reviews

Lines of Work: Stories of Jobs and Resistance (review)

By Scott Nikolas Nappalos, ed. (Alberta, Canada: Black Cat Press, 2013). Review by Jared Davidson, first published in LHP Bulletin 64.

'The rebellion of the hanged': B. Traven's anti-fascist novel of the Mexican revolution - Kenneth Payne

Kenneth Payne's analysis of B.Traven's novel The Rebellion of the Hanged.

Books for a renewed American workers movement, 1 of 3: "The Blue Eagle at Work"

A review by Life Long Wobbly of The Blue Eagle at Work: Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace.

The headscarf revolutionaries - DD Johnston

Submitted by DD on May 11 2015 09:54
The Headscarf Revolutionaries marching to confront the bosses, Hull, 1968

D.D. Johnston reviews Brian Lavery’s The Headscarf Revolutionaries, an account of a spontaneous campaign by fishermen’s wives in Hull, which following the 1968 triple-trawler disaster forced major changes to UK shipping laws.

"The American blindspot": Reconstruction according to Eric Foner and W.E.B. Du Bois - Noel Ignatiev

Noel Ignatiev's review of two books about Reconstruction, which was the period in American history where the victorious Northern federal government attempted to transform the state and society in the South.

Kenan Malik: journey of an ex-anti-racist - Arun Kundnani

Kenan Malik's From Fatwa to jihad

Arun Kundnani of the Institute of Race Relations critically reviews Kenan Malik's book From Fatwa To Jihad: the Rushdie affair and its legacy.

5,000 years of debt?

William Hogarth, "The Rake in a debtors' prison", from "The Rake's progress", 17

Aufheben's critical review of David Graeber's book Debt: The first 5,000 years.

Anarchy in Puerto Rico

Occupation of Porto [i.e. Puerto] Rico.Towing United States troops ashore, 8-7-1

A review by Rod Jackman of Black Flag Boricuas: Anarchism, Antiauthoritarianism, and the Left in Puerto Rico, 1897-1921.

Top 15 messages in Clint Eastwood's anti-war masterpiece "American Sniper"

Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Feb 1 2015 04:13

I just watched "American Sniper. " I learned so much about manliness, honor, and love…

Забытый Интернационал (The Forgotten International) - Дамье В. В. (Vadim Damier)

A review of a Russian-language history of the worldwide anarcho-syndicalist movement between the two World Wars.