A Centenary for Socialism
The Communist Party has recently been celebrating its victories and achievements over the 100 years since its founding in Britain – a truly momentous occasion….
Recommended books and other publications.
The significance of Marxism in the 21st Century.
Marx 200, published by Praxis Press, examines the significance of Marxism for today’s world. Leading scholars and activists from different countries – including Cuba, India…
Reading and Rebellion
An Anthology of Radical Writing for Children 1900-1960 Edited by Kimberley Reynolds, Jane Rosen, and Michael Rosen Reveals the little-known genre of politically committed children’s publications in inter-war…
Russian Cosmism rejected the contemplative for the transformative, aiming to create not merely new art or philosophy but a new world
Russian Cosmism, co-published by e-flux and The MIT Press (2018). Cosmism emerged in Russia before the October Revolution and developed through the 1920s and 1930s;…
Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War (Verso, 2017)
In Duty Free Art (November 2017), Berlin-based filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl wonders how we can appreciate, or even make, art in the present age. What can…
“I Think of My Mother” Notes on the Life and Times of Claudia Jones Buzz Johnson 1985
The late Buzz Johnson founded Karia Press to promote progressive ideas from within the Afro-Caribbean community in Britain. Claudia Jones was born in Trinidad in…
Celebrate the centenary of the Russian Revolution with a good book
The best read that I have found on the Russian Revolution is An Illustrated History of the Russian Revolution published by Martin Lawrence in 1928…
Clara Zetkin on Women and Socialism
Only in Conjunction With the Proletarian Woman Will Socialism Be Victorious “The contrast within the family between the husband as proprietor and the wife as…
Karl Marx; Value, Price and Profit
In Value, Price and Profit Marx outlines his essential arguments about the workings of capital. It provides an excellent introduction to Marx’s ideas and makes…
Books and articles on the Russian revolution
The best read that I have found on the Russian Revolution is An Illustrated History of the Russian Revolution published by Martin Lawrence in 1928…