History
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Key words: Propaganda of the deed
In the late 19th and early 20th century, multiple kings, prime ministers and members of the ruling class fell victim to assassins who hoped to foment revolution through ‘propaganda of the deed’. Blood Work host Gregk Foley traces how this concept continues to shape political violence today
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Key words: Dual Power
Wayne Price unpacks a concept that lies at the heart of much of Marxist and anarchist thinking on how to overthrow capitalism
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1995: The year we nearly changed the world
Inspired by the collapse of the Berlin wall and end of South African apartheid, a generation of radicals danced onto British roads and into social justice history. Thirty years on, Esther Freeman traces the movement’s energy – and its legacy
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Key words: Zionism
Richard Kuper examines what zionism is (and isn’t) and how it works as an explicitly settler colonial project
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Big Flame: Building Movements, New Politics – review
Max Farrar and Kevin McDonnell’s book demonstrates how much Big Flame has to teach the modern left, writes Kevin Davey
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Building the post-Soviet world
From the corrupt to the inspired, Owen Hatherley charts the architecture that followed the fall of the Soviet Union
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You Can’t Please All – review
Tariq Ali’s second memoir demonstrates his depth as a radical writer and thinker, writes Sheila Rowbotham
