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How the military used sleep as a weapon-and how soldiers fought back

The compelling story of the life and death of a Salvadoran gangster

The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics

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A material analysis of the sign which deepens Marx's critique of political economy for spectacular times.

"Originally published in Italian as Populismo 2.0"--Title page verso.

Artists and critics explore the concept of Real Abstraction to help understand contemporary cultural production.

A major recasting of American history from the vantage of immigration politics

A graphic biography of socialist labor legend Eugene V. Debs

Brilliantly imagined journey into the dark heart of twenty-first century London, from the avian police to security guards, urban fox hunters and exorcists.

An urgent challenge to the prevailing moral order from one of the freshest, most compelling voices in radical politics today

A shocking expose of genocide denial.

Originally published under title Operai e capitale by Einaudi in 1966.

Award winning poet Joshua Clover theorises the riot as the form of the coming insurrectionBaltimore. Ferguson. Tottenham. Clichy-sous-Bois. Oakland. Ours has become an ';age of riots' as the struggle of people versus state and capital has taken to the streets. Award-winning poet and scholar Joshua Clover offers a new understanding of this present moment and its history. Rioting was the central form of protest in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and was supplanted by the strike in the early nineteenth century. It returned to prominence in the 1970s, profoundly changed along with the coordinates of race and class. From early wage demands to recent social justice campaigns pursued through occupations and blockades, Clover connects these protests to the upheavals of a sclerotic economy in a state of moral collapse. Historical events such as the global economic crisis of 1973 and the decline of organized labor, viewed from the perspective of vast social transformations, are the proper context for understanding these eruptions of discontent. As social unrest against an unsustainable order continues to grow, this valuable history will help guide future antagonists in their struggles toward a revolutionary horizon.

Recovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish tradition

SEVENTY YEARS AFTER THE CHINESE REVOLUTION OF 1949, WHAT REMAINS OF MAO'S COMMUNIST LEGACY?

The anatomy of Britain on the edge of Brexit by Orwell Prize winning journalist

How America's failed wars abroad - Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria - has resulted in increased threat at home, and the rise of Trump.

The war between Maoists and the state in the heart of India

Tracking the development of Foucault's key concepts

Castro's defiant messages in the face of US aggression

Reporting from the front line of gentrification in San Fransisco's Mission District, The author draws on architectural history, urban studies and the images of photographer Susan Schwartzenberg, to project the end of city life for bohemians and its baleful consequences for American culture.

How the West's obsession with Vladimir Putin prevents it from understanding RussiaIt is impossible to think of Russia today without thinking of Vladimir Putin. More than any other major national leader, he personifies his country in the eyes of the world, and dominates Western media coverage. In Russia itself, he is likewise the centre of attention both for his supporters and his detractors. But, as Tony Wood argues, this focus on Russia's president gets in the way of any real understanding of the country. The West needs to shake off its obsession with Putin and look beyond the Kremlin walls.In this timely and provocative analysis, Wood explores the profound changes Russia has undergone since 1991. In the process, he challenges several common assumptions made about contemporary Russia. Against the idea that Putin represents a return to Soviet authoritarianism, Wood argues that his rule should be seen as a continuation of Yeltsin's in the 1990s. The core features of Putinisma predatory elite presiding over a vastly unequal societyare in fact integral to the system set in place after the fall of Communism.Wood also overturns the standard view of Russia's foreign policy, identifying the fundamental loss of power and influence that has underpinned recent clashes with the West. Russia without Putin concludes by assessing the current regime's prospects, and looks ahead to what the future may hold for the country.

Works of Wilde's annus mirabilis of 1891 in one volume, with an introduction by renowned British playwright.

A powerful and progressive programme for the Eurozone

A passionate call to rediscover the political and emotional joy that emerges when we share our livesIn an era of increasing individualism, we have never been more isolated and dispirited. A paradox confronts us. While research and technology find new ways to measure contentment and popular culture encourages us to think of happiness as a human right, misery is abundant.Segal believes we have lost the art of ';radical happiness'the liberation that comes with transformative, collective joy. She argues that instead of obsessing about our own well-being we should seek fulfilment in the lives of others. Examining her own experience in the women's movement, Segal looks at the relationship between love and sex, and the scope for utopian thinking as a means to a better future. She also shows how the gaps in care that come from the diminishing role of the welfare state must be replaced by alternative ways of living together and looking after one another.In this brilliant and provocative book, Segal proposes that the power of true happiness can only be discovered collectively.