From kitchen to harbour, sometimes I wonder at where I end up
LIKE I say, I get around. Sometimes, though, I even surprise myself.
La Boheme
ENO's production of La Boheme is a triumph,
Books
The British Left And Zionism: History Of A Divorce
Sunday 03 March 2013
How have the constituent parts of the British left characterised and behaved towards zionism since 1917 when the Balfour Declaration committed British conservatism to the establishment of a "Jewish home" and the Labour Party adopted a virtually identical policy?
Murdoch's Politics
Sunday 03 March 2013
A new book on Rupert Murdoch's mindset is a wake-up call to anyone who values a free press
The Foundations Of Modern Terrorism: State, Society And The Dynamics Of Political Violence
Sunday 24 February 2013
Reading Martin Miller's work at the same time as Ricky Tomlinson's precis of the Shrewsbury building workers' case, "state terrorism" was uppermost in my mind.
Alienation: An Introduction To Marx's Theory
Sunday 24 February 2013
The concept of alienation appears throughout Marx's writings and is especially prominent in the dense and difficult works he wrote in the early 1840s while he was still emerging from the German academic milieu dominated by the shadow of Hegel and his successors.
Green Gone Wrong: Dispatches From The Front Line Of Eco-Capitalism
Sunday 24 February 2013
Heather Rogers's book offers radical and viable alternatives to the environmental crisis brought on by neoliberalism
Killer spots for crime
Wednesday 20 February 2013
Rock Creek and other hard places in Japan, Germany and south-east England feature in this month's pick
Unlikely Warriors
Monday 18 February 2013
Unlikely Warriors tells the story of British and Irish volunteers before, during and after their fight for democracy and against fascism in Spain.
Unfree in Palestine: Registration, Documentation And Movement Restriction
Monday 18 February 2013
"It is one of the greatest ironies," begins Unfree In Palestine, "that as nationalism faded in Europe it waxed in the zionist movement to Palestine and as international law opposed denationalisation, denationalisation in Palestine rose ever higher."
Humanitarian Business
Monday 18 February 2013
Humanitarian Business exposes the way aid agencies act at the behest of business and political interests