Pluto Press: 574 books
Shooting a Revolution
Visual Media and Warfare in Syria
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
From ISIS propaganda videos to popular regime-backed TV series and digital activism, the Syrian conflict has been dramatically affected by the production of media, at the same time generating in its turn an impressive visual culture. Yet what are the aesthetic, political and material implications...
Captive Revolution
Palestinian Womens Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Women throughout the world have always played their part in struggles against colonialism, imperialism and other forms of oppression. However, there are few books on Arab political prisoners, fewer still on the Palestinians who have been detained in their thousands for their political activism and...
Threat
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israel
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Palestinian prisoners charged with security-related offences are immediately taken as a threat to Israel's security. They are seen as potential, if not actual, suicide bombers. This stereotype ignores the political nature of the Palestinian prisoners' actions and their desire for liberty. *BR**BR*By...
The Politics of Change in Palestine
State-Building and Non-Violent Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
This book contradicts the dominant myth that incompetent, corrupt, and uncompromising Palestinian decision-makers are responsible for the lasting stalemate in the Middle-East Peace Process. It highlights recent political developments in Palestine that fundamentally redefine important parameters of...
Seeds of Hate
How Americas Flawed Middle East Policy Ignited the Jihad
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2003
In the aftermath of 9/11, America has been haunted by one question: why do they hate us? *BR**BR*This book answers that question, tracing the roots of the crisis back to American's involvement in the Middle East, and in particular Lebanon. Journalist Lawrence Pintak was a correspondent for CBS in...
Hamas
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
What is Hamas's history; its key beliefs; and its political agenda? From its' founding, following the First Intifada, to the 2008 Israeli Gaza offensive, Khaled Hroub writes this indispensable introduction to Hamas. *BR**BR*The book encompasses all major events, including the January 2006 elections,...
by Boris Arvatov
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
Boris Arvatov’s Art and Production is a classic of the early Soviet avant-garde. Now nearing a century since its first publication, it is a crucial intervention for those seeking to understand the social dynamic of art and revolution during the period.Derived from the internal struggles of Soviet...
by Diana Francis
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2004
Is war ever a just way to resolve conflict? Diana Francis argues that it is not. With passion and eloquence, she mounts a head-on challenge to the belief that war as an institution is either necessary or effective for good.*BR**BR*Refuting the notion that human nature condemns us to perpetual carnage,...
Occupied Minds
A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2006
How are Israelis able to see themselves as victims while victimising others?*BR**BR*Israel's founders sought to create a nation of new Jews who would never again go meekly to the death camps. Yet Israel's strength has become synonymous with an oppression of the Palestinians that provokes anger throughout...
Talking to North Korea
Ending the Nuclear Standoff
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
Despite recent attempts at 'negotiation', the attitudes of both Kim Jong-un's regime and the West seem unchanged. North Korea is still shrouded in mystery, and there are no clear plans for the future... Can we trust either side to bring about peace? And if so, how?*BR**BR*This provocative insider's...
by Jon Nixon
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
What can contemporary activists and political theorists learn from the life and work of Rosa Luxemburg? Examining her contribution to radical democracy and revolutionary socialism, Jon Nixon shows why Red Rosa's legacy lives on. *BR**BR*Luxemburg's political and intellectual formation was in itself...
Understanding Film
Marxist Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2005
Film remains one of the most dominant cultural forms in the world today. Crossing classes and cultures, it permeates many aspects of our consciousness. In film, perhaps more than any other medium, we can read the politics of time and place, past and present. *BR**BR*The history of Marxism has intersected...
Rojava
Revolution, War and the Future of Syria's Kurds
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
The Kurdish territory of Rojava in Syria has become a watchword for radical democracy, communalism and gender equality. But while Western radicals continue to project their own values onto the revolution, the complexities of the situation are often overlooked or misunderstood.*BR**BR*Based on over...
Islamic Activists
The Anti-Enlightenment Democrats
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
In the hysteria surrounding Political Islam, it is difficult to find analysis that doesn't justify the existence of Islamic leaders or react to the West's fear of 'extremists'. In Islamic Activists, Deina Ali Abdelkader shows us what Islamic leaders and activists believe and what they think about...