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  • Cover image of book Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism &the British Socialist Movement Before Decolonisation by Theo Williams
    Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism &the British Socialist Movement Before Decolonisation - by Theo Williams

    £20.00   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781839761980 | ISBN 10: 1839761989

    How black radicals reshaped the British left.   Making the Revolution Global shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation.   African and Caribbean activist-intellectuals, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021 by Thomas Piketty
    Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021 - by Thomas Piketty

    £12.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780300268126 | ISBN 10: 0300268122

    A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century.  “What makes this manifesto noteworthy is that it comes from... an economist who gained his reputation as a researcher with v ... more

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  • Cover image of book Is Socialism Possible in Britain? Reflections on the Corbyn Years by Andrew Murray
    Is Socialism Possible in Britain? Reflections on the Corbyn Years - by Andrew Murray

    £14.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781839766640 | ISBN 10: 1839766646

    The lessons of the Corbyn years for the future of left politics.   Is Socialism Possible in Britain? analyses Jeremy Corbyn’s tenure as Labour leader and the prospects for parliamentary socialism in a post-Corbyn Britain. Lively and insightful, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hegemony Now: How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World (And How We Win it Back) by Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams
    Hegemony Now: How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World (And How We Win it Back) - by Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams

    £16.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781786633149 | ISBN 10: 1786633140

    How did we come to live in a world dominated by big tech and finance?   Today power is in the hands of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. How do we understand this transformation in power? And what can we do about it?   We cannot change an ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Socialist Ideal in the Labour Party: From Attlee to Corbyn by Martin R. Beveridge
    The Socialist Ideal in the Labour Party: From Attlee to Corbyn - by Martin R. Beveridge

    £14.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780850367768 | ISBN 10: 085036776x

    Millions of people across the globe face a precarious existence because of Covid-19, climate change, and the greatest wealth inequality in a century.  In Britain, the pandemic has revealed critical failings in the social safety net, especi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women by Kristen Ghodsee
    Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women - by Kristen Ghodsee

    £14.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781839766602 | ISBN 10: 1839766603

    The lives of five socialist women and their legacy for modern-day feminists.  Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Through the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the ninete ... more

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  • Cover image of book Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics by Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass
    Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics - by Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass

    £14.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781839760310 | ISBN 10: 1839760311

    A plan to save the earth and bring the good life to all.  Over the next generation, humanity will confront a dystopian future of climate disaster and mass extinction. Yet the only ‘solutions’ on offer are toothless cap-and-trade programme ... more

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  • Cover image of book Suburban Socialism (or Barbarism) by Oly Durose
    Suburban Socialism (or Barbarism) - by Oly Durose

    £12.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781913462895 | ISBN 10: 1913462897

    Reflecting on his own landslide loss in conservative suburbia, Oly Durose asks how we can transform the urban outskirts of the status quo into centres of transformative change.  In December 2019, Oly Durose lost by over 25,000 votes as the La ... more

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  • Cover image of book How I Became A Socialist by William Morris
    How I Became A Socialist - by William Morris

    £11.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781788736916 | ISBN 10: 1788736915

    William Morris is famous as a designer, poet and artist, but his work as a political thinker and activist is less well known. This collection, the first of his political writings published for nearly 50 years, shows Morris as one of the most original ... more

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  • Cover image of book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence by Kristen Ghodsee
    Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence - by Kristen Ghodsee

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781529110579 | ISBN 10: 1529110572

    The argument of this book can be summed up succinctly: unregulated capitalism is bad for women, and if we adopt some ideas from socialism, women will have better lives.  If done properly, socialism leads to economic independence, better labour co ... more

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  • Cover image of book Eugene V. Debs: A Graphic Biography by Paul Buhle, Steve Max, and Dave Nance, illustrated by Noah Van Sciver
    Eugene V. Debs: A Graphic Biography - by Paul Buhle, Steve Max, and Dave Nance, illustrated by Noah Van Sciver

    £11.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786636874 | ISBN 10: 1786636875

    A graphic biography of socialist labor legend Eugene V. Debs.  Dynamic and beloved American radical, labor leader, and socialist Eugene Victor Debs led the Socialist Party to federal and state office across the United States by the 1920s. Imp ... more

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  • Cover image of book Workers
    Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain - by Michael Rosen (Editor)

    £14.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780691175348 | ISBN 10: 0691175349

    A collection of political tales — first published in British workers’ magazines — selected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author Michael Rosen.  In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, unique tales inspired by traditio ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Praise of Disobedience: The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde
    In Praise of Disobedience: The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Other Writings - by Oscar Wilde

    £14.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781788730334 | ISBN 10: 178873033x

    Works of Wilde’s annus mirabilis of 1891 in one volume, with an introduction by renowned British playwright.   In Praise of Disobedience draws on works from a single miraculous year in which Oscar Wilde published the larger part of his great ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Socialist Challenge Today: Syriza, Sanders, Corbyn by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin
    The Socialist Challenge Today: Syriza, Sanders, Corbyn - by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin

    £7.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780850367409 | ISBN 10: 0850367409

    In what direction should the left move in the 21st century?  The so-called 'Third Way' lacked realism as well as imagination. The social democratic embrace of neoliberal globalization now lies threadbare amidst multiple economic, ecological, ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell
    The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius - by George Orwell

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780241315682 | ISBN 10: 0241315689

    George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change.   The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London during the worst period of the blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic out ... more

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  • Cover image of book William Morris
    William Morris's Socialist Diary - by Florence Boos

    £10.00   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781910170496 | ISBN 10: 1910170496

    William Morris was the most prominent artist and writer to embrace the new socialist movement of the 1880s. As the leader of one of Britain’s two major socialist organisations from 1885 to 1890, his personal example and dedication inspired and enco ... more

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  • Cover image of book May Day Manifesto 1968 by Raymond Williams (Editor)
    May Day Manifesto 1968 - by Raymond Williams (Editor)

    £10.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786636270 | ISBN 10: 1786636271

    Anniversary edition of the classic political manifesto.   Urgently relevant to current arguments about the crisis of austerity, the 1968 manifesto set out a new agenda for socialist Britain, after the failure of the postwar consensus. It sought to ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Way of the Activist by Jamie Driscoll & Rachel Broadbent
    The Way of the Activist - by Jamie Driscoll & Rachel Broadbent

    £11.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781999939106 | ISBN 10: 1999939107

    The best way to learn is to participate. Don't leave it to the experts: learn for yourself.   When is an emotional argument more effective than a logical one? What are the group dynamics that determine an organisations success or failure? How do i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red by Alex Prichard, Ruth Kinna, Saku Pinta, and David Berry (Editors)
    Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red - by Alex Prichard, Ruth Kinna, Saku Pinta, and David Berry (Editors)

    £23.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781629633909 | ISBN 10: 1629633909

    This collection reveals the enduring sores in the revolutionary socialist movement in order to explore the often neglected left-libertarian currents that have thrived there.   The history of anarchist-Marxist relations is usually told as a his ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan: Kurdistan, Woman
    The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan: Kurdistan, Woman's Revolution and Democratic Confederalism - by Abdullah Öcalan

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780745399768 | ISBN 10: 0745399762

    These are the essential writings of a man who inspired a new, egalitarian socialist regime in the Middle East, which is currently fighting for survival against religious extremism and state violence.   Abdullah Öcalan led the struggle for Kur ... more

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  • Cover image of book Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune by Kristin Ross
    Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune - by Kristin Ross

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781784780548 | ISBN 10: 1784780545

    Reclaiming the legacy of the Paris Commune for the twenty-first century.   Kristin Ross�s new work on the thought and culture of the Communard uprising of 1871 resonates with the motivations and actions of contemporary protest, which has found ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rebel Crossings: New Women, Free Lovers and Radicals in Britain and the United States by Sheila Rowbotham
    Rebel Crossings: New Women, Free Lovers and Radicals in Britain and the United States - by Sheila Rowbotham

    £25.00   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781784785888 | ISBN 10: 1784785881

    Sheila Rowbotham's Rebel Crossings tells the transatlantic story of six radical pioneers at the turn of the twentieth century. Radicalised by the rise of socialism, Helena Born, Miriam Daniell, Gertrude Dix, Robert Nicol and William Bailie cross the ... more

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  • Cover image of book The ABCs of Socialism by Bhaskar Sunkara (Editor), illustrated by Phil Wrigglesworth
    The ABCs of Socialism - by Bhaskar Sunkara (Editor), illustrated by Phil Wrigglesworth

    £8.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781784787264 | ISBN 10: 1784787264

    Slim, accessible, inexpensive, irreverent introduction to socialism by the writers of Jacobin magazine.  The remarkable run of self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Bernie Sanders for president of the United States has prompted — for the fir ... more

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  • Cover image of book The European Union and the Referendum by Socialist Resistance
    The European Union and the Referendum - by Socialist Resistance

    £5.00   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780902869363 | ISBN 10: 0902869361

    The in-out referendum on membership of the European Union will dominate British politics in the run-up to the vote on 23 June 2016. Right wing, xenophobic and reactionary arguments, as well as misinformation, on migration and security will be peddled ... more

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  • Cover image of book The "S" Word: A Short History of an American Tradition... Socialism by John Nichols
    The "S" Word: A Short History of an American Tradition... Socialism - by John Nichols

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784783402 | ISBN 10: 1784783404

    A short, sharp, irreverent rejoinder to right-wing red-baiting.  During the Cold War it became a dirty word in the United States, but socialism runs like a red thread through the nations history, an integral part of its political consciousne ... more

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  • Cover image of book Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg by Kate Evans, edited by Paul Buhle
    Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg - by Kate Evans, edited by Paul Buhle

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784780999 | ISBN 10: 1784780995

    A graphic novel of the dramatic life and death of German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.  A giant of the political left, Rosa Luxemburg is one of the foremost minds in the canon of revolutionary socialist thought. But she was much more than just ... more

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  • Cover image of book Class War Conservatism: And Other Essays by Ralph Miliband, with an introduction by Tariq Ali
    Class War Conservatism: And Other Essays - by Ralph Miliband, with an introduction by Tariq Ali

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781781687703 | ISBN 10: 1781687706

    Essential writings from a leading British socialist thinker.  When, in 2013, the Daily Mail labeled Ralph Miliband The Man Who Hated Britain, a diverse host rallied to his defense. Those who had worked with him from both left and right pr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Socialism ... Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation by Danny Katch
    Socialism ... Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation - by Danny Katch

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781608465156 | ISBN 10: 1608465152

    Opinion polls show that many people in the U.S. prefer socialism to capitalism. But after being declared dead and buried for decades, socialism has come to mean little more than something vaguely less cruel and stupid than what we have now. That's no ... more

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  • Cover image of book Keir Hardie: From Serfdom to Socialism by Keir Hardie
    Keir Hardie: From Serfdom to Socialism - by Keir Hardie

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781910448472 | ISBN 10: 1910448478

    Keir Hardie was the founder of the Labour Party, a pioneer trade unionist, a tireless campaigner for womens rights, and the first working man ever to be elected to Parliament.  As a key text for the first generation of Labour Party activists, F ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe by Michael Lwy
    Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe - by Michael Lwy

    £10.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781608464715 | ISBN 10: 1608464717

    Capitalism is killing the planet, and the preservation of a natural environment favorable to human life requires a radical alternative.  In this new collection of essays, long time revolutionary and environmental activist Michael Lwy offers a v ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Socialist History of the French Revolution by Jean Jaurs
    A Socialist History of the French Revolution - by Jean Jaurs

    £25.00   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780745335001 | ISBN 10: 0745335004

    "Every revolutionary party, every oppressed people, every oppressed working class can claim Jaurs, his memory, his example, and his person, for our own"(Leon Trotsky) Jean Jaurs was the celebrated French Socialist Party leader, assassinated in 1 ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sailing Close to the Wind: Reminiscences by Dennis Skinner
    Sailing Close to the Wind: Reminiscences - by Dennis Skinner

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784291235 | ISBN 10: 1784291234

    Dennis Skinner, the famed Beast of Bolsover, is adored by legions of supporters and respected as well as feared by admiring enemies. Fiery and forthright, with a prodigious recall, Skinner is one of the best-known politicians in Britain. He remains a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Back to the Future of Socialism by Peter Hain
    Back to the Future of Socialism - by Peter Hain

    £19.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781447321668 | ISBN 10: 1447321669

    What's gone wrong with capitalism and how should governments respond? Did Big Government or Big Banking cause the global financial crisis? Is the answer austerity or investment in growth; untrammelled market forces or regulating for the common good? ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Intelligent Woman
    The Intelligent Woman's Guide To Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascism - by George Bernard Shaw

    £8.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781847493330 | ISBN 10: 1847493335

    As a Fabian and lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of our lives. Family affections and relations between the sexes were perverted by it. From Parliament to eduction our institutions were "c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Harry
    Harry's Last Stand: How the World My Generation Built is Falling Down, and What We Can Do to Save It - by Harry Leslie Smith

    £8.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781848317369 | ISBN 10: 1848317360

    As one of the last remaining survivors of the Great Depression and the Second World War, I will not go gently into that good night. I want to tell you what the world looks like through my eyes, so that you can help change it... In November 2013 ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Contradictions of "Real Socialism" by Michael A. Lebowitz
    The Contradictions of "Real Socialism" - by Michael A. Lebowitz

    £12.95   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781583672563 | ISBN 10: 1583672567

    What was real socialism the term which originated in twentieth-century socialist societies for the purpose of distinguishing them from abstract, theoretical socialism? In this volume, Michael A. Lebowitz considers the nature, tendencies, and cont ... more

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  • Cover image of book Socialism with a Northern Accent: Radical traditions for modern times by Paul Salveson
    Socialism with a Northern Accent: Radical traditions for modern times - by Paul Salveson

    £16.00   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781907103391 | ISBN 10: 1907103392

    The socialist tradition in Britain is diverse and multi-layered. Its pattern of development differed markedly across the great industrial centres where it first put down roots. In this new book - which is so much more than a work of history - Paul Sa ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution (2nd edition) by Richard Gott
    Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution (2nd edition) - by Richard Gott

    £22.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781844677115 | ISBN 10: 1844677117

    A revealing account of the leader at the forefront of Latin Americas socialist revolution.  The authoritative first-hand account of contemporary Venezuela, Hugo Chvez places the countrys controversial and charismatic president in histori ... more

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  • Cover image of book William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary (2nd revised edition) by E.P. Thompson
    William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary (2nd revised edition) - by E.P. Thompson

    £20.00   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780850366808 | ISBN 10: 0850366801

    William Morris the great 19th century craftsman, architect, designer, poet and writer remains a monumental figure whose influence resonates powerfully today. As an intellectual (and author of the seminal utopian News From Nowhere), his concern wi ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Mugsborough Rebel: Alf Cobb and the Struggle for Justice in Hastings by Mike Matthews
    A Mugsborough Rebel: Alf Cobb and the Struggle for Justice in Hastings - by Mike Matthews

    £9.95   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781873976463 | ISBN 10: 1873976461

    The new 2011 edition of A Mugsborough Rebel: Alf Cobb and the Struggle for Justice in Hastings by Mike Matthews is especially welcome, as this year is the centenary of the death of Robert Tressell, author of the famous socialist classic The Ragged Tr ... more

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  • Cover image of book Selected Writings by Chris Harman
    Selected Writings - by Chris Harman

    £16.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781905192694 | ISBN 10: 190519269x

    "When Chris Harman died so unexpectedly in Cairo last November, the whole international socialist movement lost one of its most outstanding writers and theoreticians. This makes the rapid publication of this first volume of Chris's Selected Writings ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Red in the Rainbow: Sexuality, Socialism & LGBT Liberation by Hannah Dee
    The Red in the Rainbow: Sexuality, Socialism & LGBT Liberation - by Hannah Dee

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781905192700 | ISBN 10: 1905192703

    The Red in the Rainbow is no normal addition to an LGBT activist's bookshelf. It is a must-read for the whole movement. This is a critical weapon for LGBT activists, providing the perspective needed in an emerging movement. But it also relates this s ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Hiding: The Life of Manuel Corts by Ronald Fraser
    In Hiding: The Life of Manuel Corts - by Ronald Fraser

    £8.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781844675968 | ISBN 10: 1844675963

    Manuel Corts was a Socialist Party member, an activist in the Republics land reform movement, and an organizer in the farm workers unionization struggles. As Mayor of Mijas in Andalusia, he became caught up in the ferment of revolutionary Spain in ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rosa Luxemburg: Ideas in Action by Paul Frlich
    Rosa Luxemburg: Ideas in Action - by Paul Frlich

    £12.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781608460748 | ISBN 10: 1608460746

    Written by a contemporary of (and sometime collaborator with) Rosa Luxemburg with an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the German Social Democratic Party, this biography strikes the right balance between personal insight and political analy ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Rise of the Green Left: Inside the Worldwide Ecosocialist Movement by Derek Wall
    The Rise of the Green Left: Inside the Worldwide Ecosocialist Movement - by Derek Wall

    £17.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780745330365 | ISBN 10: 0745330363

    Climate change and other ecological ills are driving the creation of a grassroots global movement for change. From Latin America to Europe, Australia and China a militant movement merging red and green is taking shape.  Ecosocialists argue th ... more

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  • Cover image of book Socialism or Barbarism: Selected Writings by Rosa Luxemburg
    Socialism or Barbarism: Selected Writings - by Rosa Luxemburg

    £12.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780745329888 | ISBN 10: 0745329888

    Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was one of the most brilliant and passionate minds drawn to the revolutionary socialist movement. An outstanding social and economic theorist of the twentieth century, and a dedicated political activist, she proved willing ... more

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  • Cover image of book Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
    Envisioning Real Utopias - by Erik Olin Wright

    £19.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781844676170 | ISBN 10: 184467617x

    Rising inequality of income and power, along with the recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet there has been a global retreat by the Left: on the assumption th ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers
    The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party - by Brian Hanley and Scott Millar

    £14.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780141028453 | ISBN 10: 0141028459

    Everybody knows about the Provisional IRA, which perpetrated the lion's share of republican violence during the Troubles. But there was another IRA, the Official IRA: a republican-socialist paramilitary organization that played an underestimated part ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Left Alternative by Roberto Mangabeira Unger
    The Left Alternative - by Roberto Mangabeira Unger

    £9.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781844673704 | ISBN 10: 1844673707

    One of the leading social and political thinkers in the world today asks the question: What should the Left propose today? A manifesto that engages a vital question of our time: where should the Left go from here? Confronting the major debates in the ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Task of the Critic: Terry Eagleton in Dialogue by Terry Eagleton and Matthew Beaumont
    The Task of the Critic: Terry Eagleton in Dialogue - by Terry Eagleton and Matthew Beaumont

    £17.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781844673391 | ISBN 10: 1844673391

    The leading literary theorist dissected in interview.  Terry Eagleton occupies a unique position in the English-speaking world today. He is not only a productive literary theorist, but also a novelist and playwright. He remains a committed so ... more

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  • Cover image of book Why Not Socialism? by G.A. Cohen
    Why Not Socialism? - by G.A. Cohen

    £7.99   hardback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780691143613 | ISBN 10: 0691143617

    Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.  ... more

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  • Cover image of book Life on the Track: Memoirs of a Socialist Worker by Frank Henderson
    Life on the Track: Memoirs of a Socialist Worker - by Frank Henderson

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781905192465 | ISBN 10: 1905192460

    A brilliant memoir of a rank and file revolutionary socialist.  Frank became a follower of Trotsky as a teenager (and remains so today) in the Second World War and met partisans in Italy and Greece while serving in the British Army. In the ea ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tom Mann
    Tom Mann's Memoirs - by Tom Mann

    £15.00   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780851247588 | ISBN 10: 085124758x

    The first secretary of the Independent Labour Party, the President of the dockers' union, the first General Secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering Union: a mere roster of the positions he held in the Labour Movement, of which this is a tiny fractio ... more

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  • Cover image of book Revolution, Democracy, Socialism: Selected Writings by V.I. Lenin, edited by Paul Le Blanc
    Revolution, Democracy, Socialism: Selected Writings - by V.I. Lenin, edited by Paul Le Blanc

    £21.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780745327600 | ISBN 10: 0745327605

    This book is part of Pluto's 21st birthday series Get Political, which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience.   Lenin has been much maligned in the mainstream, accused of viewing 'man as modeling clay' and ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time: Socialism in the Twenty-first Century by Istvn Mszros
    The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time: Socialism in the Twenty-first Century - by Istvn Mszros

    £16.95   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781583671696 | ISBN 10: 1583671692

    A breakthrough in the development of socialist thought, The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time is both a companion volume to Mszross seminal Beyond Capital and a major theoretical contribution in its own right. Mszros, one of the foremos ... more

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  • Cover image of book Useful Work versus Useless Toil by William Morris
    Useful Work versus Useless Toil - by William Morris

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780141036700 | ISBN 10: 0141036702

    Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriche ... more

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  • Cover image of book Socialism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Newman
    Socialism: A Very Short Introduction - by Michael Newman

    £8.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780192804310 | ISBN 10: 0192804316

    What is socialism? Does it have a future, or has it become an outdated ideology in the 21st century? Michael Newman examines and explains the successes and failures of modern socialism by taking an international perspective - ranging from communism i ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - by Robert Tressell

    £16.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780007204502 | ISBN 10: 0007204507

    Originally published in 1914, is a timeless story of socialism, political awakenings and class struggle, told with a volatile mix of heartfelt rage and sly humour.   The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists tells the story of a group of working m ... more

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  • Cover image of book Parliamentary Socialism: A Study in the Politics of Labour by Ralph Miliband
    Parliamentary Socialism: A Study in the Politics of Labour - by Ralph Miliband

    £16.95   paperback   (1972) - ISBN 13: 9780850361353 | ISBN 10: 0850361354

    An analysis of the Labour Party from its early days up to the 1960s with a 1972 postscript reflecting on the Labour government of Harold Wilson [1964-1970].   Of political parties claiming socialism to be their aim, the Labour Party has alway ... more

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