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The first volume of a political treatise that changed the world
One of the most notorious works of modern times, …
Recent years have seen the strong development of Neo-Victorian studies, including its theorisation by such scholars as Cora Kaplan, Sally …
“My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read …
Following the great success of the first volume of the Classics of Marxism, a second volume is now published with …
Avari keeps to themself. They're a goat-shape cosmoran, a member of the Cleaners' Union, and a bit of a grump. …
Britain today is falling apart. One of the most dominant states in world history finds itself confronted with growing demands …
Britain today is falling apart. One of the most dominant states in world history finds …
While the endpoint of the book is Brexit, it does such a good job of tracing the way the proletariat has been split, first through offering voting rights, but only to certain segments of the working class, and then during the twentieth century, by leaning on racism, xenophobia, and nationalism. Also good on the way Labour has generally acted as a diversion from anything more radical, and the way that the shift to the right under New Labour opened up space for nationalism. In Scotland this manifested as the SNP who occupied a position left of centre, but still to the right of Old Labour, but in England this led to the rise of first the BNP and then, when they imploded, UKIP.
Following the great success of the first volume of the Classics of Marxism, a second volume is now published with …
Britain today is falling apart. One of the most dominant states in world history finds itself confronted with growing demands …
Modern Gothic culture alternately fascinates, horrifies, or bewilders many of us. We cringe at pictures of Marilyn Manson, cheer for …
