As the fucked-up doom of the US election looms, Mat Ward looks back at October's political news and the best new music that related to it.
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Karl Marx drew on horror, gothic and fantasy literature throughout his mature works, evoking the power, wonder and terror of capital through supernatural allusions writes Aleks Wansbrough.
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Neville Spencer reviews John Bellamy Foster's The Return of Nature, which examines the ecological thought of those who came after Karl Marx and were influenced by his philosophy, politics and ecology.
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Alex Salmon reviews a new edition of Stephen J Pyne's book, which examines the history of fire and humanity’s attempts to shape and use it.
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Chris Slee takes a look at a new book that explores the huge environmental cost of China's rapid economic growth over the past 40 years.
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Simon Butler reviews an important new book that argues gradual reforms can’t resolve the crises humanity faces today.
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Ian Angus presents five new books and an essential magazine for ecosocialists.
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Mat Ward takes a look back at September's political news and the best new albums that related to it.
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In Peace Crimes, journalist Kieran Finnane provides readers with an engrossing account of the resistance to the United States military facility at Pine Gap, writes Denis Doherty.
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Continuing his reviews of graphic novels and comics, Andrew Chuter presents Fun Home, Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of growing up with her emotionally distant and closeted gay father.
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Black Wave explores the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and their struggle for influence in the Islamic world, writes Chris Slee.
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As US President Donald Trump continues to piss off musicians by using their music at his rallies, Mat Ward takes a look back at August's political news and the best new music that Trump definitely won't be playing.