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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBook review: The EgyptiansJack Shenker's The Egyptians: A Radical Story is a must read for anyone who wants to understand how and why Egypt's...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBook review: Enemy on the EuphratesIan Rutledge’s book, Enemy on the Euphrates: The British Occupation of Iraq and the Great Arab Revolt, 1914–1921...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReview - Selina Todd's, The People: the Rise and Fall of the Working Class 1910-2010An important and compelling history of Britain’s workers, especially women, yet not as original as it claims to be....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBook review: Eric is Awake, by Dom Shaw
If Orwell were alive today, what would he say?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTwo books, two approaches to breaking the British deadlock
Dissenters to the dystopic state of Britain, like David Marquand and Michael Meacher MP, set out the inequalities...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReview: The politics of English nationhood
Michael Kenny's new book, The Politics of English Nationhood, is a vital read and charts much new ground, but its...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReview: 'The Precariat Charter' - building an alternative
Labour and social democratic parties in general are succumbing weakly to the demands of global capital and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBook review - Why are animals funny?
Taking a post-modern look at modern politics.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBook review - The Blunders of our Governments
Modern governments of all stripes screw up too often. A new study of their blunders suggests that ‘strong...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBook review: A Quiet Word
This book shines a bright light on the murky dealings surrounding politics, PR, big business and journalism, but the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKResponse to Curzon Price on a British devaluationDevaluation alone is not the solution to the UK's economic woes. But it is the necessary foundation needed for other...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs devaluation of sterling the answer to Britain's economic woes?In his new book John Mills makes a strong case for a British devaluation of sterling but we must start thinking...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe double betrayal - review of NHS SOSNormal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The left is forever being condemned for talking of ‘betrayal’....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIn the thick of it - a review of '5 days in May: the Coalition and beyond'Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Andrew Adonis’s insider account of the Lab-Lib coalition talks...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Great Tax Robbery - reviewed
Private Eye's Richard Brooks has released a new book, The Great Tax Robbery, reviewed here by a former colleague....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe British Dream: a review, and the author's responseA new book on immigration and inclusion by the former Prospect Editor lays out a vision of a shared future Britain....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan we cooperate our way out of trouble? A review of ‘The Resilience Imperative’Embrace local and co-operative models to build a decentralized, steady-state economy. So says a new book by Michael...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCruel Britannia: a secret history of tortureThe hidden story of Britain's torture record has been told for the first time, a hand grenade into the heart of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDial M for Murdoch: the book to sink an empire?Rupert Murdoch has returned for his second day before the UK state inquiry into the British press. While we tune...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTommy Sheridan and the myth of Scotland’s compassionate society
In a revised extract from his introduction to a new biography of Tommy Sheridan, Gerry Hassan exposes the weaknesses...
