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Book SynopsisOffers a long perspective and draws on recently opened records to provide an in-depth analysis of the approaches taken by the Clinton and Bush administrations toward terrorism in general and Al-Qaeda in particular. The book also delivers arresting new details on the four 9/11 hijackings and the collapse of the Twin Towers.Trade ReviewAfter two decades, the dust of 9/11 has settled sufficiently to permit a clear-eyed historical assessment. The Day That Shook America chillingly lays out the reasons why the government agencies responsible for protecting the nation failed catastrophically, and weighs the lasting consequences." - Donald A. Ritchie, US Senate historian emeritus and author of Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932"The Day That Shook America is a chilling account of missed opportunities and overlooked clues that led to the horrors of 9/11. J. Samuel Walker evokes both the folly and the heroism of that day, while at the same time detailing the petty bureaucratic turf battles that crippled the nation’s response to Al-Qaeda. Walker’s judicious account of this horrific event does not preclude him from indicting those he believes might have prevented this ‘day of agony.’" - Stephen F. Knott, author of The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal"To read this powerful account of 9/11 is to feel wrenching sadness combined with deep anger: sadness in recalling the terrible toll of lives taken that day, and anger both at those who perpetrated the attack and at the senior US officials who failed to avert it despite the warning signs that were flashing red." - Andrew Bacevich, author of After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed"In this evocative and succinct history, J. Samuel Walker incisively analyzes the efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden before 9/11 and assesses the actions of the Bush administration in its aftermath. Vividly describing the seizures of the planes by Al-Qaeda terrorists, Walker also eloquently narrates the gruesome circumstances of those entrapped in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. On the twentieth anniversary of that tragic day, we are fortunate to have this well-researched, thoughtful book." - Melvyn P. Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of History Emeritus, University of Virginia
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Pluto Press History of Economic Thought
Book SynopsisSituates Marx's economic thought in relation to the economic theories which predate him - from mercantilism to John Stuart Mill.Trade Review'...pioneering analysis...has no parallel in English.' Marxism Today' A vital study...' TribuneTable of Contents1. Mercantilism and its decline 2. The Physiocrats 3. Adam Smith 4. David Ricardo 5. The Decline of the Classical School 6. A Brief Review of the Course Afterword by Catherine Colliot-Thelene
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Pluto Press Ideology and Superstructure in Historical
Book SynopsisA pioneering account demystifying Marxist dialectics and critiquing key materialist thinkers.Table of Contentsintroduction by Frank Furedi Franz Jakubowski: an introductory note CONSCIOUSNESS AND BEING I The Critique of Hegelian Idealism The Critique of Feuerbach's Materialism II The Marxian problematic of base and superstructure Base Superstructure The Dialectical Relationship III Distortion and renewal by Marx's followers The Distortion of the Question by the Epigones The Beginnings of Renewal FALSE AND CORRECT CONSCIOUSNESS IV Alienation and reification The Self-alienation of Man and Commodity Fetishism Reification in Base and Superstructure V Ideology Ideology and the Concept of the Concrete Totality Ideology and the Classes of Bourgeois Society VI Proletarian Class consciousness The Proletariat as Subject-Object in Capitalism Class Ideology and Class Consciousness Marxism as Ideology and as Humanism Notes Index
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Pluto Press Mythical Past Elusive Future History and Society in an Anxious Age
Book SynopsisFuredi finds a disturbingly deep conservative agenda stifling the experimental and new ideas around the studying of historyTrade Review'Impressive ... Furedi's work demonstrates the real vitality of the Marxist method. For that reason alone, it should be read and discussed by all who are genuinely concerned with social change' -- Green Left
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Pluto Press Calibans Freedom The Early Political Thought of
Book SynopsisAn important analysis of CLR James' early political thought on Marxism and the black radical traditionTrade Review'An outstanding book ... Caliban's Freedom is a major contribution to the growing critical scholarship on C.L.R. James' -- small axe'A very strong book, thoroughly researched and brilliantly argued. Not Surprisingly, the result is that Bogues has produced the best work to date on the early political though of James' -- CLR James Journal'This book is succinct and clear. It serves as an excellent primer for one of the century's outstanding revolutionary thinkers' -- Capital and ClassTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface 1. Issues in James’s Political Thought 2. The Making of a Marxist 3. James’s Early Marxism 4. The American Years 5. James and the Race Question 6. Breaking New Ground 7. The New Universals 8. James, Marx and the Notion of Happiness 9. James, Independent Marxism and the Marxist Tradition: A Summary, 1934–53 Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Dont Mention the War
Book SynopsisA disturbing picture of the success of media managers in manipulating perceptions of the Northern Ireland conflictTrade Review'This is surely - and likely to remain for some time - the definitive study of 'public relations and the Northern conflict ... superb' -- Books Ireland'A solid, honest, assiduous book ... Well worth reading' -- Eamonn McCann, TribuneTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Appendices Introduction 1. Policing the Media: Intimidation, Secrecy and Censorship 2. The Development of Propaganda Strategies 3. Public Relations as a Propaganda Tactic 4. From 'Terrorists' to 'Freedom Fighters' International Coverage of Northern Ireland 5. Misinformation and Public Belief: The Case of Gibraltar 6. Conclusion: Winning the Information Battle Appendices References
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Pluto Press Anthropological Perspectives on Kinship Anthropology Culture and Society
Book SynopsisExplores new developments in kinship studies in anthropology -- including the impact of new reproductive technologies and changing conceptualisations of personhood and gender.Trade Review'Eschews polemic in favour of the balanced approach appropriate to a good lecture course' -- Social AnthropologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. First principles 2. Kinship, descent and marriage 3. Kinship and the domestic domain 4. Descent and the public domain I: lineage theory 5. Descent and the public domain II: matrilineal and cognatic descent 6. Marriage and alliance 7. Universality of kinship and the current practice of kinship studies Notes Index
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Pluto Press Julia Kristeva Speaking the Unspeakable Modern
Book SynopsisAnne-Marie Smith’s concise introductory study examines Kristeva in the light of her contemporary activity as writer, teacher and psychoanalyst.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The semiotic and the symbolic 2. The abject, the maternal, melancholy 3. Time, transference, literary experience 4. Foreignness, femininity, sacrifice Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press On Television
Book SynopsisCompletely updated and revised new edition of a standard work on television broadcastingTrade Review'The best book about the medium to be published for some time' -- Time Out'Hood was in television at a high level. He knows a great deal about its power politics, internal and external' -- Richard Hoggart, GuardianTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Television – A Map of the Medium 2. The Flow of Images and Gatekeeping 3. The Audience 4. The History of Terrestrial Television 5. The Regulatory Bodies 6. The Charter and the Act 7. The Growth of Government Intervention 8. The Thatcher Years--9. Enter Murdoch – A Cautionary Tale 10. The Thatcher Inheritance 11. Digital Television 12. Convergence--Index
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Pluto Press Zapatista Reinventing Revolution in Mexico
Book SynopsisExamines the importance and relevance of the Zapatista movement in the late twentieth centuryTrade Review'An impassioned and stimulation contribution to the understanding of a continuing rebellion with profound national and international significance' -- International Affairs'The book's many strengths include its coverage of the history of the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN), placing the struggle in a global context through a critique of neoliberalism and capitalism' -- TLSTable of Contents1. John Holloway and Eloína Peláez: Introduction 2. Enrique Rajchenberg and Catherine Héau-Lambert: History and Symbolism in the Zapatista Movement 3. Ana Esther Ceceña and Andrés Barreda: Chiapas and the Global Restructuring of Capital 4. Márgara Millán: Zapatista Indigenous Women 5. Harry Cleaver: The Zapatistas And The Electronic Fabric Of Struggle 6. Patricia King and Francisco Javier Villanueva: Breaking the Blockade: The Move from Jungle to City 7. Luis Lorenzano: Zapatismo: Recomposition of Labour, Radical Democracy and Revolutionary Project 8. John Holloway: Dignity's Revolt Index
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Pluto Press From Occupation to Independence A History of the
Book SynopsisThe development and legacy of the slave tradeTrade Review'Hart is a teacher of great skill and lucidity ... This book is a genuine popular history' -- Morning Star'Hart's exploration of the forms of resistance slaves adopted to fight against their exploitation is both moving and inspirational' -- libcom.orgTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Amerindian and European Penetration 2. Thieves Falling Out 3. Sugar and Slavery 4. Slavery and Exploitation 5. Resistance and Rebellion In the 17th and 18th Centuries 6. British Abolitionists 7. 19th Century Slave Rebellions And Emancipation 8. Restricted Acquisition of Land 9. Worker-Employer Relations After Abolition 10. The Use of Indentured Labour 11. Crown Colony Government 12. Internal Self-Government with A Colour Bar 13. The Morant Bay Rebellion 14. The Constitutional Surrenders 15. Imperialism and National Aspirations 16. Pioneering Nationalistic Organisation 17. Labour Unrest and Organisation 1875 to 1930 18. Labour Rebellions 1934-1937 19. Labour Rebellion in Jamaica 1938: The West India Royal Commission 1938-39 20. Towards Decolonisation 21. Nationalist Political Parties 22. Onwards to Independence Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Children of Other Worlds
Book SynopsisAn examination of how global markets exploit children throughout the worldTrade Review'Not just a study of children's work in Bangladesh, but also a reminder of the debates about child labour in Britain ... Seabrook's passionate reporting and advocacy deserves a wide readership' -- Richard Gott, The Independent
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Pluto Press PIERRE BOURDIEU A Critical Introduction Modern European Thinkers
Book SynopsisA new major critical introduction to Bourdieu, looking at the full range of his work in its historical and intellectual contextTrade Review'This beautifully written and lucidly argued study is the most persuasive account of Bourdieu's work yet to be published' -- Professor Jill Forbes, Queen Mary and Westfield, University of LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Peasants into Revolutionaries? 2. Frenchmen into Consumers? 3. Universities 4. Returning to Kabylia 5. Anthropology and Sociology 6. Old Wine, Distinctive New Bottles 7. Neo-Liberalism and the Defence of the ‘Universal’ Conclusion Notes and References Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Jacques Lacan A Critical Introduction
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Pluto Press Reimaging Britain 500 Years of Black and Asian
Book SynopsisThese are the hidden histories of Black and Asian communities in BritainTrade Review'A thorough history. It recounts the major historical episodes, and includes material on all the main figures, from Olaudah Equiano to Salman Rushdie' -- Commission for Racial Equality'Very interesting. It enabled me to gain further insight into the difficulties black and Asian people experienced in this country and their own country of origin over a 500-year period' -- RACE: Multi-Cultural JournalTable of ContentsPreface Prologue Part One. The 'Blackamoores' Presence (1500-1900) 1. Africans and Asians in the British Isles (1500-1833) 2. Africans and Asians After Emancipation (1833-1900) Part Two: Britain and Empire (1900-60) 3. Racism, Empire and Labour 4. Afro-Asian Challenges (Pre-1962) Part Three. The Empire Within (1956-98) 5. The Migrant Workers' Story 6. Migrants in Transition and Authoritarianism (1960-89) 7. Migrant Communities. Leaders and Groupings (1960-89) 8. Towards the Millennium. Ethnic Minorities in the Nineties References Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press The Trouble with Community
Book SynopsisReappraises the concept of 'community', in the light of globalisation, religious fundamentalism and identity politics.Table of ContentsPrologue: The Book's Questions 1. An Anthropology Without Community? 2. The Truth of Movement, the Truth as Movement: 'Post-cultural anthropology' and Narrational Identity 3. Dialogue: Movement, Identity and Collectivity References Index
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Pluto Press Network Culture Politics For the Information Age
Book SynopsisA sophisticated argument about how the internet and communication networks impact on politics, democracy, and identity.Trade Review'Brings to questions of network culture and politics both a keen philosophical perspective and a deep understanding of the history and technology of information networks. She shows in wonderfully clear terms how our increasingly networked world brings harsher forms of domination but also opens the possibility for new struggles of liberation' -- Michael Hardt, co-author (with Antonio Negri) of Empire'A genuine achievement. Terranova gives the reader a notion of new media that extends all the way to artificial life. Then she takes this concoction and makes it political. Required reading for media theorists, evolutionary biology junkies and activists' -- Scott Lash, Director of the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Three Propositions On Informational Cultures 2. Open Networks 3. Free Labour 4. Soft Control 5. Communications’ Biopower Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Palestinian Refugees The Right of Return Pluto Middle Eastern Studies
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Pluto Press Understanding Capitalism Critical Analysis From Karl Marx to Amartya Sen
Book SynopsisEssays by seven leading economists that assess how economic theory has become capitalist ideologyTable of ContentsIntroduction Douglas Dowd 1. Karl Marx: The Needs of Capital vs. The Needs of Human Beings by Michael Lebowitz 2. Thorstein Veblen: The Evolution of Capitalism from Economic and Political to Social Dominance; Economics as its Faithful Servant by Douglas Dowd 3. What Gramsci Means Today by Carl Boggs 4. The U.S. Institutionalists by Michael Keaney 5. Post Keynesian Economics By Frederic Lee 6. Paul Sweezy and the Monopoly Capital School by John Bellamy Foster 7. Amartya Sen: Late Twentieth Century's Greatest Political Economist? by Robin Hahnel Index
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Pluto Press Water Wars Pollution Profits and Privatization
Book SynopsisA world-renowned environmentalist , Shiva examines the ‘water wars’ of the twenty-first century: the aggressive privatisation by the multinationals of communal water rights.Trade Review'The world's most prominent radical scientist' -- GuardianTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Theoretical Underpinnings of the Global Water Crisis 1. Water Rights: The State, the Market, the Community 2. Water Cycles vs. Markets Cycles: When Ecology Clashes with Commerce 3. The World on the Edge Part II: Privatization: The Culture of Scarcity and Water Conflicts 4. Intensive Irrigation, Large Dams and Water Conflicts 5. Mining and Water Conflicts 6. Aquaculture and Water Shortage Part III: Sustainable Use 7. Converting Scarcity into Abundance 8. Culture and the Value of Nature: The Sea as Paradigm Part IV: Resistance 9. Our Vanishing Waters
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Pluto Press Breaking the South Slav Dream The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia
Book SynopsisFrom Tito to Milosevic, this is the history of YugoslaviaTrade Review'Read this book. It is the answer to the misinformation and lies about Yugoslavia that we have had to bear over the last decade' -- Morning StarTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The 'first' Yugoslavia: origins and problems 2. The Second World War 3. The Tito years 4. Economic assault: the 1980s and US drive for a free market 5. Crisis response 6. War: the first wave -- Croatia 7. War: the second wave -- Bosnia 8. War: the third wave -- Kosovo 9. Bringing down Milosevic and what came after 10. Victors' justice? The trial of Slobodan Milosevic Notes Index
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Pluto Press Unholy Wars Third Edition Afghanistan America
Book SynopsisA classic book on the history of the USA's involvement with AfghanistanTrade Review'Lucid, detailed, well-organised and superbly researched, Unholy Wars is the only book to place Islamic militancy in the context created not just by desperately poor, hopelessly mismanaged, corrupt and oppressive societies, but also by great powers like the United States. A masterpiece of reportorial thoroughness, painstaking research, and serious reflection' -- Edward W. SaidTable of ContentsAcknowledgements New Introduction 1. Carter and Brezhnev in the Valley of Decision 2. Anwar al-Sadat 3. Zia al-Haq 4. Deng Xiaoping 5. Recruiters, Trainers, Trainees and Assorted Spooks 6. Donors, Bankers and Profiteers 7. Poppy Fields, Killing Fields and Druglords 8. Russia: Bitter Aftertaste and Reluctant Return 9. The Contagion Spreads: 1 – Egypt and the Maghreb 10. More Contagion: The Philippines 11 The Contagion Spreads: 2 – The Assault on America Epilogue: The Globalisation of Violence Notes Index
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Pluto Press Multilateral Institutions
Book SynopsisA critical introduction to the major institutions that make up the multilateral development systemTrade Review'A fine and highly valuable achievement' -- Red PepperTable of ContentsLists of tables and figures Acknowledgement List of abbreviations 1. Introduction: a ‘Critical Engagement’ Approach to Multilateral Institutions 2. The Structural Design of Multilateral Institutions 3. The Changing Priorities of Multilateral Institutions: From Technical Aid to Good Governance 4. The Politics of Multilateral Institutions – Unpacking the Black Box 5. The Future of Multilateral Institutions References Index
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Pluto Press Ecocide A Short History of the Mass Extinction of Species
Book SynopsisWe are wilfully destroying our worldTrade Review'Helps us choose to take collective responsibility. Essential reading for anybody who cares about the future of humanity and the diversity of species' -- Vandana ShivaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Human Odyssey: From Biological To Cultural Evolution 2. Problematic Society-Nature Relations Before The Modern Era 3. The Modern Assault On Nature: The Making Of Ecocide 4. The Planet As Sacrifice Zone 5. Ecocide And Globalization Epilogue: Living In The Age Of Ecocide Glossary Tables Index Selected Bibliography
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Pluto Press Fools Crusade Yugoslavia NATO and Western
Book SynopsisWhy the the 'War in Kosovo' was the model for future destruction of countriesTrade Review'A 'must' book for progressives, and for anybody who wants to cut through the remarkable structure of disinformation regarding the Kosovo war. An excitingly original and powerful book' -- Edward S. HermanTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: The Yugoslav Guinea Pig 1. Invisible Serbia 2. Invisible Economic Causes 3. Invisible Croatia 4. Greater Serbia or Smaller Yugoslavia? 5. Integrating Europe, Disintegrating Yugoslavia 6. Multicultural Bosnia Versus Multicultural Yugoslavia Chapter Two: Moral Dualism In A Multicultural World 1. Manichean Media 2. Creating Public Opinion 3. The Uses of Rape 4. Criminalizing the Rogues 5. Presumed Guilty Until Proven Innocent 6. The Long Arm of Globalization Chapter Three: Comparative Nationalisms 1. From State-Building to State-Breaking 2. Slovenia: the End of Solidarity 3. Croatian Nationalism: the End of Yugoslavism Chapter Four: The Making Of Empires 1. Germany Is Born Again 2. Reclaiming the Habsburg Heritage Chapter Five: The New Imperial Model 1. Albanians: A People In Search of an Empire 2. Victims and Vengeance 3. The Triumph of Hatred 4. Democracy in the New World Order Postscript: Perpetual War 1. The Idealisation of War 2. The Real Existing New World Order Notes Index
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Pluto Press Invisible Giant Second Edition Cargill and Its
Book SynopsisBreaks the silence on the true extent of Cargill's power and influence worldwideTrade Review'If you want to understand both the theory and the reality of modern economics, Kneen's impressively researched book is a fascinating place to start' -- Red Pepper'Details the ethos, priorities, strategies and goals of transnational corporations as seen in a single paradigmatic example ... His work is the more amazing given Cargill's general secrecy' -- The Boycott Quarterly (US)Table of ContentsPreface 1. Mutant Giants 2. Cargill Inc – The Numbers 3. Origins, Organisation and Ownership 4. Policy Advocacy and Capitalist Subsidies 5. Creatures: Feeding and Processing 6. Cotton, Peanuts & Malting 7. Processing: Oilseeds, Soybeans, Corn & Wheat 8. Invisible Commodities 9. E-commerce 10. Coming and Going: Transport and Storage 11. A Typical Story– Canada, and Mexico 12. Fertiliser 13. The West Coast 14. Rivers of Soy - South America 15. Juice 16. The 'Far East' 17. Seeds 18. Salt 19. Only Cargill’s Future? Periodicals referred to Endnotes Index
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Pluto Press Bookchin A Critical Appraisal
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive overview of the work of Murray Bookchin, the left-libertarian social theorist and political ecologist.Trade Review'An excellent book - brings to life Bookchin the man and his work for a new generation of readers' -- Professor Noel Castree, School of Environment and Development, Manchester University'A sophisticated and considered work that exhibits a genuine rare critical engagement with the intricacies of Bookchin's thought' -- Professor Mike Smith, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.'Offers an insightful, scholarly and balanced account of the intellectual journey and achievements of Murray Bookchin, one of the towering figures of modern radical political thought and action' -- Dr. John Barry, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast'White brings his immense scholarship and acute analytical skills to bear in both bringing to life and critically situating Bookchin's vision in the context of contemporary thinking' -- Professor Ted Benton, Department of Sociology, University of EssexTable of ContentsAbbreviations Acknowledgments Part One: Beginnings 1. Environments, Cities And Post Scarcity Worlds Part Two: The Legacy Of Domination 2. Hierarchy, Domination, Nature: Bookchin's Historical Social Theory 3. Social Ecology As Modern Social Theory 4. Capitalism and Ecology Part Three: The Legacy Of Freedom 5. Ethics And The Normative Grounds Of Critique 6. Urbanisation, Cities, Utopia 7. Citizens, Politics, Democracy Part Four :Endings Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Understanding Film
Book SynopsisIdeal for students looking for a radical approach to film studies.Trade ReviewA well thought out and timely proposal .. a book I would [be] ready to order and teach from as soon as it is available. -- Robert Ferguson, Institute of EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction: Marxism, Film and Film Studies Mike Wayne 1. Benjamin/Adorno/Brecht and Film b yEsther Leslie 2. Gramsci, Sembène, and the Politics of Culture by Marcia Landy 3. The Althusserian moment revisited (again). by Deborah Philips 4. Jameson, Postmodernism and the hermeneutics of paranoia by Mike Wayne 5. ‘Making It’: Reading Boogie Nights and Blow as Symbolic Economies of Surplus and Sentiment by Anna Kornbluh 6. The Critics Who Knew Too Little: Hitchcock and the Absent Class Paradigm by Colin McArthur 7. Economic and Institutional Analysis: Hollywood as Monopoly Capitalism by Douglas Gomery 8. Hollywood, Cultural Policy Citadel by Toby Miller 9. State Cinema and Passive Revolution in North Korea by Hyangjin Lee 10. Narrative, Culture, and Legitimacy: Repetition and Singularity in Zhang Yimou’s The Story of Qiu Ju by Xudong Zhang 11. Cinemas in Revolution: 1920s Russia, 1960s Cuba by Michael Chanan Notes on Contributors Index
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Pluto Press The Beginning of History
Book SynopsisAnalyses new political economy theory and its role in bringing about radical social changeTrade Review'Brings creativity to the centre of anti-capitalist thought and through it provides new meanings to the concepts of anarchism, socialism and communism' -- Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the Witch'A kind of intellectual revolution in itself, both rigourous and exciting' -- David Graeber, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Yale University'A breakthrough book in anti-capitalist theory' -- George Caffentzis, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Southern MaineTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables and Boxes Preface 1. The Beginning of History Part I: Orientations: Co-production of Livelihoods as Contested Terrain 2. Value Struggles 3. Capital as a Social Force 4. With No Limits 5. Production and Reproduction 6. Production, Reproduction and Global Loops Part II: Global Loops: Some Explorations on the Contemporary Work Machine 7 Enclosures and Disciplinary Integration 8. Global Loops 9. The Global Work Machine Part III: Context, Contest and Text: Discourses and Their Clashing Practices 10. Marx and the Enclosures we Face 11. Enclosures with No Limits 12. The ‘Law of Value,’ Immaterial Labour, and the ‘Centre' of Power 13. The Valuing and Measuring of Capital 14. Market Freedom and the Prison: Hayek and Bentham 15. The Fractal Panopticon and Ubiquitous Revolution Part IV: ‘By Asking Questions we Walk’: The Problematics of Decoupling 16. The ‘Outside’ 17. Commons Notes References Other Web Resources Index
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Pluto Press Seeds of Hate How Americas Flawed Middle East Policy Ignited the Jihad
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Pluto Press Discovering the Scottish Revolution 16921746
Book SynopsisA reassessment of Scottish politics and society in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuryTrade Review'A provocative new book - restores the tradition of narrative to the art of history writing' -- The ScotsmanTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Scotland After 1688 2. Three Dimensions of Socio-Economic Crisis: the 1690s 3. From Hanoverian Succession to Incorporating Union, 1700-1707 4. Scotland and the British State: From Crisis to Consolidation, 1708-1716 5. Agricultural Improvement and Social Transformation, 1716-1744 6. The End of the British Revolution, 1745-1746 Conclusion Appendix: Marx and Engels on Scotland Bibliographical Essay Notes and References
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Pluto Press (UK) Operation Defensive Shield Witnesses to Israeli War Crimes
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Pluto Press Married to Another Man Israels Dilemma in
Book SynopsisCelebrated author Ghada Karmi argues that the only practical solution to the conflict is for Palestinians and Israelis to live together in a secular democratic stateTrade Review'Ghada Karmi's storytelling eloquence is celebrated. Now the sheer power and sense of her analysis throws down a challenge to those who claim the 'problem' of Israel and Palestine cannot be solved. She shows it can' -- John Pilger'The demise of the two-state solution makes Ghada Karmi's work a compelling read. Her book is well-written and extraordinarily honest. Her bold vision of a single egalitarian state for Palestinians and Israelis is the only way to break the current log jam and bring an end to Apartheid Israel' -- Dr Nur Masalha, Reader in Religion and Politics, Director of the Centre for Religion and History and of the Holy Land Research Project, St Mary's University College, University of Surrey'Ghada Karmi's direct and incisive prose is a welcome contribution to a field overburdened. The book introduces in the most convincing manner the merit of the one state solution as a settlement that would benefit all concerned: the Palestinians wherever they are, the Israelis and the Middle East as a whole' -- Ilan Pappe, author of A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples'Karmi, one of our most renowned commentators on the Isreali-Palestinian conflict, has some startling ideas and conclusions in this fascinating book' -- Hampstead and Highgate ExpressTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Cost of Israel to the Arabs 2. Why Do Jews Support Israel? 3. Why Does the West Support Israel? 4. The 'Peace Process' 5. Destroying the Palestinians 6. Solving the Problem 7. The One-State Solution Epilogue: The End of the Zionist Dream Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press TELL ME LIES Propaganda and Media Distortion in
Book SynopsisCuts through the propaganda of the media's coverage of IraqTrade Review'If you suspect that the media have not told you the full truth about the Iraq War, read this book. It is a revelation' -- Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths College, University of London'Often entertaining and always informative ... challenges journalists to look closely at the role we play in reporting war' -- Tim Lezard, The JournalistTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Mark Thomas Introduction by David Miller Part 1 The Media War 1. A great betrayal by John Pilger 2. The lies of old by John Pilger 3. The case for civil disobedience by John Pilger 4. Crime against humanity by John Pilger 5. The unthinkable is becoming normal by John Pilger Part 2 Propaganda Wars 6. War is sell by Laura Miller, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton 7. Brainscrubbing: The Failures of U.S. Public Diplomacy After 9/11 by Nancy Snow 8. Misreporting war has a long history by Des Freedman 9. Psychological warfare against the public: Iraq and beyond by Mark Curtis 10. The Propaganda Machine by David Miller 11. History or bunkum? by Philip Knightley 12. Spies and lies by Stephen Dorril 13. No Blood for oil? by Andy Rowell Part 3 Misreporting war 14. The minute it’s made up, you’ll hear about it by Mark Steel 15. Reporting the war on British television by Justin Lewis and Rod Brookes 16. 9/11, Spectacles of Terror, and Media Manipulation by Doug Kellner 17. 'Look, I'm An American' by Norman Solomon 18. 'Let the Atrocious Images Haunt Us' by Julian Petley 19. Normalising aggression by Ed Herman 20. Little Ali and other rescued children by Patricia Holland 21. Watchdogs or Lapdogs? by Granville Williams 22. The BBC: A personal account by Abdul Hadi Jiad 23. Mass Deception: How The Media Helped The Government Deceive The People by David Cromwell & David Edwards 24. Covering the Middle East by Robert Fisk 25. Why the BBC ducks the Palestinian story by Tim Llewellyn 26. Black holes of history by Greg Philo and Maureen Gilmour Part 4 Alternatives 27. Al Jazeera's war by Faisal Bodi 28. Target the media by Tim Gopsill 29. Turning my back on the mainstream by Yvonne Ridley 30. Working in and against the system by David Crouch 31. Disruptive Technology: Iraq and the Internet by Alistair Alexander 32. The anti-war movement by Noam Chomsky
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Pluto Press SOMALIA THE UNTOLD STORY The War Through The Eyes Of Somali Women
Book SynopsisExplores the experiences of women in Somalia and how they have survived the trauma of war.Trade Review'Shows the damage caused to society by the conflict, the breakdown of clan traditions and the way it impinged on women, and the use of rape and sexual violence by combatants' -- OxfamTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Preface Introduction Part 1: Experiences in War 1. Women and Pastoralist Economy - Roda Ibrihim 2. Marriage in Traditional Somali Society – Sadia Ahmed 3. Rape – A Weapon of War – Fousia Musse Part 2: Impact of the War On Women and Their Responses Section 1: Changing Roles and Responsibilities in the Family 4. Single Mothers in Canada – Ladan Affi 5. Women Traders – Amina M. Warsame Section 2: Women Mobilise For Peace 6. Women and Peace-building Somaliland – Zeynab Hassan & shukri Hariir 7. Wajir Women for Peace – Dekha Ibrihim Section 3: Women and Leadership 8. Women and Leadership Facts & Figures Maps Glossary Bibliography Further Reading Resource List Index
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