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  • A large procession of people parading through an open square carrying flags and banners, the majority of them red

    The Soviet enigma and its tragic aftermath

    Boris Kagarlitsky’s The Long Retreat provides a necessary Marxist analysis of the Soviet tragedy, says Walden Bello

  • Former US Vice President Kamala Harris standing at a podium in front of the American flag

    Enemy Feminisms – review

    Sophie Lewis sets out how to build a liberated, feminist world without ignoring feminism’s uglier side, writes Leah Cowen

  • A fire engine with fire fighters along side and on top of it in the middle of a road, with burning buildings and bright fires behind it

    From the Ashes – review

    Grief and loss are inescapable parts of the fight for a better world, but Sarah Jaffe demonstrates that they are compatible with resilience and determination, writes Joana Ramiro

  • A painting depicting Britannia riding in a chariot at sea, waiving the union jack alongside Neptune and surrounded by nymphs and other mythological creatures

    The Truth About Empire – review

    More than a mere rebuttal of colonial apologetics, The Truth About Empire is a vital tool against the rising tide of reactionary retellings of history, writes Peter Mitchell

  • Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and former chancellor Jeremy Hunt placing a sign reading "levelling up" on a building

    The Broken Promise of Infrastructure – review

    Dominic Davies’s book is a much needed analysis of the role infrastructure relates to and informs our politics, writes Anubha Sarkar

  • A procession carrying banners representing different British trade unions, with a drummer in the foreground

    Another England – review

    The left has long been skeptical of embracing English identity, but Caroline Lucas offers a radical alternative vision of Englishness divorced from right wing nationalism writes Tommy Sissons

  • Several To Let signs piled together on the ground

    Against Landlords – review

    Nick Bano’s book is a much needed intervention in the struggle against Britain’s powerful landlord class, writes Eilidh Keay

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