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Ecosocialist bookshelf

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents eight new books on science, society and socialism.

Politics of Disablement review

Nova Sobieralski reviews Michael Oliver's The Politics of Disablement — considered a paradigm defining work for the sociological study of disability.

Protest albums from March 2023

Do you think there's no good protest music these days? So did Mat Ward, until they started looking for it.

Mary Lou McDonald, A Republican Riddle is no hagiography, nor is it a glib hatchet-job, writes Bill Nevins.

Peoples History of Tennis

Writer, journalist, filmmaker and tennis enthusiast David Berry reveals tennis’ secret radical history, writes Alex Salmon.

Roger Waters

The final concert in Roger Waters's “This Is Not a Drill” tour across Europe has been cancelled, reports Vijay Prashad and Katie Halper.

China Mieville A Spectre Haunting

Bill Nevins reviews China Miéville’s very readable book, A Spectre Haunting, about the concept of alternative world-creation in Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ Communist Manifesto.

Protest albums from February 2023

Mat Ward looks back at February's political news and the best new music that related to it.

We Are Cuba!

If there is one theme to Helen Yaffe’s book We Are Cuba!, it is survival, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.

Ecosocialist Bookshelf

Ian Angus presents seven new books on how the world works, from cells to imperialism.

Crash Course by H Bruce Franklin

Bill Nevins reviews Crash Course, H Bruce Franklin's memoir of lifelong anti-war resistance, which cuts through the fog of myth and propaganda to make sense of modern history.

British comedian Kate Smurthwaite discusses the power of comedy as a force for good, with Alex Bainbridge.