and the history of capitalism

1 post
Ten Myths About Israel

by Ilan Pappe

The myths—and reality—behind the state of Israel.

17 posts
The Art of Cloning

by Pang Laikwan

Cultural production under Mao, and how artists and thinkers found autonomy in a culture of conformity

5 posts
Weimar in Exile

by Jean-Michel Palmier

A magisterial history of the artists and writers who left Weimar when the Nazis came to power

5 posts

The Rights of Man and Common Sense

by Thomas Paine
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."—Thomas Paine
1 post
Filming Pancho

by Margarita de Orellana
An absorbing look at how early twentieth-century Hollywood shaped the US’s conception of Mexico.
Fighting Sleep

by Franny Nudelman

How the military used sleep as a weapon—and how soldiers fought back

1 post
The "S" Word

by John Nichols

A short, sharp, irreverent rejoinder to right-wing red-baiting.

20 posts

The Darkest Days

by Douglas Newton

A radical re-examination of the events surrounding Britain’s entry into the Great War

7 posts
The Beginning of the End

by Tom Nairn and Angelo Quattrocchi

Two superbly written accounts of the events of May 1968.

4 posts
The Enchanted Glass

by Tom Nairn

The acclaimed anatomy of Britain’s relationship with its monarchy, by the foremost historian of nationalism.

12 posts
Sermon to the Princes

by Thomas Muntzer

“Omnia sunt communia—all things are common.”—Thomas Müntzer.

3 posts

Youth, Identity, Power

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

Edited by Francis Mulhern

Voices of Sartre, Lukács, Chomsky, Harvey and others in conversation with New Left Review.

17 posts
The Mosaic of Islam

by Suleiman Mourad

A comprehensive introduction to the faith and politics of Islam

6 posts
The Setting Sun

by Bart Moore-Gilbert

A moving literary memoir about a son's quest for the truth behind his father's colonial past

8 posts

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