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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
One of the core aspects of the Palestinian refugee question is that of compensation or reparations for Palestinian refugees forcibly displaced by the establishment of Israel.
Despite the importance of the issue, many of the complex technical issues compensation would entail have not received...
The Cancer Stage of Capitalism
From Crisis to Cure
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
The Cancer Stage of Capitalism is a modern classic of critical philosophy and political economy, renowned for its depth and comprehensive research. It provides a step by step diagnosis of the continuing economic collapse in the US and Europe and has had an enormous influence on new visions of economic...
Borderline Justice
The Fight for Refugee and Migrant Rights
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
From pre-arrival to detention and deportation, Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the current legal system.Frances Webber, a legal practitioner with over 30 years experience, provides a unique insight into how...
On Western Terrorism
From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
In On Western Terrorism Noam Chomsky, world renowned dissident intellectual, discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative journalist Andre Vltchek. The discussion weaves together a historical narrative with the two men's personal experiences which led them to a life of activism....
Penny Red
Notes from the New Age of Dissent
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
In the space of a year, Laurie Penny has become one of the most prominent voices of the new left. This book brings together her diverse writings, showing what it is to be young, angry and progressive in the face of an increasingly violent and oppressive UK government.
Penny Red: Notes from...
Dark Matter
Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Art is big business, with some artists able to command huge sums of money for their works, while the vast majority are ignored or dismissed by critics. This book shows that these marginalised artists, the 'dark matter' of the art world, are essential to the survival of the mainstream and that they...
The Politics of Human Rights
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
'A humane and engaging polemic against globalization on the grounds that it undermines human rights and retards democratization.' Global Review of Ethnopolitics
'A very useful book for those who wish to understand the position of human rights in today's world.' - Peace News
'This book...
The Palestine-Israel Conflict
A Basic Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict of the twentieth, and now twenty-first, century. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to assume the hostilities stretch back to an ancient period.
The Palestine-Israel Conflict is...
Leon Trotsky
Writings in Exile
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Leon Trotsky was a key political figure of the twentieth century a leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, author of books on literature, history, morality and politics.
Leon Trotsky: Writings in Exile contains some of his most insightful and penetrating works. Exiled and...
To Live and Die in America
Class, Power, Health and Healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
To Live and Die in America details how the United States has among the worst indicators of health in the industrialised world and at the same time spends significantly more on its health care system than any other industrial nation.
Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson explain this contradictory...
The Islamic Utopia
The Illusion of Reform in Saudi Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Will Saudi Arabia join the democratic wave in the Middle East? The uprisings and revolutions of 2011 do not, yet, seem to have affected the stability of the House of Saud, which remains secretive, highly repressive and propped up by the West.
The Islamic Utopia uses a range of sources including...
Shadow Lives
The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Shadow Lives reveals the unseen side of the '9/11 wars': their impact on the wives and families of men incarcerated in Guantanamo, or in prison or under house arrest in Britain and the US. Victoria Brittain shows how these families have been made socially invisible and a convenient scapegoat for the...
The Anthropology of Security
Perspectives from the Frontline of Policing, Counter-terrorism and Border Control
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
In a post-Cold War world of political unease and economic crisis, processes of securitisation are transforming nation-states, their citizens and non-citizens in profound ways.
The book shows how contemporary Europe is now home to a vast security industry which uses biometric identification...
by Ben Fine, Alfredo Saad-Filho
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This brilliantly concise book is a classic introduction to Marx’s key work, Capital. In print now for over a quarter of a century, and previously translated into many languages, the new edition has been fully revised and updated, making it an ideal modern introduction to one of the most important...