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Out now: The Synthetic Proposition: Conceptualism and the Political Referent in Contemporary Art, by Nizan Shaked, published by Manchester University Press http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784992767/ Description The synthetic proposition examines the impact of Civil Rights, Black Power, the student, feminist and sexual-liberty movements on conceptualism and its legacies in the United States between the late 1960s and the

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OUT NOW: Corbyn The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics by Richard Seymour “Seymour is an essential voice on the left, and this book is a necessary intervention, explaining this daunting political moment and bringing the focus back to strategy. Not so much a call to arms as a call to brains.” – Laurie Penny For

OUT NOW: DUTY FREE ART ART IN THE AGE OF PLANETARY CIVIL WAR BY HITO STEYERL “Steyerl refuses to nail down a single idea, or insist on a point of view. Instead, we get art as an act of moral thinking-in-progress.” – New York Times What is the function of art in the era of

OUT NOW: C.L.R. JAMES THE ARTIST AS REVOLUTIONARY BY PAUL BUHLE AFTERWORD BY PAUL BUHLE AND LAWRENCE WAREFOREWORD BY ROBIN D.G. KELLEY ———- C. L. R. James was a protean twentieth-century Marxist intellectual, widely recognized as a pioneering scholar of slave revolt; a leading voice of Pan-Africanism; a peripatetic revolutionary and scholar who was active

The authors are pleased to present their recently published book Neoliberalism, part of Polity’s “key concepts” series. Detailed information can be found here on the publisher page: http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9780745695525&subject_id=88 While it is not a textbook, it has been written to be suitable for undergraduate courses on neoliberalism and related topics. We hope you will find the book useful

The authors are pleased to present their recently published book Neoliberalism, part of Polity’s “key concepts” series. Detailed information can be found here on the publisher page: http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9780745695525&subject_id=88 While it is not a textbook, it has been written to be suitable for undergraduate courses on neoliberalism and related topics. We hope you will find the book useful

OUT NOW: The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing ———- Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression—most dramatically in Ferguson, Missouri, where longheld grievances erupted in violent demonstrations following the police killing of Michael

A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property Edited by Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers Published 15 October 2017 Zed Books The first book to provide a radical critique of IP, and its role in the battleground between capital and the commons Covers digital piracy, open source software movements, agribusiness and pharmaceutical industries Explores the history of

We Can Do Better: Ideas for Changing Society By David Camfield   The view that capitalism is an inherently flawed, exploitative, crisis-prone, oppressive system is not new. But neoliberal capitalism’s flaws are increasingly dangerous in Western countries and globally as corporations exert growing influence on governments, as the endless pursuit of profits pushes our climate

OUT NOW: LENIN 2017 REMEMBERING, REPEATING, AND WORKING THROUGH BY V. I. LENIN AND SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK PART OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1917 SERIES “Like Socrates on steroids. Breathtakingly perceptive.” – Terry Eagleton https://www.versobooks.com/books/2469-lenin-2017 ———- V. I. Lenin’s originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated with the seizure of power in 1917.

OUT NOW: LITERATURE OF REVOLUTION ESSAYS ON MARXISM BY NORMAN GERAS “Striking elegance, economy, and argumentative power.” – Times Literary Supplement Essential essays on key Marxist writers from a leading political thinker https://www.versobooks.com/books/2526-literature-of-revolution ———- Literature of Revolution explores the pivotal texts and topics in the Marxist tradition, drawing on the works of Marx, Trotsky, Luxemburg,