Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis by George Monbiot (Verso, £14.99)
George Monbiot, vociferous and articulate about the dangers confronting our planet, needs no introduction to many on the left and this book is an attempt to take his previous How Did We Get into This Mess? a stage further.
In it he constructs a densely packed portfolio of ideas for solving the issues facing us.
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
HENRY BELL follows the lineage of revolutions, from the English to the Chinese, and asks where revolutionary politics exists today
PAUL BUHLE agrees that a grassroots movements for change in needed in the US, independent of electoral politics


