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The Inside Story of theTerror Plot That Never WasLawrence Archer and Fiona BawdonForeword by Michael Manseld QC

In January 2003, the British media splashed the news that anti-terror police had disrupted an Al-Qaeda cell, poised to unleashthe deadly poison ricin on the capital. Police had reportedlyound traces o ricin, as well as a panoply o bomb and poison-making equipment in the cells actory o death a shabby fat innorth London. This danger is present and real, and with us now

announced prime minister Tony Blair.But, when the ricin plot came to trial at the Old Bailey,a very dierent story emerged: there was no ricin and nosophisticated plot. Rarely has a legal case been so shamelesslydistorted by government, media and security orces to push theirown tough on terror agendas. In this meticulously researchedand compellingly written book, Lawrence Archer, the jury oremanat the trial, and journalist Fiona Bawdon, give the denitive storyo the ricin plot, the trial and its atermath.

LaWreNce archeris the telecoms engineer who wasoreman o the jury at the 2005 ricin trial. He has ollowed the lives o

the acquitted deendants ever since, including attending their HighCourt and immigration appeal hearings.

fioNa BaWDoN is a reelance journalist. She writes on criminaland civil justice issues or the national and specialist legal press.

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a sutbl enmRacism, Migration andIslamophobia in Europe

Liz Fekete. Foreword by A. SivanandanPb 978-0-7453-2792-1 17.99

7/7The London Bombings, Islamand the Iraq War

Milan Rai

Pb 978-0-7453-2563-7 18.99

A refreshing insight into howthe government and securityservices shamelessly seizedon an alleged conspiracy topromote their war on terror.... The plot never existed andno ricin was found. This is aninside story of a six monthtrial which provides valuablelessons, not least to budding

members of MI5 and the police.richarD NorToN-TayLorSecurity Editor o the Guardian

This is a praiseworthyexample of a jury, betterplaced than anyone else toknow what really goes on inour criminal justice system,exposing how injustice

occurs when fear of terrorismdistorts the objectivity of theprosecution process.sir geoffrey BiNDMaN

The truth behind the ricin plot and trial


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The Struggle for AcademicFreedom in IsraelIlan Pappe

Even beore he wrote his bestselling book The Ethnic Cleansingo Palestine, historian Ilan Pappe was a controversial gure inIsrael. In Out o the Frame, he gives a ull account o his breakwith mainstream Israeli scholarship and its consequences.

Growing up in a conventional Israeli community infuenced bythe utopian visions o Theodor Herzl, Pappe was barely aware othe Nakbah in his high school years. Here he traces his journeyo discovery rom the whispers o Palestinian classmates to hisrealisation that the enemys narrative o the events o 1948 wascorrect. Ater completing his thesis at Oxord University based onrecently declassied documents in the early 1980s, he returnedto Palestine determined to protect the memory o the Nakbahand struggle or the rectication o its evils. For the rst time hegives the details o the ormidable opposition he aced in Israel,including death threats ed by the media, denunciations by theKnesset and calls or him to be sacked rom his post at HaiaUniversity.

This revealing work, written with dignity and humour,highlights Israels diculty in acing up to its past and orging a

peaceul, inclusive uture in Palestine.

iLaN PaPPe is a Proessor in the Institute or Arab and IslamicStudies at the University o Exeter, the Director o the EuropeanCentre or Palestine Studies in Exeter and the Co-Director o theExeter Centre or Ethno-Political Studies. He was the academic headand ounder o the Institute or Peace Studies in Givat Haviva, Israel(1992-2000) and the Chair o the Emil Touma Institute or Palestinian

Studies in Haia (2000-2008). His recent books include The Ethnic

Cleansing of Palestine (2006) and The Modern Middle East(2005).

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Jw ht, JwrlnThe Weight of Three Thousand Years

Israel Shahak

Pb 978-0-7453-2840-9 12.99

Md t ant MnIsraels Dilemma in Palestine

Ghada KarmiPb 978-0-7453-2065-6 14.99

Praise or The Ethnic Cleansing o Palestine

If not the last word, thisis a major intervention in anargument that will, and must,continue. Theres no hopeof lasting Middle East peace

while the ghosts of 1948 stillwalk

Independent

Given the meticulousresearch and compelling moralimperative embodied in The

Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine,Zionism itself may be introuble.Race & class

Fighting the Israeli academy from within



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The Art of Resistance in PalestineWilliam Parry

This stunning book o photos captures the grati and art that hastransormed Israels wall into a living canvas o resistance andsolidarity.

Featuring the work o artists including Banksy, Ron English,Blu and others, as well as Palestinian artists and activists, thesephotos express outrage, compassion, and touching humour.They illustrate the walls toll on lives and livelihoods, showingthe hardship it has brought to tens o thousands o people,preventing their access to work, education and vital medical care.

Mixed with the photos are portraits and vignettes, oering aheartelt and inspiring account o a people determined to upholdtheir dignity in the ace o proound injustice.

WiLLiaM Parryis a London-based reelance journalist andphotographer who has published in the Guardian, the Independentand elsewhere. He has worked and travelled extensively in theMiddle East.

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il aptdA Beginners GuideBen White

Pb 978-0-7453-2887-4 9.99

Pltn n PGraphic Perspectives onthe Israeli Occupation

Kathleen Christison and Bill Christison

Pb 978-0-7453-2929-1 14.99

The wall stands as a dreadfulsymbol of oppression. The spiritof resistance may be strong butPalestinians need internationalsupport. I hope this book makesthat more likely.KeN LoachThis book will help eventuallypull down the wall.DaMoN aLBarNA singular achievement both a stunning photographicessay of how Israels concrete

wall has cut into Palestinianland and strangled wholecommunities and a powerful

visual record of how local andinternational grafti artistshave battered it with theironly weapons, paint andspray cans.Joe saccopolitical cartoonist

Artists for Palestine

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ot sdAn Oral History of TerrorismAgainst CubaKeith BolenderIntroduction by Noam Chomsky

Since the early 1960s, ew other countries have endured moreacts o terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba, and the UShas had its hand in much o it. This book gives a voice to thevictims.

Keith Bolender brings to bear the enormous impact that

terrorism has had on Cubas civilian population, with over 1,000documented incidents resulting in more than 3,000 deathsand 2,000 injuries. Bolender allows the victims to articulatethe atrocities the Cuban people have suered - which largelyoriginate rom Cuban counter-revolutionaries based in the US,oten with the active help o the CIA.

Voices rom the Other Side includes rst-person interviewswith more than 75 Cuban citizens who have been victimso these terrorist acts, or have had amily members or closeriends die rom the attacks. It is a unique resource or activists,journalists and students interested in Cubas torrid relationship

with the US.

KeiTh BoLeNDeris a reelance journalist who worked or morethan 10 years with the Toronto Star. He has written extensively onCuban matters or a variety o North American publications. He is amember o the Institute or Public Accuracy (IPA) on their Roster oExperts or Cuban Aairs. He currently lectures at the University oToronto School o Continuing Studies on American Foreign Policy andthe Cuba Revolution.

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Since 1960, successive US

administrations in Washingtonhave waged, with greater orlesser intensity, an aggressiveillegal war against Cuba, thehuman toll of which has long

been ignored. Keith BolendersVoices from the Other Sidecorrects this ignorance,offering a true peoples historyof perseverance. It is highlyrecommended.

greg graNDiNProessor o History at New York University and authoro Empires Workshop: Latin America, the UnitedStates, and the Rise o the New Imperialism (2006).

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T rl VnulMaking Socialism in the 21st CenturyIain Bruce

Pb 978-0-7453-2736-5 15.99

stt rtn tglbltn n cubAntonio Carmona Bez

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First-person accounts of terrorism against Cuba



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c cvltnAnd How to Save ItNafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

It oten seems that dierent crises are competing to devastatecivilisation. This book argues that nancial meltdown, dwindlingoil reserves, terrorism and ood shortages need to be consideredas part o the same ailing system.

Most accounts o our contemporary global crises such asclimate change, or the threat o terrorism, ocus on one area, oranother, to the exclusion o others. Naeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

argues that the unwillingness o experts to look outside theirown elds explains why there is so much disagreement andmisunderstanding about particular crises. This book attemptsto investigate all o these crises, not as isolated events, but astrends and processes that belong to a single global system.We are thereore not dealing with a clash o civilisations, asHuntington argued. Rather, we are dealing with a undamentalcrisis o civilisation itsel.

This book provides a stark warning o the consequences oailing to take a broad view o the problems acing the world andshows how catastrophe can be avoided.

Nafeez MosaDDeQ ahMeD is an Associate Tutor in theDepartment o International Relations at the University o Sussex.He is Executive Director o the Institute or Policy Research andDevelopment in London. His previous books include The War on Truth:

Disinformation and the Anatomy of Terrorism (2005) and The War on

Freedom: How and Why America Was Attacked, September 11, 2001(2002).

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Solving Global Warming and Remaking theEconomy

Charles Derber

Pb 978-1-5945-1812-6 14.99

Wld n cThe End of the American Century

Gabriel Kolko

Pb 978-0-7453-2865-2 12.99

To understand the crisis is to stop the crisis



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The History of Black Peoplein BritainPeter FryerForeword by Paul Gilroy

Staying Poweris recognised as the denitive history o blackpeople in Britain, an epic story that begins with the Romanconquest and continues to this day.

In a comprehensive account, Peter Fryer reveals howAricans, Asians and their descendants, previously hidden romhistory, have prooundly infuenced and shaped events in Britain

over the course o the last two thousand years.This new edition includes a oreword by Paul Gilroyexplaining the genesis o the book and its continuing signicancein black history today.

PeTer fryerwas a journalist, writer and musician. He bravelyreported the events o the 1956 Hungarian revolution, going againsthis paper and partys Stalinist line. For this he was awarded theKnights Cross o the Order o Merit o the Republic o Hungary,who recognised his continuous support o the Hungarian revolutionand reedom fght. Disillusioned with party politics he turned toresearching black history and music, producing Staying Power(Pluto,1984) and Rhythms of Resistance (Pluto, 2000). He died in 2006.

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For this retrieval of the losthistories of black Britain MrFryer has my deep gratitude.

An invaluable book, whichmanages the rare feat ofcombining scholarship withreadabilitysaLMaN rUshDie

A fascinating account of the

growth of the black communityin Britain over the pastcenturies.GuaRdIanThis book is rare in itsmastery of the constanthistorical contradiction: rangeand at the same time event.Two thousand years is a long

time; Fryer never loses his gripin time or place.cLr JaMes

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an n Btn400 Years of History

Rozina Visram

Pb 978-0-7453-1373-3 18.99

rtm rtnAfrican Musical Heritage in BrazilPeter Fryer

Pb 978-0-7453-0731-2 24.99

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Wtut Tkn PwThe Meaning of Revolution TodayJohn Holloway

This new edition o John Holloways contemporary classic,Change the World Without Taking Powerincludes a newpreace by the author.

The wave o political demonstrations since the Battle oSeattle in 2001 have crystallised a new trend in let-wing politics.Modern protest movements are grounding their actions in bothMarxism and Anarchism, ghting or radical social change in

terms that have nothing to do with the taking o state power. Thisis in clear opposition to the traditional Marxist theory o revolutionwhich centres on the overthrow o government. In this book, JohnHolloway asks how we can reormulate our understanding orevolution as the struggle against power, not or power.

Ater a century o ailed attempts by revolutionary andreormist movements to bring about radical social change, theconcept o revolution itsel is in crisis. John Holloway opens upthe theoretical debate, reposing some o the basic conceptso Marxism in a critical development o the subversive Marxisttradition represented by Adorno, Bloch and Lukacs, amongstothers, and grounded in a rethinking o Marxs concept oetishisation how doing is transormed into being.

JohN hoLLoWayis a Proessor in the Instituto de CienciasSociales y Humanidades o the Benemrita Universidad Autnoma

de Puebla in Mexico. His other publications include Crack Capitalism

(Pluto, 2010), Negativity and Revolution (co-editor, Pluto, 2008),

Zapatista! Rethinking Revolution in Mexico (co-editor, Pluto, 1998) and

Global Capital, National State and The Politics of Money(co-editor,1994).


Holloways Change theWorld Without Taking Powerstands alongside Hardt andNegrisEmpire as one of thetwo key texts of contemporaryautonomist Marxism.aLex caLLiNicos, capItal &class

This is a refreshing,thought provoking book ... Amust read for every studentand practitioner of politicalscience.usI JouRnalHolloways thesis is indeedimportant and worthy ofnotice.

topIaCanadian Journal o Cultural Studies

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ck cptlmJohn Holloway

Pb 978-0-7453-3008-2 17.99

Ntvt ndrvlutnAdorno and Political ActivismEdited by John Holloway, FernandoMatamoros and Sergio Tischler

Pb 978-0-7453-2836-2 22.95

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Bbm?Selected WritingsRosa Luxemburg, edited by Paul Le Blancand Helen C. Scott

Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was one o the most brilliant andpassionate minds drawn to the revolutionary socialist movement.An outstanding social and economic theorist o the twentiethcentury, and a dedicated political activist, she proved willing togo to prison and even give her lie or her belies.

Providing an extensive overview o her writings, this volume

contains a number o items never beore anthologised. Herwork was broad in scope tackling capitalism and socialism;globalisation and imperialism; history; war and peace; socialstruggles, trade unions, political parties; class, gender, race; theinterconnection o humanity with the natural environment. Theeditors provide an extensive and inormative introduction outliningand evaluating her lie and thought.

This is the most comprehensive introduction to the range oRosa Luxemburgs thought.

PaUL Le BLaNc is Proessor o History at La Roche College,Pittsburgh. He is the author o Marx, Lenin and the Revolutionary

Experience (2006),A Short History of the US Working Class (1999) and

editor o Revolution, Democracy, Socialism (Pluto Press, 2008).

heLeN c. scoTT is Associate Proessor o English at theUniversity o Vermont. She is the author o Caribbean Women

Writers and Globalization (2006) and the editor o The Essential Rosa

Luxemburg(2007).


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BknA Critical Appraisal

Damian F. White

Pb 978-0-7453-1964-3 16.99

implmThe Highest Stage of Capitalism

V. I. Lenin

Pb 978-0-7453-1035-0 19.99

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The Get Political series brings together some of the greatest writers

new and old on wide-ranging political themes. These writers

have changed the way we see the world.Combining timeless classics with new selections, this beautifully

designed series aims to inspire and provoke, bringing the very best

in political writing to a new audience.

T cmmuntMntKARL MARX &FRIEDRICH ENGELS

Introduction byDAVID HARVEYAll that is solid melts into air, all

that is holy is profaned... Working

men of all countries, Unite!

A beautiul edition o Marxand Engels classic maniesto,introduced by renowned socialtheorist David Harvey.

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rvlutn,Dm,slmSelected Writings

V. I. LENINEdited by PAUL LE BLANC

The rst serious collection oLenins writings or decades. EditorPaul Le Blanc argues that Leninwas committed to democracy.

sePTeMBer 2008 376pp 215x135mmPb 978-0-7453-2760-0 14.99

ctnht nt WnRace, Culture and Globalisation

A. SIVANANDAN

Foreword by COLIN PRESCOD

One of the most powerful voices

writing on race, class and politics.Guardian

The denitive collection oA. Sivanandans writing.

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Blk skn,Wt MkFRANTZ FANON

Forewords by HOMI K.BHABHA & ZIAUDDIN SARDAR

One feels a brilliant, vivid and

hurt mind walking the thin line

that separates effective outrage

from despair. New York Times

A devastating account o theeelings o inadequacy experiencedby previously colonised people in awhite world.

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Jw ht,Jw rlnThe Weight ofThree Thousand Years

ISRAEL SHAHAK

Forewords by GORE VIDAL,EDWARD SAID, NORTONMEZVINSKY & ILAN PAPPE

Shahak is the latestif not the

lastof the great prophets.

Gore Vidal

New edition o Shahakscontroversial critique o Israel.

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Tt toppdAUGUSTO BOAL

Should be read by everyone who

has any pretensions to political

commitment. John Arden

Boal explores theatresrevolutionary potential, and shows

how it can empower people.aUgUsT 2008 192pp 215x135mmPb 978-0-7453-2838-6 12.99NOT AVAILABLE IN NORTH AMERICA

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Hollywood Cinema andAmerican SupremacyMatthew AlfordForeword by Michael Parenti

Hollywood is oten characterised as a stronghold o let-liberalideals. In Reel Power, Matthew Alord shows that it is in actdeeply complicit in serving the interests o the most regressiveUS corporate and political orces.

Films like Transormers, Terminator: Salvation and BlackHawk Down are constructed with Deence Department

assistance as explicit cheerleaders or the US military, butMatthew Alord also emphasises how so-called radical lmslike Three Kings, Hotel Rwanda and Avatarpresent watered-down alternative visions o American politics that serve a similarunction.

Reel Poweris the rst book to examine the internal workingso contemporary Hollywood as a politicised industry as wellas looking at scores o lms across all genres. No matter whatthe progressive impulses o some celebrities and artists, Alordshows how they are part o a system that is hard-wired toencourage American global supremacy and requently the use ostate violence.

MaTTheW aLforD has written or the Guardian, NewStatesman and BBC radio. He has also lectured at the Universities oBath and Bristol.

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This is a very timely book.The Hollywood myth is that itslms are just entertainment.Far from it. The author showsthat American industrialcinema propagates ideasfavourable to its right wingestablishment. Read this

book before you see the next

blockbuster.KeN LoachFormidable... absolutelyfascinating.ToNy BeNNMatthew Alford has madean outstanding contributionto the literature on media and

popular culture.carL Boggsauthor o The Hollywood War Machine and TheCrimes o Empire

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N illunThought Control in Democratic Societies

Noam Chomsky

Pb 978-0-7453-0380-2 16.99

NeWsPeaK n t21t cntuDavid Edwards and David Cromwell

Pb 978-0-7453-2893-5 16.99

Hollywood: Doing its bit for US imperialism



Dk MttArt and Politics in the Age of EnterpriseCultureGregory Sholette

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Art is big business, with some artists able to command hugesums o money or their works, while the vast majority areignored or dismissed by critics. Gregory Sholette shows thatthese marginalised artists, the dark matter o the art world,are essential to the survival o the mainstream and that theyrequently organise in opposition to it.

Sholette argues that imagination and creativity in the artworld originate in the non-commercial sector shut o romprestigious galleries and champagne receptions. This broadercreative culture eeds the mainstream with new orms and styles

that can be commodied and used to sustain the ew artistsadmitted into the elite.

This groundbreaking text shows how dark matter supportsand subverts mainstream art. Essential or cultural studiesstudents, alternative artists and thinkers in the art industry.

gregory shoLeTTe is an artist, activist and author basedin New York. He has co-edited The Interventionists (2004) and

Collectivism after Modernism (2007).

@ atvmDissent, Resistance and Rebellionin a Digital CultureJoss Hands

@ is or Activism examines the transormation o politics throughdigital media, including streaming videos, social networking andmobile computing.

Joss Hands maps out how political relationships have

been recongured and new modes o cooperation, deliberationand representation have emerged. This analysis is applied tothe organisation and practice o alternative politics, showinghow they have developed and embraced the new political andtechnological environment.

Hands oers a comprehensive critical survey o existingliterature, as well as an original perspective on networks andpolitical change. He includes many case studies including theanti-war and global justice movements, peer production, usercreated TV and Twitter activism. @ is or Activism is essentialor activists and students o politics and media.

Joss haNDs is Senior Lecturer in Communication, Film and Mediaand Co-Director o the Anglia Research Centre in Digital Culture atAnglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

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Roots of ImperialismNeville Morley

A millennium and a hal ater the end o the period o itsunquestioned dominance, Rome remains a signicant presencein western culture. This book explores what the empire meant toits subjects.

The idea o Rome has long outlived the physical empirethat gave it orm, and now holds sway over vastly more peopleand a ar greater geographical area than the Romans everruled. It continues to shape our understanding o the nature oimperialism, and thus, however subtly, to infuence the workings

o the world. Unlike most works on Roman history, this bookdoes not oer a simplistic narrative, with military triumph ollowedby decline and all. Instead, it analyses the origins and natureo Roman imperialism, its economic, social and cultural impacton the regions it conquered, and its continuing infuence indiscussions and debates about modern imperialism.

Elegantly written, this book is perect or students o classicsand ancient history who want to see another side o the Romanempire.

NeViLLe MorLeyis Proessor o Ancient Economic History

and Historical Theory at the University o Bristol. His previous booksinclude Theories, Models and Concepts in Ancient History(2004),

Trade in Classical Antiquity(2007) andAntiquity and Modernity(2008).

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Not just an acute analysisof the development andtransformation of one of themost absorbingly inuentialof all the worlds historicalempires but also a maturereection on the theme ofthe power and pitfalls ofattempted self-justicationthrough appeal to an imaginedpast. Close-woven discussionsof the dynamics of Romanimperialism and the nature ofRoman rule are intelligentlycomplemented by thoughtfuland original accounts of theeconomic impact of empire.Professor PaUL a. carTLeDgeA.G. Leventis Proessor o Greek Culture, ClareCollege, Cambridge

Morleys book weavestogether modern theories ofimperialism with the story ofEuropes rst, and greatest,empire.gregory WooLfProessor o Ancient History, St. Andrews University

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Power, Proft andPtA History of American Imperial Expansion

Philip S. Golub

Pb 978-0-7453-2871-3 17.99

T cptn ttcnd t WldHow the East India Company Shaped theModern Multinational

Nick Robins

Pb 978-0-7453-2523-1 15.99

How Roman imperialism became the prototypefor later empires



hbbwmHistory and PoliticsGregory Elliott

Historian Eric Hobsbawm is possibly the oremost chronicler

o the modern age. His panoramic studies o the nineteenthand twentieth centuries, stretching rom the French Revolutionto the all o Soviet communism, have inormed the historicalconsciousness o scholars and general readers alike. At the sametime, his writings on labour movements and socialist politics haveoccupied a central place in let-wing debates. Despite this, noextended study o Hobsbawms work has yet been attempted.Gregory Elliott lls this gap in exemplary ashion.

Elliott analyses both the scholarly record o Hobsbawm andthe intellectual and political journey that his lie represents. Indoing so, he seeks to situate Hobsbawms thought within the

context o a generalised crisis o condence on the Let ater theall o the Berlin Wall.Rich in content and written in Elliotts authoritative and highly

readable style, this book is a must or anyone with an interest inHobsbawm and the crisis o the Let.

gregory eLLioTT is a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University.His books include Ends in Sight(Pluto, 2008), Perry Anderson: The

Merciless Laboratory of History(1998) andAlthusser: The Detour of

Theory(2nd edition, 2006).

idl n t a etmLiberalism, Conservatism, Communism,Fascism 1914 1991

Willie Thompson

This is a history o political ideologies during the period amouslydescribed by Eric Hobsbawn as The Age o Extremes rom the

First World War to the collapse o the Soviet Union.Ideologies in the Age o Extremes introduces the key

ideologies o the age; liberalism, conservatism, communism andascism. Willie Thompson identies the political infuence o massmovements as a key eature. He uses a powerul approach thatconsiders the dierent ideologies in relation to each other. Thisallows him to show that they oten emerged rom a common rootor merged into a common uture, stealing each others clothesand reinventing themselves as the stark opposite o a competingideology.

This sophisticated yet accessible analysis will be o greatinterest to students o twentieth century history and politicaltheory.

WiLLie ThoMPsoN was until his retirement Proessor oContemporary History at Glasgow Caledonian University andsubsequently Visiting Proessor at Northumbria University. He is theauthor o numerous books including What Happened To History?(Pluto Press, 2000). He was ormerly secretary o the Socialist HistorySociety.





T r tgn LtInside the Worldwide EcosocialistMovement

Derek WallForeword by Hugo Blanco

Climate change and other ecological ills are driving the creationo a grassroots global movement or change. From LatinAmerican to Europe, Australia and China a militant movementmerging red and green is taking shape.

Ecosocialists argue that capitalism threatens the uture ohumanity and the rest o nature. From indigenous protest in thePeruvian Amazon to the green transition in Cuba to the creationo red-green parties in Europe, ecosocialism is dening the uture

o let and green politics globally. Latin American leaders such asMorales and Chavez are increasingly calling or an ecosocialisttransition.

Drawing on the work o key thinkers such as Joel Kovel andJohn Bellamy Foster, Derek Wall provides an unique insider viewo how ecosocialism has developed and a practical guide toocused ecosocialist action. A great handbook or activists andengaged students o politics.

DereK WaLL teaches Political Economy at Goldsmiths College,University o London. He is the author o Babylon and Beyond(2005).

a Btt ilndArguments for a New RepublicEoin Broin

Is a better Ireland possible? Can progressive social and politicalorces in Ireland, north and south, unite around a commonprogramme or democratic reorm, social justice and economicequality? Could such an alliance or change secure popularsupport?

Eoin Broin explores these questions, providing a radicalpolitical, economic and social critique o Ireland, north and southin the 1990s and 2000s. He makes an honest assessment o theobstacles to building a national alliance or change, and mapsout a detailed set o political, economic and social alternatives orIreland in the twenty-rst century.

This book will be a valuable tool or activists and analystswith an interest in the uture o Irish politics.

eoiN BroiN is a writer and policy analyst based in Dublin. Hehas been a Sinn Fin activist or fteen years, He is the Chairpersono Dublin Sinn Fin, a member o the partys Ard Comhairle. He writes

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eup alln wtilAiding the OccupationDavid Cronin

In careully crated ocial statements, the European Unionpresents itsel as an honest broker in the Middle East. In reality,however, the EUs 27 governments have been engaged in a longprocess o accommodating Israels occupation o Palestinianterritories.

Journalist David Cronin interrogates the relationship and itsoutcomes. A recent agreement or more intense, more ruitul,more infuential co-operation between the EU and Israel hasmeant that Israel has become a member state o the Union in allbut name. Cronin shows that rather than using this relationship toencourage Israeli restraint, the EU has legitimised actions such

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or a continuation and deepening o international activism andprotest to halt the EUs slide into complicity.

DaViD croNiN is a journalist specialising in European politics.He has written or a variety o publications, including the Guardian,

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M L n t PLoThe Inside Story of thePalestinian StruggleShaq Al-Hout, edited by Jean Said Makdisi andMartin Asser. Translated by Hader Al-Hout andLaila Othman

This is the inside story o the Palestine Liberation Organisation(PLO), rom its beginnings in 1964 to the signing o the Osloagreement in 1993.

Shaq Al-Hout, a high ranking PLO ocial until his resignationin 1993, provides previously unavailable details on the key eventsin the organisations history such as its recognition by the UN andthe Oslo peace negotiations. Taking us right to the heart o thedecision making processes, this book explains the personalitiesand internal politics that shaped the PLOs actions and thePalestinian experience o the twentieth century.

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shafiQ aL-hoUT was one o the leading fgures o the PLO,rom its oundation through to the Oslo Agreement. He has writtennumerous articles, essays and books. He lived in Beirut until his deathin 2009.


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In this masterly, state o the art work, Ul Hannerz maps thecontemporary social world o anthropologists and its relation tothe wider world in which they carry out their work.

Raising undamental questions such as What isanthropology really about?, How does the public understand,or misunderstand, anthropology? and What and where doanthropologists study now, and or whom do they write?Hannerz invites anthropologists to think again about where theirdiscipline is going.

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local refuses to be beaten intosubmission.Professor ThoMas hyLLaNDeriKseNUniversity o Oslo

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smll Pl,L iuAn Introduction to Social and CulturalAnthropology

Thomas Hylland EriksenThis concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology hasbecome a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation insocial lie and culture.

The text provides a clear overview o anthropology, ocusingon central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and politicalsystems, oering a wealth o examples that demonstrate theenormous scope o anthropology and the importance o acomparative perspective. Unlike other texts on the subject, SmallPlaces, Large Issues incorporates the anthropology o complexmodern societies. Using reviews o key monographs to illustratehis argument, Eriksens lucid and accessible text remains anestablished introductory text in anthropology.

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etnt ndNtnlmAnthropological PerspectivesThomas Hylland Eriksen

Ethnicity and nationalism are pervasive eatures o thecontemporary world, but how ar is ethnicity a result o culturaldierences, and how much is it in act dependent on the practical

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In The Dark Sahara (Pluto Press, 2009), Jeremy Keenan exposed

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JereMy KeeNaN is a Proessorial Research Associate at theSchool o Oriental and Arican Studies. He is a consultant to the UNand other international organisations.

Undtndn tSomalia ConagrationIdentity, Islam and Peacebuilding

Afyare Abdi Elmi

Somalia has been devastated by a US-backed Ethiopian invasionand years o civil war, and it has long been without a centralgovernment. Against this background o violence, Somali-born

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While most books and articles on Cuba seek to analyse theislands socialist experiment rom the perspective o internaldynamics or international relations, this book attempts tounderstand the revolutionary process as part o a counter-currentagainst neoliberal globalisation.

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The Israeli occupation o the Palestinian territories since 1967has many important economic aspects that are oten overlooked.In this highly original book, Shir Hever shows that understandingthe economic dimensions o the occupation is crucial tounravelling the Israeli-Palestinian confict.

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Israeli authorities reluctant to give up control.With traditional economic analysis ailing to explain this

turn o events, this book will be invaluable or students, activistsand journalists struggling to make sense o the complex issuessurrounding Israels occupation.

shir heVeris an economic researcher based at the AlternativeInormation Centre in Jerusalem.

an il n PltnResisting Dispossession,Redeeming IsraelJeff Halper

Israeli anthropologist and activist Je Halper throws a harshlight on the Israeli-Palestinian confict rom the point o view oa critical insider. While the Zionist ounders o Israel created avibrant society, culture and economy, they did so at a high price:

Israel could not maintain its exclusive Jewish character withoutimposing on the countrys Palestinian population policies oethnic cleansing, occupation, discrimination and the demolition othousands o Palestinian homes.

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This second edition includes an epilogue gauging the

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Jeff haLPeris an Israeli Proessor o Anthropology and hasbeen a leading fgure within the Israeli peace movement or over 30years. He is head o the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

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Discussing Capitals relevance today, the authors considerMarxs impact on economics, philosophy, history, politics andother social sciences. Keeping abstract theorising to a minimum,this readable introduction highlights the continuing relevanceo Marxs ideas in the light o the problems o contemporarycapitalism.

BeN fiNe is Proessor o Economics at the School o Oriental andArican Studies, University o London. He is the author o Theoriesof Social Capital: Researchers Behaving Badly(Pluto Press, 2010).He is the co-author o From Economic Imperialism to Freakonomics,awarded the Deutscher Memorial Prize, 2009, and From PoliticalEconomy to Economics, awarded the Gunnar Myrdal Prize, 2009.

aLfreDo saaD-fiLho is Proessor o Political Economy at theSchool o Oriental and Arican Studies, University o London. He is

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@ is for Activism 11

Abu-Rabi, Ibrahim M. 19

Against the Wall 3

Ahmed, Naeez Mosaddeq 5Alord, Matthew 10

Al-Hout, Hader 15

Al-Hout, Shaiq 15

Anthropologys World 16

Archer, Lawrence 1

Asser, Martin 15

Bawdon, Fiona 1

Better Ireland, A 14

Blanco, Hugo 14

Bolender, Keith 4

Brook, Yaron 24

Chaee, Daniel25Change the World Without Taking Power 7

Chomsky, Noam 4

Clemens, Walter C. 26

Collins, Randall 26

Conflict Sociology 26

Contemporary Arab Reader on Political Islam, The19

Cronin, David 15

Cuban Revolution in the 21st Century 19

Dark Matter 11

Durrenberger, E. Paul 26

Dying Sahara, The 18

Economic Liberalization and Political Violence 23

Eisenstein, Hester 25Elliott, Gregory 13

Elmi, Ayare Abdi 18

Empires New Clothes, The 24

Erem, Suzan 26

Eriksen, Thomas Hylland 17

Ethnicity and Nationalism 17

Europes Alliance with Israel 15

Farley, John E. 25

Feminism Seduced 25

Feste, Karen A. 24

Fine, Ben 22

Fryer, Peter 6Getting to Yes in Korea 26

Gilroy, Paul 6

Giroux, Henry A. 24

Globalization 25

Gurr, Ted Robert 26

Gutirrez, Francisco 23

Halper, Je 21

Hamas 23

Hamburg, David A. 26

Han, Samuel 25

Hands, Joss 11

Hannerz, Ul 16

Hearts of Darkness 24Hever, Shir 21

Hewitt, J. Joseph 26

Hobsbawm 13

Holloway, John 7

Hopcrot, Rosemary 25

Hroub, Khaled 23

Human Societies 25

Ideologies in the Age of Extremes 13

Israeli in Palestine, An 21Keenan, Jeremy 18

Lambie, George 19

Le Blanc, Paul 8

Lenski, Gerhard 25

Luxemburg, Rosa 8

Makdisi, Jean Said 15

Mansield, Michael 1

Marxs Capital 22

Morley, Neville 12

My Life in the PLO 15

Neoconservatism 24

Nolan, Patrick 25 Broin, Eoin 14

Othman, Laila 15

Out of the Frame 2

Pappe, Ilan 2

Paradigms for Anthropology 26

Parry, William 3

Peace and Conflict 2010 26

Pinstripe Patronage 26

Political Economy of Israels Occupation, The 21

Politics After Hope 24

Popular Resistance in Palestine 20

Preventing Genocide 26Qumsiyeh, Mazin B. 20

Race of Time, The 25

Reel Power 10

Ricin 1

Rise of the Green Left, The 14

Roman Empire, The 12

Rosa Luxemburg 8

Saad-Filho, Alredo 22

Sanderson, Stephen K. 26

Schnwlder, Gerd 23

Scott, Helen C. 8

Sholette, Gregory 11

Silent Racism 24

Small Places, Large Issues 17

Sociology 25

Staying Power 6

Steger, Manred B. 25

Street, Paul 24

Terminating Terrorism 24

Thompson, C. Bradley 24

Thompson, Willie 13

Tolchin, Martin 26

Tolchin, Susan 26

Trepagnier, Barbara 24

Understanding the Somalia Conflagration 18Users Guide to the Crisis of Civilisation, A 5

Voices From the Other Side 4

Wall, Derek 14

Wiesel, Elie 26

Wilkeneld, Jonathan 26


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