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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

M. John Harrison - The End of Everything

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Well they always say you shouldn't be afraid to try new things. I was unsure I would like M. John Harrison's latest book The End of ...
Monday, July 27, 2026

Tomáš Tengely-Evans - Death Rides Out: Imperialism in the 21st Century

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As Socialist Worker editor Tomáš Tengely-Evans has had to cover more than their share of imperialist conflict and the threat of such conflic...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

Jakub S. Beneš - The Last Peasant War: Violence and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe

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From the end of World War One through to the 1950s Eastern Europe's peasant societies were engaged in a new continuous "Peasant War...

Iain M. Banks - Feersum Endjinn

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Despite my love of Iain M. Banks' science fiction novels I have never read Feersum Endjinn . When I first attempted it soon after it...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

Bryan D. Palmer - Capitalism, Colonialism & Crises: The Remaking of Modern Canada 1960-2025

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The third volume of Bryan D. Palmer's trilogy on the history of Canada brings the account right up to the present date. Indeed, so recen...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

Sinclair Lewis - Elmer Gantry

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Sinclair Lewis' Elmer Gantry is a delightfully cynical black comedy. It is also a book very much for our times. The eponymous Elmer Gant...
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Sunday, July 12, 2026

Bryan D. Palmer - Capitalism & Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada 1890-1960

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Volume two of Bryan D. Palmer's trilogy on the history of Canada begins where the previous book left off. But, as Palmer immediately not...
Tuesday, July 07, 2026

Nikolai Bukharin - Imperialism and World Economy

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Three great works of Marxism mark the transition from Marx and Engels' work on economics into the modern era. They are Lenin's Imper...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

Christopher Clark - Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849

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In January 1848, Francesco Bagnasco, a radical Scilian who believed in the "universal regeneration" of society in the face of ineq...
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Thursday, June 25, 2026

R.F. Kuang - Katabasis

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*** Spoilers *** Apparently R.F. Kuang explained the origins of her latest novel Katabasis on noting that "academia is hell" and ...
Monday, June 22, 2026

Conor Kerr - Prairie Edge

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Grey Ginther and Ezzy Desjarlais are two Métis cousins living in an old trailer near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their days are a mix of drin...
Monday, June 15, 2026

Crystal Gail Fraser & Sara Komarnisky - Talk Treaty to Me: Understanding the basics of treaties and land in Canada

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I picked up Talk Treaty to Me at a left-wing bookshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as part of my reading during a trip to Canada this month. I...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Ken Follett - A Column of Fire

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A Column of Fire is the third book in the Kingsbridge series - Ken Follett's incredible popular novels set around the mythical Cathedra...
Monday, June 01, 2026

Donald A. Bowman - My Battle of the Atlantic

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The corvette convoy escort ships from World War II have gained a remarkable amount of fame for a small ship that was designed to fill a mili...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

Hossam El-Hamalawy - Counter-Revolution in Egypt: Sisi's new republic

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The Egyptian Revolution of 2011, was perhaps the important event of the 'Arab Spring'. It was a seminal moment for me, and a generat...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

John Foot - Blood and Power: The rise and fall of Italian fascism

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The rise of global far-right and fascist parties and movements is something of great concern to working people. It is, perhaps, the most dan...