Pluto Press: 574 books
Jallad
Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
Extrajudicial execution, enforced disappearance and torture these are the tools used by death squads across South Asia. The Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh, the ‘encounter specialists’ of India, army units of Nepal, the Frontier Corps of Pakistan and ‘the men in white vans’ of Sri Lanka...
Limits to Culture
Urban Regeneration vs. Dissident Art
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
How can we unmask the vested interests behind capital’s ‘cultural’ urban agenda? Limits to Culture pits grass-roots cultural dissent against capital's continuing project of control via urban planning.
Limits to Culture starts by outlining the cultural turn in urban policy which happened...
A Suffragette in America
Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2019
This book is a collection of Sylvia Pankhurst's writing on her visits to North America in 1911-12. Unlike the standard suffragette tours which focused on courting progressive members of America's social elite for money, Pankhurst got her hands dirty, meeting striking laundry workers in New York, visiting...
New Borders
Hotspots and the European Migration Regime
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
To many, a border is a geographical fact. But what happens when a border is subject to an emergency? Today, as millions are forced to migrate due to war, famine and political unrest, it is important to analyse how states use new bordering techniques to control populations.*BR**BR*New Borders focuses...
by Jim McGuigan
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Thomas Frank coined the term ‘the conquest of cool’. This book shows how this conquest is at the heart of the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. Jim McGuigan argues that 'cool capitalism' incorporates disaffection into capitalism itself, absorbing rebellion and thereby neutralising opposition to...
On Western Terrorism - New Edition
From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Noam Chomsky discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative journalist Andre Vltchek. This book is the perfect introduction to Chomsky’s political thinking, and makes a refreshing read for anyone who is uneasy about the West’s wider role in the world. Beginning with the New...
Alt-Right
From 4chan to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
This book is a vital guide to understanding the Alt-Right - the white nationalist, anti-feminist, far-right movement that rose to prominence during Donald Trump's successful election campaign in the United States. It looks at the support for this reactionary network, arguing that while Trump is in...
Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque
A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014
Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict? In Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque six senior figures in Anthropology, Sociology, Geography and Development Studies set out to answer this question. *BR**BR*Based on fieldwork conducted...
Voices of 1968
Documents from the Global North
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2018
The year 1968 witnessed one of the great upheavals of the twentieth century, as social movements shook every continent. Across the Global North, people rebelled against post-war conformity and patriarchy, authoritarian education and factory work, imperialism and the Cold War. They took over workplaces...
The Rise of Nerd Politics
Digital Activism and Political Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
The irruption of WikiLeaks, Anonymous, Snowden and other tech-savvy actors onto the global political stage raises urgent questions about the impact of digital activism on political systems around the world. The Rise of Nerd Politics is an anthropological exploration of the role that such actors play...
Digital Demagogue
Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
From 'Covfefe' to #FraudNewsCNN and #FakeNews, Donald Trump's tweets have caused an international frenzy. He is a reality TV and Twitter-President, who uses digital and entertainment culture as an ideological weapon - as an expression of his authoritarianism. *BR**BR*This book delves into new political-economic...
Manufacturing Discontent
The Trap of Individualism in Corporate Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2005
Corporate power has a huge impact on the rights and privileges of individuals - as workers, consumers, and citizens. This book explores how the myth of individualism reinforces corporate power by making people perceive themselves as having choices, when in fact most peoples' options are very limited.
Perelman...
Beyond Criminology
Taking Harm Seriously
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2004
Crime forms only a small and often insignificant amount of the harm experienced by people. While custom and tradition play an important role in the perpetuation of some types of harm, many forms of harm are rooted in the inequalities and social divisions systematically produced in - and by - contemporary...
The ABCs of Political Economy
A Modern Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This revised edition of ABCs is a lively and accessible introduction to modern political economy. Informed by the work of Marx, Veblen, Kalecki, Robinson, Minsky and other great political economists, Robin Hahnel provides the essential tools needed to understand economic issues today. *BR**BR*Dispelling...