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None of Us Were Like This Before

by Joshua E. S. Phillips
The legacy of torture in the “War on Terror,” told through the story of one tank battalion
10 posts
Barbaric Sport

by Marc Perelman

Globalized sport as savage spectacle and ‘opium of the people’

16 posts
The Journey to Tahrir

Edited by Jeannie Sowers and Chris Toensing

Leading analysts of Egypt on repression, dissent and the dramatic revolution

9 posts
The Return of the Public

by Dan Hind

Winner 2011 Best Book of Ideas at the Bristol Festival of Ideas

13 posts

The Spirit of Philadelphia

by Alain Supiot

A new manifesto for global social justice.

2 posts
The Case for Sanctions Against Israel

Edited by Audrea Lim

Leading international voices argue for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel

49 posts
The Communist Manifesto

by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

The second biggest-selling book ever published

25 posts
Intern Nation

by Ross Perlin
The first no-holds-barred expose of the exploitative world of internships
60 posts

Ernest Gellner

by John A. Hall
A remarkable account of the life and thoughts of the philosopher and linguist
9 posts
Anti-Systemic Movements

by Giovanni Arrighi, Terence K. Hopkins, et al.
Peerless examination of the rise of social movements against the global capitalist system, conducted by the leading exponents of the “world systems” perspective.
7 posts
Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory

by Ernesto Laclau
Analysis of the role of ideology in political movements.
10 posts
It Started in Wisconsin

Edited by Paul Buhle and Mari Jo Buhle
First-hand accounts of the largest pro-labor mass mobilization in modern American history
12 posts

Age Shock

by Robin Blackburn

A searing look at the fiscal crisis of an aging society, with radical new proposals.

3 posts
Occupy!

Edited by Carla Blumenkranz, Keith Gessen, et al.
The first book to explore the Occupy movement in depth, with reportage and analysis.
31 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
Lives on the Left

Edited by Francis Mulhern

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

17 posts

Michael Ignatieff

by Derrick O'Keefe

A forensic critique of the influential liberal explores his opposition to fundamental human rights, the extension of democracy and the pursuit of economic equality.

5 posts
Kashmir: The Case for Freedom

by Tariq Ali, Hilal Bhatt, et al.
Leading international voices condemn the brutalities of the Kashmir occupation.
16 posts
The New Mole

by Emir Sader

The balance sheet of the Left in the turbulent Latin American continent.

8 posts
The Obama Syndrome

by Tariq Ali

A prescient dissection of Obama’s overseas escalation and domestic retreat, fully updated.

60 posts

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