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Book SynopsisExposes the power of pro-Israeli lobby groups in US politics.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Libretto: Making Foreign Policy 2. The Score: Media and Popular Culture 3. The Stage Set: Images and Attitudes 4. Production Aspects: Lobby Techniques and Finances 5. An Overture: The Case of Cyprus 6. The Cast: Pro-Arab Lobbyists and Interest Groups 7. The Cast: Jewish Americans and Pro-Zionist Lobbies 8. Act One: The Ford Administration 9. A Major Production: The Anti-Arab Boycott Campaign 10. Act Two: The Carter Administration 11. Curtain Calls: The Present and Future Bibliographic Essay Index

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Book SynopsisProfiles the greatest journalists in history & their best stories -- chosen by David Randall of the Independent on SundayTrade Review'Entertaining, amusing, even inspirational. Above all, what every good reporter aims to deliver, a great read' -- Peter Cole, professor of journalism at the University of Sheffield'American newsrooms need to buy this inspiring book by the carton. David Randall's gripping collection of profiles in inky courage demonstrates that our current malaise amounts to ignorance of the perpetual siege of newsrooms by the powerful and the parsimonious. The Great Reporters is rich with the kind of lore that needs to inform the culture of newspaper journalism' -- Dean Miller, The Poynter Institute for Media StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction How the great reporters were chosen 1. The World of the Reporter How, when and where the job has changed in 150 years 2. Meyer Berger The reporters’ reporter 3. Nellie Bly The best undercover reporter in history 4. Edna Buchanan The best crime reporter there’s ever been 5. James Cameron The definitive foreign correspondent 6. Richard Harding Davies One of the best descriptive reporters ever 7. Floyd Gibbons The supreme example of a reporter in pursuit of an assignment 8. Ann Leslie The most versatile reporter ever 9. AJ Liebling The most quotable wit ever by-lined 10. JA MacGahan Perpetrator of perhaps the greatest piece of reporting ever 11. Hugh McIlvanney The best writer ever to apply words to newsprint 12. Ernie Pyle The reporter who never forgot who he was writing for 13. William Howard Russell The man who invented war corresponding 14. George Seldes A reporter who got up the noses of the high and mighty Index

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Book SynopsisA classic book on cultural identity by a major Caribbean writer.Trade Review'Migration in the '50s and '60s was formative for a whole generation of Caribbean writers, artists and intellectuals who, as Lamming himself says, became 'West Indian' in London. The Pleasures of Exile is simply the most poignant, eloquent, insightful and poetic set of reflections on that experience' -- Stuart Hall'The passing of more than 40 years hasn't dulled the sheer brazen confidence with which George Lamming brought a West Indian way of seeing to British life and literature' -- Peter HulmeTable of ContentsForeword by Richard Drayton Preface to new edition by Bill Schwarz Introduction 1. In the Beginning 2. The Occasion for Speaking 3. Evidence and Example 4. A Way of Seeing 5. Conflict and Illusion 6. A Monster, A Child, A Slave 7. Caliban Orders History 8. Ishmael at Home 9. The African Presence 10. Journey to an Expectation Index

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Book SynopsisRemarkable account of the life and impact of the activist, journalist and Tamil freedom-fighterTrade Review'Very interesting and original. The concerns he raises have been central to American anthropology for twenty years' -- Thomas Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of OsloThis book has been long-awaited by many scholars, and others concerned about the conflict in Sri Lanka. It could become a new exemplar of how anthropology should be done. -- Margaret Trawick, Professor of Social Anthropology, Massey University, New ZealandTable of ContentsNote on Transliteration, Translation, Names and Neutrality Three Prologues 1. Introduction: Why an Intellectual biography of Sivaram Dharmeratnam? 2. Learning Politics from Sivaram 3. The Family Elephant 4. Ananthan and the Readers Circle 5. From SR to Taraki - a 'serious unserious' journey 6. From Taraki to TamilNet: Sivaram as journalist, military analyst and Internet pioneer 7. States, Nations and Nationalism 8. Return to Batticaloa Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOverview of relations between the world's major powers, by a leading professor of international relationsTrade Review'I can't think of a more effective way to bring economic history back into political discussions' -- European Tribune'Kees Van Der Pijl has done a remarkable job of viewing the global rivalries in a fresh perspective of 'contender states'' -- Free Press Journal'This is a delightfully objective, fair and fearless analysis of a strife-tired world ... A strategist's collector's item' -- Tribune'Adds more punch to your repository of arguments against the ongoing mindless violence' -- The Financial Express'A remarkable panorama of both the substance and meaning of recent world history, one of those rare books that will change the way thoughtful people think. Global Rivalries is rich in insight, making coherence of disparate events, and it offers again and again fresh insights into the way our war-torn, beleaguered world has operated' -- Gabriel Kolko'Just when you thought International Relations as a field was brain-dead, along comes Kees van der Pijl's new book. His inspired account brings together history, economics and politics to create a far more nuanced view of rivalry and cooperation among the great powers over time' -- Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Boston'A magisterial work that explains and demystifies the rivalries and conflicts which have characterised the foreign relations of the "great powers" in the modern era' -- Stephen Gill, York University, TorontoTable of Contents1. Fractures and Faultlines in the Global Political Economy 2. Integrating Atlantic Europe 3. America’s Crusade in Asia and the Euro-Atlantic Rift 4. The Spectre of Social and Economic Democracy 5. Transnational Rivalries and the Neoliberal Turn 6. From Pinochet to the Reagan Doctrine 7. The Rapallo Syndrome and the Demise of the Soviet Union 8. America over Europe in the Balkans Crisis 9. The Rise of China as the New Contender 10. Energy Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Era 11. From Human Rights to the Global State of Emergency References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat does Israel hope to achieve with its withdrawal from Gaza and the building of a wall around the West Bank?Trade Review'Timely and important … by far the most penetrating and comprehensive [book] on the subject to date' -- Nur Masalha, Director of Holy Land Studies, St Mary’s College, University of Surrey, and author of The Politics of Denial (2003)'An original and powerful book' -- Ilan Pappe, Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Haifa University, and author of A Modern History of Palestine (2004)'Very impressive … Some of his findings will astound even the knowledgeable reader' -- Salim Tamari, Director of the Institute of Jerusalem StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Glass Wall 1. Israel’s Fifth Column 2. A False Reckoning 3. The Battle of Numbers 4. Redrawing the Green Line 5. Conclusion: Zionism and the Glass Wall Appendix: ‘We’re like visitors in our own country’ Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisClear and comprehensive guide to one of Marx's greatest works, Capital, written in a highly accessible style.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Part One: Commodities and Money 1. The Commodity 2. The Process of Exchange 3. Money, or the Circulation of Commodities Part Two: The Transformation of Money into Capital 4. The General Formula for Capital 5. Contradictions in the General Formula 6. The Sale and Purchase of Labour-power Part Three: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value 7. The Labour Process and the Valorisation Process 8. Constant Capital and Variable Capital 9. The Rate of Surplus-Value 10. The Working Day 11. The Rate and Mass of Surplus-Value Part Four: The Production of Relative Surplus-Value 12. The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value 13. Co-operation 14. The Division of Labour and Manufacture 15. Machinery and Large-Scale Industry Part Five: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value 16. Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value 17. Changes of Magnitude in the Price of Labour-power and in Surplus-value 18: Different Formulae for the Rate of Surplus-Value Part Six: Wages 19. The Transformation of the Value (and Respectively the Price) of Labour-power into Wages 20. Time-Wages 21. Piece Wages 22. National Differences in Wages Part Seven: The Process of Accumulation of Capital 23. Simple Reproduction 24. The Transformation of Surplus-Value into Capital 25. The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation Part Eight: So-Called Primitive ["Originating"] Accumulation 26. The Secret of Primitive Accumulation 27. The Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land 28. Bloody Legislation Against the Expropriated Since the End of the Fifteenth Century. The Forcing Down of Wages by Act of Parliament 29. The Genesis of the Capitalist Farmer 30. Impact of the Agricultural Revolution on Industry. The Creation of a Home Market for Industrial Capital 31. The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist 32. The Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation 33. The Modern Theory of Colonisation Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisA short introduction to the conflict that presents the arguments on both sides and summarises key thinkers from Said to NetanyahuTrade Review'Definitely a must for those who want a short introduction to the conflict. Even for those who are well versed in the events and issues involved, it is useful to have the whole history in such a short space' -- Jordan Times'A highly recommendable and much-needed brief introductory reading on the complex Palestinian-Israeli conflict' -- Moshe Machover'A key resource. The authors have produced a very readable, coherent and well-sourced account - giving both the Palestinian and Israeli viewpoints' -- Palestine NewsTable of Contents1. Peel Partition Plan, 1937 2. United Nations Partition Plan, 1947/9 3. The Near East After the 1967 June War 4. The Allon Plan, July 1967 5. Wye Memorandum, 1998 (Wye Accords map) 6. Projection of the West Bank Final Status Map, presented by Israel, Camp David, July 2000 7. Final Status Map presented by Israel, Taba, January 2001 8. The Wall in the West Bank, December 2003 Notes References Index MAPS

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Book SynopsisA passionate critique of Milosevic's trial and the PR machine at the heart of international justiceTrade Review'Study this story. Our future depends on a vigilant and informed people. The truth is hard to find, but in John Laughland we are fortunate to have a man blessed with the three qualities for which Anatole France wrote, in The Revolt of the Angels, that Lucifer was banished from Heaven: 'liberty, curiosity and doubt'' -- Ramsey ClarkTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. ‘A little bombing to see reason.’ 2. The New World Order 3. Inverting Nuremberg 4. ‘A false tribunal’ 5. Potemkin justice 6. Just Convict Everyone’ 7. ‘Greater Serbia’ 8. Witnesses for the Prosecution 9. Trial in absentia Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe book explores what characterises a 'good life' and how this idea has been affected by globalisation and neoliberalism.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction Well-being's re-proportioning of social thought by Alberto Corsín Jiménez Part I: Distributive values 1. The impossibility of wellbeing: development language and the pathologisation of Nepal by Ian Harper and Bryan Maddox 2. Good ways and bad ways: transformations of law and mining in Papua New Guinea1 by Eric Hirsch Part II. Persons 3. Well-being: in whose opinion, and who pays? by Wendy James 4. Primed for well-being: young people, diabetes and insulin pumps by Griet Scheldeman 5. On well-being, being well and well-becoming: on the move with hospital porters by Nigel Rapport Part III: Proportionalities 6. Measuring--or practicing--well-being? by Michael Lambek 7. 'Realising the substance of their happiness': how anthropology forgot about homo gauisus by Neil Thin 8. The intension and extension of well-being: transformation in diaspora Jain understandings of non-violence by James Laidlaw 9. Well-being in anthropological balance: remarks on proportionality as political imagination by Alberto Corsín Jiménez Index

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Book SynopsisCritically examines the responses of the working classes to the challenges of the neoliberal global economy.Trade Review'Breaks new ground by anchoring the response of labour to globalisation in the strategies of individual labour movements' -- Eddie Webster, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Sociology of Work Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg/South Africa.'In an era when capital strikes back globally, old tools are not enough. New counter forces must be formed. The book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the situation of the working class today' -- Clas Linder, First Vice President, Swedish Transport Workers' Union.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Contributors List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Foreword: Samir Amin Rebuilding the unity of the 'labour front' 1. The Future of the Global Working Class: an introduction, by Andreas Bieler, Ingemar Lindberg and Devan Pillay 2. The Contested Politics of Gender and Irregular Employment: Revitalizing the South Korean Democratic Labour Movement, by Jennifer Jihye Chun 3. Globalisation and the informalisation of labour: the case of South Africa, by Devan Pillay 4. Globalization and Labour in India: Emerging Challenges and Responses, by Praveen Jha 5. How China's Migrant Labour is Becoming the New Proletariat by Wen Tiejun 6. The globalisation of capital and its impact on the world of formal and informal work: Challenges for and responses from Argentine unions, by Isabel Rauber 7. Neoliberal Policies, Labour Market Restructuring and Social Exclusion: Brazil's Working Class Response, by Kjeld Jakobsen and Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa 8. The Impact of Globalisation on Trade Unions: The Situation in Japan, by Wakana Shutô and Mac Urata 9. Challenges facing the Canadian Labour Movement in the context of globalisation, unemployment and the casualisation of labour, by Geoff Bickerton and Jane Stinson 10. German trade unions between neo-liberal restructuring, social partnership and internationalism, by Heiner Dribbusch and Thorsten Schulten 11. Swedish unions and Globalisation: labour strategies in a changing global order, by Andreas Bieler and Ingemar Lindberg 12. Building alliances between formal and informal workers: Experiences from Africa, by Ilda Lindell 13. European integration: a strategic level for trade union resistance to neo-liberal restructuring and for the promotion of political alternatives?, by Andreas Bieler and Thorsten Schulten 14. A Trade Union Internationalism for the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges from Above, Below and Beyond, by Peter Waterman 15. What future strategy for the global working class? The need for a new historical subject, by Andreas Bieler, Ingemar Lindberg and Devan Pillay Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisInterdisciplinary, pioneering overview of growing literature on race and sex in Latin AmericaTrade Review'The major contribution of this study lies in its inclusiveness, discussing whites, blacks, indigenous peoples, mixed races, males, females, homosexuals and heterosexuals' -- F. W. Knight, Johns Hopkins University reviewing for Choice'Fluent and accessible, provides a magisterial overview of the intersecting dynamics of race and sexuality in Latin America, outstanding in its breadth and originality' -- Sarah Radcliffe, Reader in Latin American Geography, University of Cambridge'Goes well beyond conventional wisdom on the 'mutual constitution of sex and race'' -- Verena Stolcke, Emeritus Professor, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaTable of Contents1. Introduction: defining race and sex 2. Explaining the articulation of race and sex 3. Race and sex in colonial Latin America 4. Making nations through race and sex 5. The political economy of race and sex in contemporary Latin America 6. Race, sex and the politics of identity and citizenship 7. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the ideas of a thinker who greatly influenced the 1960s protest movementsTrade Review'Goes back to Marcuse's work on aesthetics to link philosophy, art, history, political analysis, and sociological insights in a deeply humane search for the way to a better world. It deserves a very wide readership' -- Peter Marcuse (with obvious bias).'A comprehensive critical overview and an interrogation of Marcuse's writings on art and aesthetics' -- Douglas Kellner, UCLA, author of Herbert Marcuse and the Crisis of Marxism and Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy'Introducing the aesthetic writings of radical philosopher Herbert Marcuse, cultural theorist Malcolm Miles explores the role the imagination plays for Marcuse in political transformation, offering us the hope of a horizon to neoliberal capitalism's treachery' -- Jane Rendell, Professor and Vice Dean of Research, The Bartlett, UCL, and author of Site-Writing (2010), Art and Architecture (2006) and The Pursuit of Pleasure (2002).Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Aesthetics and the Reconstruction of Society 2. The Artist and Social Theory 3. Affirmations 4. A Literature of Intimacy 5. Society as a Work of Art 6. The End of Utopia 7. The Aesthetic Dimension 8. Legacies and Practices Notes Index

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Book SynopsisCompares the trajectories of states and societies in Africa, Asia and Latin America under neoliberalism.Trade Review'This book is about the new nationalist resurgence [against neo-liberalism]. It is the work of a committed and engaged scholarship, one which does not pretend to be neutral in the struggle between imperialism and the working people' -- Issa Shivji, Mwalimu Nyerere University Professor, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania'Provides essential clues to understand the present nature of the state in the periphery and to re-connect the South through all its dimensions' -- Gladys Lechini, Professor of International Relations, National University of Rosario, Argentina'Provides a holistic and systematic investigation of the relevance of the National Question in the contemporary South. It is one of the finest collections to engage with the relevant issues at the current juncture' -- Praveen Jha, Centre for Economics Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, IndiaTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Fall and Rise of the National Question, by Sam Moyo & Paris Yeros Part I: Africa 2. Rethinking Pan-Africanism, Nationalism and the New Regionalism, by Thandika Mkandawire 3. Nation-Building and State Fracture in Sudan, by Mahmood Mamdani 4. After Zimbabwe: State, Nation and Region in Africa, by Sam Moyo & Paris Yeros Part II: Asia 5. Peripheral States in Asia under Neoliberalism and After, by Korkut Boratav 6. The National Question in India, by Sandeep Chachra 7. The Palestinian National Question: Settler-Colonialism and the International Power Regime, by Jamil Hilal 8. The National Question and the Unfinished Revolution in Nepal, by Hari Roka 9. Neoliberalism in Turkey, by Cem Somel Part III: Latin America 10. Latin American Thinking on the State and Development: From Statelessness to Statelessness, by Atilio A. Boron 11. The National Question and the Autonomy of the State in Bolivia, by Lorgio Orellana Aillon 12. Kirchner’s Argentina: In Search of a New International Presence, by Javier A. Vadell 13. State and Nation in Brazil: Old Questions, New Challenges, by Sebastião C. Velasco e Cruz & Reginaldo C. Moraes 14. Cleavages in South America and the Role of Venezuela, by Rafael Villa 15. National States: Which Way Forward?, by Samir Amin Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA journey into the world's most populous Muslim nation as it struggles to emerge from dictatorship and corporate exploitationTrade Review'A country whose population numbers nearly as high as the US, Indonesia is almost hidden from consciousness. However, Vltchek turns on a powerful spotlight' -- Michael Albert, co-founder of Z Communications and author of Parecon: Life After Capitalism (2003).'[The author] portrays and thoroughly analyses what has been experienced by most Indonesian people today: poverty, fear and the humiliations created by corrupt and greedy elites' -- Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, National Co-ordinator of Indonesian Legal Aid Society for Women and former MP.'Burns with indignation against injustice and untruth. Andre Vltchek is in the great tradition of investigative journalists like John Pilger, Seymour Hersh and Robert Fisk. He combines omnivorous curiosity with fearless tenacity' -- Andrew Beatty, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Brunel University, and author of A Shadow Falls: In the Heart of Java (2009).'Vltchek is a powerfully informed writer whose reports are based on firsthand observations. He shows how Indonesia is a nearly perfect specimen of the free market at its purest and dirtiest stage of devolution' -- Michael Parenti, author of The Face of Imperialism (2011).Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. From Colony to Dictatorship 3. Extreme Capitalism 4. Democracy and Human Rights 5. Jakarta Bleeding the Islands 6. Corruption Kills 7. The environment, plundering of natural resources and consequent natural disasters 8. Collapse of Infrastructure 9. Islam 10. Cultures, Education and Intellectual Life 11. Indonesia and its Neighbours: A big but destitute bully 12. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisMagisterial analysis of human history, from the first hominid to the Great Recession of 2008. Written from the perspective of ordinary men and women.Trade Review'Enlightening and apocalyptic in equal measure' -- Guardian'This book will make you stop and think and give you a taste of what it must have felt like to be a firebrand buoyed up by righteous revolutionary zeal in October 1917. If you like your blood boiled, this is the history for you' -- Guy de la Bédoyère, historian and author of Roman Britain: A New History (2006).Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why History Matters 1. Hunters and Farmers c. 2.5 million-3000 BC The Hominid Revolution The Hunting Revolution The Agricultural Revolution The Origins of War and Religion The Rise of the Specialists 2. The First Class Societies c. 3000-1000 BC The First Ruling Class The Spread of Civilisation Crisis in the Bronze Age How History Works Men of Iron 3. Ancient Empires c. 1000-30 BC Persia: the Achaemenid Empire India: the Mauryan Empire China: the Qin Empire The Greek Democratic Revolution The Macedonian Empire Roman Military Imperialism The Roman Revolution 4. The End of Antiquity c. 30 BC-AD 650 The Crisis of Late Antiquity Huns, Goths, Germans, and Romans Mother-Goddesses and Power-Deities Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Arabs, Persians, and Byzantines 5. The Medieval World c. AD 650-1500 The Abbasid Revolution Hindus, Buddhists, and the Gupta Empire Chinese History’s Revolving Door Africa: Cattle-Herders, Ironmasters, and Trading States New World Empires: Maya, Aztec, and Inca 6. European Feudalism c. AD 650-1500 The Cycles and Arrows of Time The Peculiarity of Europe The Rise of Western Feudalism Crusade and Jihad Lord, Burgher, and Peasant in Medieval Europe The Class Struggle in Medieval Europe The New Monarchies The New Colonialism 7. The First Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions 1517-1775 The Reformation The Counter-Reformation The Dutch Revolution The Thirty Years War The Causes of the English Revolution Revolution and Civil War The Army, the Levellers, and the Commonwealth Colonies, Slavery, and Racism Wars of Empire 8. The Second Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions 1775-1815 The Enlightenment The American Revolution The Storming of the Bastille The Jacobin Dictatorship From Thermidor to Napoleon 9. The Rise of Industrial Capitalism c. 1750-1850 The Industrial Revolution The Chartists and the Origins of the Labour Movement The 1848 Revolutions What is Marxism? What is Capitalism The Making of the Working Class 10. The Age of Blood and Iron 1848-1896 The Indian Mutiny The Italian Risorgimento The American Civil War Japan’s Meiji Restoration The Unification of Germany The Paris Commune The Long Depression 11. Imperialism and War 1873-1918 The Scramble for Africa The Rape of China What is Imperialism? The 1905 Revolution: Russia’s Great Dress Rehearsal The Ottoman Empire and the 1908 ‘Young Turk’ Revolution 1914: Descent into Barbarism Reform or Revolution? The First World War 12. The Revolutionary Wave 1917-1928 1917: The February Revolution Dual Power: The Mechanics of Revolution February to October: The Rhythms of Revolution 1917: The October Insurrection 1918: How the War Ended The German Revolution Italy’s ‘Two Red Years’ World Revolution The First Chinese Revolution Revolts Against Colonialism Stalinism: The Bitter Fruit of Revolutionary Defeat 13. The Great Depression and the Rise of Fascism 1929-1939 The Roaring Twenties The Hungry Thirties 1933: The Nazi Seizure of Power State Capitalism in Russia 1936: The French General Strike and Factory Occupations The Spanish Civil War The Causes of the Second World War 14. World War and Cold War 1939-1967 The Second World War: Imperialism The Second World War: Barbarism The Second World War: Resistance The Cold War The Great Boom Maoist China End of Empire? Oil, Zionism, and Western Imperialism 1956: Hungary and Suez Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution 15. The New World Disorder 1968-present The Vietnam War 1968 1968-75: The Workers’ Revolt The Long Recession, 1973-92 What is Neoliberalism? 1989: The Fall of Stalinism 9/11, the War on Terror, and the New Imperialism The 2008 Crash: From Bubble to Black Hole The Second Great Depression Conclusion: Making the Future

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Book SynopsisChomsky, Butler, Finkelstein and other leading commentators discuss state terrorism.Trade Review'Nuanced and uncompromising, the interviewers have posed some of the most penetrating and important questions of our time. The answers received will change forever the way we think about terror' -- Professor Penny Green, King's College London, Director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) and co-author of State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption (Pluto 2004)'A wide range of compelling topics are expertly explored by leading academics. Each is skilfully interviewed by Cihan Aksan and Jon Bailes who also provide an excellent introduction. A job well done' -- Michael ParentiTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Noam Chomsky: The Definition of Terrorism 3. Richard A. Falk: International Law and Human Rights 4. Marjorie Cohn: Torture as Terrorism 5. Ted Honderich: Morality, Justification, and Responsibility 6. Edward S. Herman: The Media Image of Terrorism 7. Judith Butler: The Discourse of Terror 8. Richard Jackson: Terrorism Studies and Academia 9. Patrick Bond: International Financial Institutions and the Economics of Terrorism 10. Ismael Hossein-zadeh: The Guiding Force of US Militarism 11. Gilbert Achcar: The United States in the Middle East 12. Norman G. Finkelstein: US Support for Israeli State Terror 13. Greg Grandin: The United States in Latin America 14. Daniele Ganser: NATO’s Secret Armies in Europe

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Book SynopsisA critical and deeply informed survey of the brave new world of UK Higher Education emerging from government cuts and market-driven reforms.Trade Review'In the 1960s student activists argued that books are weapons. Today, student activists and trade unionists require an arsenal of weapons to fight back against the Tories' assault on higher education. Andrew McGettigan offers just that' -- Mark Bergfeld, NUS National Executive and spokesperson for the Education Activist Network'Andrew McGettigan is one of the most respected and incisive commentators on higher education. There are no other texts at present that address the political economy of higher education and none that put all the pieces of the jigsaw together to reveal the picture with such clarity' -- John Holmwood, Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham, co-founder of the Campaign for the Public University and editor of A Manifesto for the Public University (2011)'Whether you agree or disagree with him, Andrew McGettigan's critique of the Government's higher education policies is essential reading. He brings a unique perspective to the debate, which is all the richer for it' -- Shabana Mahmood, Shadow Minister of State for Higher Education'What a splendid book, bang up-to-date and comprehensive. Anybody wanting to understand the present UK policy framework and wanting to have a critical account of it could not do better than start with this book; and so engagingly presented and written too. It deserves to be a winner' -- Ron Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, University of London.'Andrew McGettigan is in my opinion by far the most knowledgeable person in the country on the government's obscure and yet revolutionary programme of change for universities. Essential and deeply worrying reading' -- Simon Szreter, Professor of History and Public Policy, University of Cambridge'This is a must-read book for those who work in higher education and are interested in current education policies' -- Samantha A. Shave, Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsPreface & Acknowledgement Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Introduction: Privatisation the plan and the gamble Part I Funding: Fees and Loans 1. The Mass Higher Education System and its Funding 2. Tuition Fees 3. Student Loans – the basics Part II Marketisation 4. Why a Market 5. Market Mechanisms 6. Regulating the New Market 7. ‘New providers’, for-profits & private equity Part III Privatisation 8. University Finances and Overseas Income 9. Corporate Form, Joint Ventures & Outsourcing 10. University Bonds & other credit products 11. Governance Part IV Financialisation 12. Loans – the government’s perspective 13. Managing the Loan Book Conclusion Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together innovative and fresh perspectives on contemporary anarchism.Trade Review'An important signpost on our new political and ethical terrain. It affirms anarchism as the unmistakable horizon of our present condition. -- Saul Newman, Reader in Political Theory, Goldsmiths University of London.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Simon Critchley I. SUBVERTING BOUNDARIES 1. Black and Red: The Freedom of Equals, Chiara Bottici 2. The Politics of Commensality, Banu Bargu 3. Friendship as Resistance, Todd May 4. An-archy between Metapolitics and Politics¸ Miguel Abensour II. PAINT IT PINK: ANARCHISM AND FEMINISM 5. Subverting Patriarchy, Subverting Politics: Anarchism as a Practice of Caring, by Mitchell Cowen Verter 6. Of What is Anarcha-feminism the Name?, Cinzia Arruzza 7. Black, Red, Pink and Green. Breaking Boundaries, Building Bridges, Laura Corradi III. GEOGRAPHIES OF ANARCHY 8. The Anarchist Geography of No-Place, Stephen Duncombe 9. The Fighting Ground, Alberto Toscano 10. Reiner Schürmann’s Faultline Topology, Stephanie Wakefield IV. THE ANARCHIST MOMENT 11. The Anarchist Moment, Andrej Gruba i 12. Palestine, State Politics and the Anarchist Impasse, Judith Butler 13. Spread Anarchy, Live Communism, The Alleged Authors of The Coming Insurrection 14. Postface on Occupation and Revolution, Jacob Blumenfeld Index

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Book SynopsisTells the history of Britain's Asian Youth Movements from the 1970s and 1980s and shows their importance in creating today's multiracial Britain.Trade Review'An absolute triumph' -- Professor John Hutnyk, Goldsmiths College, University of London'This fascinating account ... reclaims an important chapter in the history of the struggle of working-class Black communities against racism in Britain' -- Amrit Wilson, author of Dreams Questions Struggles'We can only hope that young people and their parents, of whatever ethnicity, demand this book is included in the school and college curriculum. It shows that, even before the 'war on terror' and Islamophobia, South Asian communities needed to engage in a defensive war on a neo-fascist and state terror that was relentlessly visited upon them' -- Gus John, Red Pepper'An important book in reminding us that the Asian community has played an important role in the history of the Left in Britain and the principles of solidarity and self determination are key to creating organisations that will undermine the sense of hopelessness that is endemic in society today' -- Lipstick Socialist'Offers readers the prequel to the ongoing debate on Islam and Muslims in Britain today, the historical context of which is too often ignored' -- Sarah Hackett, The Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. The Birth of the Youth Movements 3. The Movement Spreads 4. A Heterogenous Collectivity 5. Campaigning against the Immigration Laws 6. Self Defence is no Offence: The Bradford 12 7. The Later Youth Movements 8. New Organisations and New Identities 9. The Asian Youth Movements and Politics Today Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFirst definitive guide to squatting as an alternative to capitalism, offering a unique insider's view on the movement.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Squatting as an Alternative to Capitalism - Claudio Cattaneo and Miguel A. Martínez 1. Squatting as a Response to Social Needs, the Housing Question and the Crisis of Capitalism - Claudio Cattaneo and Miguel A. Martínez Part I: Case Studies 2. 'The Fallow Lands of the Possible': An Enquiry into the Enacted Criticism of Capitalism in Geneva's Squats - Luca Pattaroni 3. The Right to Decent Housing and a Whole Lot More Besides: Examining the Modern English Squatters Movement - E.T.C. Dee 4. The Power of the Magic Key: The Scalability of Squatting in the Netherlands and the United States - Hans Pruijt 5. 'Ogni Sfratto Sarà una Barricata': Squatting for Housing and Social Conflict in Rome - Pierpaolo Mudu Part II: Specific Issues 6. Squats in Urban Ecosystems: Overcoming the Social and Ecological Catastrophes of the Capitalist City - Salvatore Engel Di Mauro and Claudio Cattaneo 7. Squatting and Diversity: Gender and Patriarchy in Berlin, Madrid and Barcelona - Azozomox 8. Unavoidable Dilemmas: Squatters Dealing with the Law - Miguel A. Martínez, Azozomox and Javier Gil Conclusions - Miguel A. Martínez and Claudio Cattaneo Appendix: The Story of SqEK and the Production Process of This Book - Claudio Cattaneo, Baptiste Colin and Elisabeth Lorenzi Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA disturbing insight into the new phenomenon of the 'securocratic' war in the modern policed world, with a focus on the Israeli state.Trade Review'This is an important book for anyone who cares about peace, the plight of the Palestinian people and the role of Israel in the world of war. Halper's fascinating book places the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories at the heart of its role in the transnational military industrial complex and what he calls the pacification industry. A brave, analytical and innovative book from an admirable activist and thinker' -- Andrew Feinstein author The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade'War Against the People is not only a key to deciphering Israeli policies in Palestine, but also one of the clearest explanations that I have ever read on how important Israel/Palestine is in the world. It addresses with clarity and structure one of the most complex and yet extremely important topics of the securitisation of our society. His book has opened my eyes, and was a fascinating read' -- Shir Hever, author of The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation'Halper's essay on Israel's 'matrix of control' is classic, even canonical. Now, in War Against the People, he radicalises the argument to develop a deeply disturbing vision of what he calls 'securocratic wars in global battlespace'... a rare combination of theoretical imagination, empirical sensitivity and political passion' -- Derek Gregory, Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, and author of The Colonial Present'In this cogently written and extremely informative book, Jeff Halper explores Israel's key role in the 'global pacification industry'. The resulting alliances not only enable Israel to perpetuate the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the latter's function as a human laboratory for Israel's 'matrix of control' additionally make the occupation indispensable to Israel's security industry and global positioning. War Against the People is an excellent, revealing and accessible examination of Israel's 'security politics' and the changing nature of pacification worldwide in the twenty-first century' -- Mouin Rabbani, Senior Fellow with the Institute for Palestine Studies and co-editor of Jadaliyya'A brilliant book whose depth of political insight is driven by the spirit of one of the world's most inspiring political activists. It lays out the way in which Israel's war on the Palestinians has become both a model and the laboratory for a global war against the people' -- Eyal Weizman, Professor of Visual and Spatial Cultures and Director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London'This profoundly important and well-researched study serves as a reminder that US-backed Israeli militarism and its devastating humanitarian impact is neither unique nor can it be seen in isolation. Halper convincingly argues that it is part of an even more disturbing global phenomenon that goes well beyond Israel and which threatens the lives and civil liberties not just of Palestinians, but of people around the world' -- Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies, University of San Francisco'A genuinely frightening book, providing an exhaustive survey of Israel's weapons technology' -- Tom Sperlinger, Electronic Intifada'A must-read, a major contribution to the subject' -- Moshe Machover, The Weekly Worker'Necessary, dystopic' -- Mondoweiss'An exceptional, useful book' -- Max Ajl, WarscapesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acronyms Introduction: How Does Israel Get Away With It? Part I: The Global Pacification Industry 1. Enforcing Hegemony: Securocratic Wars in Global Battlespace Part II: A Pivotal Israel 2. Why Israel? The Thrust into Global Involvement 3. Niche-Filling in a Global Matrix of Control Part III: Weaponry of Hybrid Warfare and Securocratic Control (Niche 1) 4. The Israeli Arms and Security Industry 5. Dominant Maneuver 6. Precision Engagement Part IV: The Securocratic Dimension: A Model of 'Sufficient Pacification' (Niche 2) 7. Israel's Matrix of Control 8. Operational Doctrines and Tactics Part V: Managing Hegemony throughout the World-System 9. Serving the Hegemons on the Peripheries: The 'Near' Periphery 10. Security Politics on the 'Far' Periphery 11. The Private Sector Part VI: Domestic Securitization and Policing 12. Serving the Core’s Ruling Classes 'At Home' Conclusions: Challenging Hegemony and Resisting Pacification Notes Online Resources Index

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Book SynopsisA biography of one of England's greatest poets, uncovering his radical, political influence.Trade Review'Humankind needed Shelley back then, and this book reminds us of how much we need him now. It is an honest look at a truly revolutionary life' -- Benjamin Zephaniah'I love reading. I'm about to start Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poet and Revolutionary by Jacqueline Mulhallen' -- Jeremy Corbyn'A compelling and eye-opening study. Reminds us of Shelley's robust socio-political vision, that remains as relevant and vital for our own volatile times' -- Stephen C. Behrendt; George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English, University of Nebraska'Fresh, clear and compelling, this is the best compact account of Percy Bysshe Shelley's revolutionary life currently available' -- Nicholas Roe, Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews'Highly readable, this is an absorbing study of Shelley's life, thought, and writing. Jacqueline Mulhallen has written a valuable book' -- Michael O’Neill, Professor of English, Durham University'A fresh and impassioned account of the significance of Shelley's radical life and writings. A fine and highly readable achievement' -- Michael Rossington, Professor of Romantic Literature, Newcastle University'An excellent biographical account of Shelley's political radicalism ... that brings a contemporary radical sensibility into bracing conjunction with nineteenth-century history' -- Philip Connell, Romantic Circles'Lively, well-paced and highly readable ... packed with fascinating insights into Shelley's times' -- Counterfire'Enjoyable' -- Peace News'Illuminating ... [a] stimulating introduction to Shelley's life and radical politics' -- Romantic CirclesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Prologue 1. Shelley’s Family Background and Education: 1792-1811 2. The Lake District, Ireland and Devon: 1811-13 3. Tremadog, Queen Mab and the ‘Hermit of Marlow’: 1813-18 4. Italy and Shelley’s Annus Mirabilis: 1818-19 5. Satire and Drama: 1819-22 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA lucid and vibrant contribution to the field of urban studies, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism.Trade Review'Merrifield is accessible, optimistic and even fun' -- New York Times'An exciting writer who brings a fresh perspective to the political debate' -- New Internationalist'Read Merrifield, whose writing is a breath of fresh air in an increasingly arid intellectual field' -- Duncan Bowie, The ChartistTable of ContentsPreface: Neo-Haussmannization and Its Discontents 1. Whither Urban Studies? 2. Old Urban Questions Revisited (and Reconstituted) 3. Cities under Tension 4. Strategic Embellishment and Urban Civil War 5. Sentimental Urban Education 6. Urban Jacobinism 7. Old Discourse on New Inequality 8. Every Revolution Has Its Agora 9. Taking Back Urban Politics 10. Whose City? The Parasites’, of Course... Afterword: The Parasitic Mode of Urbanization Index

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Book SynopsisPart one of an expansive two-volume work which critiques American foreign policy throughout the entire Cold War period.Table of ContentsPreface to the 2015 Edition Preface A Prefatory Note by the Authors on the History of the Suppression of the First Edition of This Book 1. Introduction: Summary of Major Findings and Conclusions 2. The Pentagon-CIA Archipelago 3. Benign Terror 4. Constructive Terror 5. Bloodbaths in Indochina: Constructive, Nefarious and Mythical Notes Index

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Book SynopsisPart two of an expansive two-volume work which critiques American foreign policy throughout the entire Cold War period.Table of ContentsPreface to the 2015 Edition Preface 1. The Setting 2. Precedents 3. Refugees: Indochina and Beyond 4. Vietnam 5. Laos 6. Cambodia 7. Final Comments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn eclectic collection of Chomsky's writings on subjects ranging from East Timor and the Middle East to linguistics and social policyTable of ContentsForeword Preface 1. Language and Thought: Some Reflections on Venerable Themes 2. Language and Nature 3. Writers and Intellectual Responsibility 4. Goals and Visions 5. Democracy and Markets in the New World Order 6. The Middle East Settlement: Its Sources and Contours 7. The Great Powers and Human Rights: The Case of East Timor 8. East Timor and World Order Endnotes Index

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Book SynopsisEdited collection on migration and civil societyTrade Review'Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this volume helps addressing fundamental questions about the creation of spaces of resistance by building upon Antonio Gramsci's reflections on the Southern question' -- Donatella Della Porta, Professor of Sociology, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute'This book's Gramscian perspective provides a welcome corrective to nationalist migration scholarship that naturalises borders and a migrant/native divide' -- Nina Glick Schiller, Emeritus Professor, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester and Max Planck Institute for Social AnthropologyTable of ContentsSeries Preface Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Solidarity without Borders: Gramscian Perspectives on Migration and Civil Society Alliances - Óscar Garcia Agustín and Martin Bak Jørgensen Part I: The Heterogeneity of Political Actors 2. Gramsci’s 'Philosophy of Praxis' and the Topic of Migration - Ursula Apitzsch 3: Countering Hegemony through a Park - Nazl enses and K vanç Özcan 4. Gramsci in Slices: Race, Colonialism, Migration and the Postcolonial Gramsci - Miguel Mellino Part II: Solidarity and Alliances 5. Political and Social Alliances: Gramsci and Today - Derek Boothman 6. Gramsci, Migrants and Trade Unions: An Irish Case Study - Mary Hyland and Ronald Munck 7. The Southern Question and the Irish Question: A Social Movement Perspective - Laurence Cox Part III: Avoiding Misplaced Alliances 8. Hegemony, Migration and Misplaced Alliances: Lessons from Gramsci - Peter Mayo 9. For the Sake of Workers but Not Immigrants Workers? Social Dumping and Free Movement - Óscar García Agustín and Martin Bak Jørgensen Part IV: Spaces of Resistance 10. Politicising the Crisis: The Southern Question, Uneven Geographies and the Construction of Solidarity - David Featherstone 11. Contesting Urban Management Regimes: The Rise of Urban Justice Movements in Sweden - Lisa Kings, Aleksandra Ålund and Nazem Tahvilzadeh 12. Spaces of Resistance and Re-Actuality of Gramsci in Refugees’ Struggles for Rights? The ‘Lampedusa In Hamburg’ between Exit and Voice - Susi Meret and Elisabetta Della Corte Conclusion 13. Against Pessimism: A Time and Space for Solidarity - Óscar Garcia Agustín and Martin Bak Jørgensen Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAn accessible and comprehensive overview of the ideas of Karl Marx that elucidates his theories and suggests crucial alternatives to capitalismTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Rebel with a Cause 2. A for Profit Society 3. Alienation 4. Social Class 5. Gender and Race 6. How We are Kept in Line 7. Historical Materialism 8. Crash: How the System Implodes 9. Utopia or Revolution 10. After the Revolution 11. The Economics of Socialism 12. Into the Beyond Notes Guide to Further Reading Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn abolitionist manifesto for everyone fighting for revolutionTrade Review‘A powerful analysis of the transformative potential of the abolitionist project. Day and McBean show why we must go beyond shifting a few dollars around to directly challenge the logics of capitalism, racism and patriarchy at the heart of the carceral state’ -- Alex S. Vitale, author of ‘The End of Policing’'Vibrantly chronicles the cultural and political landscape of abolitionist practices in the UK. Day and McBean weave a powerful array of analysis, histories and voices - from organisers, scholars, unionists and/or incarcerated people - to offer profoundly necessary historical lessons that formulate the pathways that shape our abolition feminist revolutions' -- Erica R. Meiners, co-author of ‘Abolition. Feminism. Now.’'Aviah Sarah Day and Shanice Octavia McBean speak with such eloquence, conviction and passion that readers will want to join their struggle for abolition revolution. Their trenchant and concrete analysis of the criminalisation of the Black and Asian youth, of carceral white bourgeois feminism, gentrification, police and state violence make essential reading. Let's heed their call for an abolitionist future' -- Francoise Vergès, author of A Decolonial Feminism'Not only does this superlative book expertly dismantle the dogmas of liberal anti-racism and carceral feminism which reproduce the systems of power, it also points the way forward to a post-abolitionist future in a meticulous, clear-headed way. Highly recommended' -- Silvia Federici, author of ’Caliban and the Witch’'A thorough, engaging and important read - that held me through new information whilst never sacrificing depth. I’m so glad this book exists!' -- Travis Alabanza, award winning writer, performer and theatre maker'An essential contribution to the debate on strategies for effective political action against systems of criminalisation. A must for read for activists and those who seek a deeper understanding of the development of international abolitionist movement and its relevance to radical and revolutionary politics today' -- Leila Howe, founding member of the Race Today Collective'An energising, and timely contribution to global debates about abolition and the growing interest in the UK in building on the organising and resistance to state violence and challenging the racism, misogyny and harms of policing and incarceration. A book to help us imagine and develop a world without carceral injustice but transformative social and racial justice.' -- Deborah Coles, Director of INQUEST'This book adds to the excellent emerging literature about police, prison and border abolition in a UK specific context. Abolition Revolution is very special because McBean and Day combine deep theoretical and historical knowledge with practical organising experience, specifically in the context of violence against women and austerity. If you feel that there must be a better way to deal with harm and violence then this book is for you.' -- Yara Rodrigues Fowler, ‘Guardian’'Amazing!' -- A reviewerTable of ContentsIntroduction Thesis 1. A national abolitionist movement has erupted in Britain. Abolition is a tool to reimagine revolutionary politics. Thesis 2. Our journey to abolition in Sisters Uncut was long and bumpy: abolition is a road, not a destination! Part 1 - The Tools of Police Power Thesis 3. Race is at the heart of policing; without race policing can’t function. Dismantling the police means dismantling race. Thesis 4. The police need public consent in order to exist. Withdrawing our consent brings us closer to abolition. Thesis 5. Coercion and control are the tactics of abusers, and coercing and controlling the working class is the job of the police. Abolition is class struggle! Thesis 6. Women have always experienced the sharp end of state violence: if your feminism is carceral, it’s bullshit. Part 2 - Roots In Empire: The History of Criminalisation and Resistance Thesis 7. Class struggle in the 18th century sparked a prison abolitionist fire. Abolition is nothing new. Thesis 8. The UK rehearsed its strategies of control and punishment in the colonies. Abolition continues anti-colonial and class struggle in Britain today. Part 3 - Systems of Criminalisation Today Thesis 9. From student revolt to urban rebellion, abolition must harness the radical energy of our youth! Thesis 10. Bordering and policing protects colonial, imperialist and capitalist wealth. Open borders is abolition and abolition is open borders! Thesis 11. From the streets to the cell block incarcerated people have organised to resist state violence. Thesis 12. The 'War on Terror' expanded policing powers into everyday institutions. Fighting Islamophobic racism is central to abolitionist struggle. Thesis 13. Capitalist crisis, neoliberalism and gentrification drive racist ‘gangs’ policing in Black communities. Abolition is a struggle against the whole system! Part 4 - Abolitionist Futures Thesis 14. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have led fierce resistance to state violence. Abolition must unite different struggles. Thesis 15. Crime is a social construct, but harm is real. Revolution is an essential ingredient to building transformative approaches to harm from the community level up. Thesis 16. Revolution needs you… Part 5 - Symposium: Abolition in the UK

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Book SynopsisHow media and government across the globe manipulate our understanding of ChinaTrade Review'Mobo Gao is one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers on contemporary Chinese issues today. This splendid book on fundamental questions about what China is maintains his ability to target key questions which might often be asked, but seldom treated in such elegantly provocative fashion' -- Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director, Lau China Institute'Mobo Gao intervenes in the increasingly tense ideological exchange that has accompanied China's challenge to the global hegemony of the West. Intimately familiar with the intellectual terrain in both worlds, Gao offers unique insights, at once indignant and introspective' -- Joel Andreas, John Hopkins University, author of Rise of the Red Engineers: The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class'A bold, revisionist account citing much historical evidence and presenting interpretations that challenge mainstream views of China ...Gao makes a provocative case that will spark vigourous debate about the country and its leaders' motives' -- Dorothy J. Solinger, Professor Emerita, University of California, Irvine'This book engages a fundamental question in politics and history concerning discursive power. It is forcefully argued and highly stimulating. The compelling case Mobo Gao makes deserves broad attention for its significance and urgency in debating the hegemonic ascendance of revisionist historiography' -- Lin Chun, author of China and Global Capitalism: Reflections on Marxism, History and Contemporary Politics (2013)Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Scholarship, National Interest and Conceptual Paradigm 2. China, What China? 3. Chinese? Who are the Chinese? 4. Intellectual Poverty of the Chinese Neo-Enlightenment 5. The Coordinated Efforts in Constructing China 6. Why is the Cultural Revolution Cultural? 7. Why is the Cultural Revolution Revolutionary? The Legacies 8. Clashing Views of the Great Leap Forward 9. National Interest and Transnational Interest: The Political and Intellectual Elite in the West 10. Geopolitics and National Interest I: China’s Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics 11. Geopolitics and National Interest II: The South China Sea Disputes Bibliography Index

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