Pluto Press: 574 books
Voices From the Other Side
An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Since the early 1960s, few other countries have endured more acts of terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba, and the US has had its hand in much of it. This book gives a voice to the victims. *BR**BR*Keith Bolender reveals the enormous impact of terrorism on Cuba's civilian population, with...
The Horn of Africa
Intra-State and Inter-State Conflicts and Security
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
The Horn of Africa, comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia, is the most conflict-ridden region in Africa. This book explores the origins and impact of these conflicts at both an intra-state and inter-state level and the insecurity they create.*BR**BR*The contributors show how regional...
How America Gets Away with Murder
Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage and Crimes Against Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2004
"Exciting, original, and completely convincing ... This book is essential reading for anybody who wants to understand how the law really works in international affairs, and it throws a great deal of light on those international affairs themselves." Edward S. Herman
"This closely reasoned and...
A Theory of ISIS
Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been the subject of intense scrutiny in the West. Considered by many to be the most dangerous terrorist organisation in the world, it has become shrouded in numerous myths and narratives, many emanating from the US, which often fail to grasp its true nature.*BR**BR*Against...
Rubbish Theory
The Creation and Destruction of Value - New Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
How do objects that have lost their value become valuable once again? Rubbish is something we ignore. By definition we discard it, from our lives and our minds, and it remains outside the concerns of conventional economics. However, this book explores the dynamics through which rubbish can re-enter...
by Kees van der Pijl
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2006
This book offers a highly original analysis of world events in the light of the Iraq War. It explores the history and development of relations between major countries in the international community and the impact that successive wars and changes in the global political economy have had on the way...
by John A. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2001
Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? If so, in what forms and to what purpose? And can radical art still play a critical role in today's divided world? *BR**BR*These are the questions addressed in the Art in the Age of Mass Media, as John Walker examines the fascinating relationship between...
From Antz to Titanic
Reinventing Film Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2000
Everybody analyses films. Ordinary viewers, chatting on the way home afterwards. Reviewers, telling us just enough to tempt or put off. Critics, ‘situating’ films for us. Moralists, hunting for the (harmful) message. So what exactly is it that film academics do that’s different?
Martin...
Pakistan
The US, Geopolitics and Grand Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
The killing of Osama Bin Laden highlighted the tense relationship between the US and Pakistani governments. This book considers the evolving nature of this relationship and Pakistan's place within the global order.*BR**BR*Whereas standard accounts focus on the US-Pakistan relationship in isolation,...
The Dutch Atlantic
Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
This book interrogates the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society.*BR**BR*Kwame Nimako and Glenn Willemsen show how the slave trade and slavery intertwined economic, social and cultural elements, including nation-state...
by Greg McLaughlin
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2016
What is the role of the war reporter today? Through interviews with prominent war and foreign correspondents such as John Pilger, Robert Fisk, Mary Dejevsky and Alex Thomson The War Correspondent delves into the most dangerous form of journalism.*BR* *BR*From Crimea to Vietnam, the Falklands to the...
by Lorenzo Veracini
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2006
The struggle between Israel and the Palestinians is not unique, whatever the media may suggest. Lorenzo Veracini argues that the conflict is best understood in terms of colonialism, as like many other societies, Israel is a settler society. Looking at the evolution of other colonial regimes - apartheid...
Military Inc.
Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2016
Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the ‘war on terror’. It is the third largest recipient of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army and intelligence service.*BR**BR*Operating in the shadows, Pakistan’s military industrial complex owns and controls swathes of the...
Comrade or Brother?
A History of the British Labour Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2009
Critical and iconoclastic, Comrade or Brother? traces the history of the British Labour Movement from its beginnings at the onset of industrialisation through its development within a capitalist society, up to the end of the twentieth-century. *BR**BR*Written by a leading activist in the labour movement,...