Not just a study aid. Andrew Coates reviews David Harvey’s ‘A companion to Marx’s Capital’ Verso, 2010, pp320, £10.99. “Of course, we have all read, and all do read, Capital.” Louis Althusser’s opening words to Reading Capital (1968) were improbable to most Marxists then, and even more unlikely now. Forty years on, in the wake of the... »
Limits of Labourism. Ben Lewis reviews the Labour Representation Committee’s ‘A people’s agenda: a pamphlet for the general election 2010’ pp12, donation. The Labour Representation Committee has been stepping up its activity for the election. A campaign of the Labour left whose most prominent leader is... »
Sects and ‘new left’ disillusionment. Mike Macnair reviews P Blackledge, N Davidson (eds) Alasdair MacIntyre’s engagement with Marxism: selected writings 1953-1974, Brill (Historical materialism series), 2008, pp443, £89. This book was an interesting project, but is less interesting as a product. Alasdair MacIntyre is an eminent moral... »
Wiping away a tear. Charlie Pottins reviews Shappi Khorsandi’s A beginner’s guide to acting English, Ebury Press, London 2009, pp330 £11.99. They say your old time Yiddish music hall audience expected... »
In defence of Leon Trotsky. Hillel Ticktin demolishes Robert Service’s much hyped Trotsky: a biography Bob Service’s book on Leon Trotsky has been very widely reviewed by left and... »
Who will build the nation? Alan Fox reviews Clint Eastwood’s ‘Invictus’ (on general release) This film has, understandably, had very mixed reviews. On the one hand, it plays on the... »