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A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF EMANCIPATION IN A COMMON WORLDPhilosophy was born out of discussion, out of the rivalry between world views. From the philosoph...

New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time continues the innovative exploration of major issues concerning democracy and socialism which was sta...

A new, sweeping narrative history of American news media that puts race at the center of the story   From the earliest colonial newspapers to the I...

Universal, comprehensive health care, equally available to all and disconnected from income and the ability to pay, was the goal of the founders of...

Traditional depictions of London at night have imagined a lawless orgy of depravity and pestilence. But is Britain’s capital after dark now as blan...

A captivating literary portrait of London explored at night by some of the city’s most iconic writers throughout history “Cities, like cats, will r...

A captivating literary portrait of London explored at night by some of the city’s most iconic writers throughout history“Cities, like cats, will re...

Untangling the long history of neoliberalismNeoliberalism is dead. Again. Yet the philosophy of the free market and the strong state has an uncanny...

From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result of the slave trade. ...

Philanthro-capitalism: How charity became big business The charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly...

Are you aware that the T-shirt or running shoes you’re wearing may have been produced by a 13-year-old children working 14-hour days for 30 cents a...

A radically new reading of the origins of recorded music Noise Uprising brings to life the moment and sounds of a cultural revolution. Between the ...

A radically new reading of the origins of recorded music Noise Uprising brings to life the moment and sounds of a cultural revolution. Between the ...

An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computers and cash machi...

An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computers and cash machi...

Sergeant Adam Gray made it home from Iraq only to die in his barracks. For more than three years, reporter Joshua E. S. Phillips—with the support o...

None of Us Were Like This Before recounts the dark journey of a tank battalion as its focus switched from conventional military duties to guerilla ...

A major new reading of the 1973 war in the Middle East, an act of Israeli hubris that planted the seeds of the current crisisIn this book, first pu...

A collection of letters, diaries and various writings depicting the Lenin beyond political commitmentsThis vivid selection, compiled and introduced...

Not One More Death examines the record of US and UK troops in Iraq, questions Bush and Blair’s position under international law, and considers the ...

Ernst Bloch (1885–1977) is now recognized as a philosopher and cultural critic of the greatest importance, his subtle and profound developments of ...

After a long period of quiescence, the US union movement is once more making waves. Under a new leadership the AFL-CIO has won dramatic victories f...

This volume highlights the work of contemporary Brazilian photographers with an emphasis on images which reflect the dynamism and eclecticism of Br...