Starsuckers, directed by Chris Atkins, and Capitalism: A Love Story, directed by Michael Moore Tom Jennings suspects that lack of political imagination explains the patronising…
Common Words and the Wandering Star, by Keith Armstrong Tom Jennings is grateful for this comprehensive documentation of its author’s efforts to keep Jack…
Book review: Hatta Shuzo and Pure Anarchism in Interwar Japan A review of Hatta Shuzo and Pure Anarchism in Interwar Japan by John Crump.
Towards a political economy of Stalinism - Paul B Smith Paul B.Smith reviews Hillel Ticktin's book: Origins of the Crisis in the USSR: Essays on the…
The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow Tom Jennings is relieved that this film avoids lazy liberal moralising in exploring the mundane traumas of courage under fire.
The irresistible correctness of anarchism - working class opposition to Mussolini A lengthy critique of the SWP's attempt to rewrite the history of the resistance to Italian fascism…
Generation Kill, by David Simon & Ed Burns This deadpan account of a US Marine company’s exploits encapsulates for Tom Jennings the baleful banality of the Iraq war.
9 to 5: We're So Pretty. . . Pretty Vacant! Nine To Five directed by Colin Higgins, story by Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick, starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Funda, Dolly Parton Reviewed by Caitlin Manning
Unfinished business - review by Subversion Class War Federation's book Unfinished business - the politics of Class War, is reviewed by the Subversion group which points out several…
Capitalism and spectacle Review article: The Retort Collectives Afflicted Powers Aufheben review of The Retort Collective’s Afflicted Powers
Direct action: A bloke’s eye view - Review of Birds, booze and bulldozers Aufheben Review of Birds, booze and bulldozers by Peter Styles (Small World, 2007)
Mike Davis's 'Planet of Slums' A critical review of Mike Davis' influential book on the huge growth in squatter settlements around the world.
