Book extracts

Thanks But No Thanks
In this extract from her new book, Thanks But No Thanks : The Voter’s Guide to Sarah Palin, Sue Katz examines the critical response from Alaskan women to the next possible US vice-president

George Bush’s joint
In this extract from her new book, Commie Girl in the OC, Rebecca Schoenkopf, the ‘queen bee/black widow of alternative journalism’, goes inside the federal propaganda machine against marijuana

Is the future Conservative?
The New Conservatives pose a significant challenge not only to a demoralised Labour Party but to the wider progressive movement as a whole. Edited by Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford, this free e-book offers a serious critical engagement with the ideas behind the resurgent Tory Party.

Waiting for the barbarians

The so-called ‘war on terror’ has created a global bonanza for commercial military suppliers, writes Red Pepper correspondent Solomon Hughes in this exclusive extract from his new book War on Terror, Inc

Anti-semitism and the Israel lobby
In this extract from his book, If I Am Not for Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew, Mike Marqusee says that no one should be deterred from criticising the Israel lobby by charges of anti-semitism