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Inventing Africa
Pluto Pr |
April 15, 2011 |
256 pages
Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past. Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilizations. Debates continue on the African origins of... More Info
Contesting Publics
Pluto Press |
February 5, 2013 |
200 pages
Through ethnographic cases and activists' narratives, Contesting Publics analyses the challenges feminists face as they seek to engage with new spaces of participatory democracy in Latin America.Lynne Phillips and Sally Cole analyze how new silences, exclusions and re-inscriptions of inequalities... More Info
$27.95
The Anarchist Turn
Pluto Press |
February 26, 2013 |
216 pages
The concept of anarchy is often presented as a recipe for pure disorder. The Anarchist Turn brings together innovative and fresh perspectives on anarchism to argue that in fact it represents a form of collective, truly democratic social organization. The book shows how in the last decade the... More Info
$28.95
Power Beyond Scrutiny
Pluto Press |
March 19, 2013 |
224 pages
Power Beyond Scrutiny uncovers the forces which distort and limit public debate in the media. From the misuse of politician's expenses to recent phone hacking scandals, establishment corruption has never been more in the headlines. Yet amidst the din of scandal, there have been seismic silences.... More Info
Generation Palestine
Pluto Press |
March 12, 2013 |
240 pages
The unique model of apartheid, colonization, and military occupation that Israel imposes on the Palestinians, along with myriad violations of international law, have made Palestine the moral cause of a generation. Yet many people continue to ask, "what can we do?"Generation Palestine helps to... More Info
$35.95
The Global Hunger Crisis
Pluto Press (UK) |
March 5, 2013 |
272 pages
Millions across the world face the daily challenge to find enough food to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity. Rising prices are further restricting food access.In this deeply informative study, Majda Bne Saad identifies the... More Info
$30.95
The Dying Sahara
Pluto Press |
March 26, 2013 |
288 pages
In The Dark Sahara ( Pluto Press, 2009), Jeremy Keenan exposed the collusion between the U.S. and Algeria in fabricating false flag terrorism to justify the launch of a new Saharan front in Washington's War on Terror. In this new book, he reveals how the Pentagon's designation of the region as a... More Info
$26.95
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
Pluto Press |
February 12, 2013 |
240 pages
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women looks at the remarkable impact of war on women in Britain. It shows how conflict has changed women's lives and how those changes have put women at the center of peace campaigning. Lindsey German, one of the UK's leading anti-war activists and... More Info
$34.95
Geopolitical Economy
Pluto Press |
February 19, 2013 |
240 pages
Geopolitical Economy challenges two key concepts in international relations theory – "globalization" and "empire." Drawing on global traditions of contestation and dissent from below, Radhika Desai argues that these concepts have obscured our understanding of the evolution and dynamics of the... More Info
$27.95
The Guantánamo files
Pluto Pr |
May 25, 2013 |
338 pages
In 2006, four years after Guantanamo Bay prison opened, the Pentagon finally released the names of the 773 men held there,along with 7,000 pages of transcripts from tribunals assessing their status as "enemy combatants". Andy Worthington is the only person to have analyzed every page of these... More Info
$30.95
It's the Political Economy, Stupid
Pluto Press |
February 19, 2013 |
192 pages
It's the Political Economy, Stupid brings together internationally acclaimed artists and thinkers, including Slavoj Žižek, David Graeber, Judith Butler and Brian Holmes, to focus on the current economic crisis in a sustained and critical manner.Following a unique format, images and text are... More Info
The Horn of Africa
Pluto Press |
February 5, 2013 |
272 pages
The Horn of Africa, comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia, is the most conflict-ridden region in Africa. This book explores the origins and impact of these conflicts at both a intra-state and inter-state level and the insecurity they create.The contributors show how regional... More Info
Change the world without taking power
Pluto Pr |
October 15, 2010 |
296 pages
This new edition of John Holloway's contemporary classic, Change the World Without Taking Powerincludes an extensive new preface by the author. The wave of political demonstrations since the Battle of Seattle in 2001 have crystallised a new trend in left-wing politics. Modern protest movements are... More Info
$32.95
Arms and the People
Pluto Press |
December 24, 2012 |
272 pages
Looking at a range of global historical experiences, Arms and the People examines the relationship between mass movements and military institutions. Some argue that it is impossible to achieve and protect a revolution without the support of the army, but how can the support of the army be won?Arms... More Info
Cruel Harvest
Pluto Press |
December 24, 2012 |
192 pages
Mainstream commentators claim that the Taliban are the main culprits behind Afghanistan's skyrocketing drug trade and that the US military is waging a war on drugs in Afghanistan to weaken the insurgency and keep our streets free of heroin. Cruel Harvest lifts the lid on the reality behind the... More Info
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Israeli Rejectionism
Pluto Press |
March 15, 2011 |
216 pages
The Palestine-Israel conflict is one of the longest running and seemingly intractable confrontations in the modern world. This book delves deep into the "peace process" to find out why so little progress has been made on the key issues. Zalman Amit and Daphna Levit find overwhelming evidence of... More Info
$29.95
Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives
Pluto Pr |
September 14, 2010 |
256 pages
In Ethnicity and Nationalism, Thomas Hylland Eriksen demonstrates that far from being an immutable property of groups, ethnicity is a dynamic and shifting aspect of social relationships. Drawing on a wide range of classic and recent studies in anthropology and sociology, Eriksen examines the... More Info
$39.95
Inequality and the global economic crisis
Pluto Pr |
September 1, 2009 |
294 pages
Inequality has always been with us. With the growth of capitalism across the globe, inequalities of income, wealth and power became increasingly extreme. Written by economist Douglas Dowd, this book shows that the present banking crisis is the result of the growth of inequality across the globe.... More Info
$32.95
Capitalism's New Clothes
Pluto Pr |
June 15, 2011 |
224 pages
In broadsheet newspapers, television shows and Hollywood films, capitalism is increasingly recognized as a system detrimental to human existence. Colin Cremin investigates why, despite this de-robing, capitalism remains a powerful and seductive force. Using materialist, psychoanalytic and... More Info
$21.95
Socialism or Barbarism?
Pluto Press |
November 15, 2010 |
240 pages
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was one of the most brilliant and passionate minds drawn to the revolutionary socialist movement. An outstanding social and economic theorist of the twentieth century, and a dedicated political activist, she proved willing to go to prison and even give her life for her... More Info
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Voices from the other side
Pluto Pr |
August 15, 2010 |
224 pages
Since the early 1960s, no other country has endured more acts of terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba, and the US has had its hand in much of it. This book gives a voice to the victims. Keith Bolender brings to bear the enormous impact that terrorism has had on Cuba’s civilian population,... More Info
$45.95
Capitalism and the dialectic
Pluto Pr |
October 1, 2009 |
237 pages
From the 1960s to the 1990s the ground-breaking Japanese economists Kozo Uno and Thomas Sekine developed a masterful reconfiguration of Marxist economics. The most well-known aspect of which is the levels of analysis approach to the study of capitalism. Written in Japanese, the Uno-Sekine approach... More Info
$27.95
Straight Power Concepts in the Middle East
Pluto Pr |
May 15, 2010 |
240 pages
Gregory Harms makes complex subjects accessible to everyone, without sacrificing analytical rigor. Straight Power Concepts is a concise explanation of US foreign policy, American involvement in the Middle East, and its alliance with Israel. As in his incredibly successful book The Palestine-Israel... More Info
$30.95
Bolivia
Pluto Press (UK) |
April 15, 2012 |
237 pages
The election of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) (movement towards socialism) to power in Bolivia in 2006 marked a historic break from centuries of foreign domination and indigenous marginalization. Evo Morales, leader of the MAS, became the first indigenous President of Bolivia. Kepa Artaraz... More Info
$32.95
A People's History of the Second World War
Pluto Press |
June 15, 2012 |
256 pages
A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought "from below." Until now, the vast majority of historical accounts have focused on the regular armies of the allied powers. Donny Gluckstein shows that an important part of the fighting involved people's... More Info
$38.95
The new Latin American left
Pluto Press |
May 25, 2013 |
302 pages
This collection explores the ideologies and workings of Latin America's thriving progressive political parties and social movements. From those in power to those opposing power, experts survey the scene in Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Uruguay. Commentators on Latin... More Info
$29.95
From Palestine to Israel
Pluto Press (UK) |
November 15, 2011 |
240 pages
In this carefully curated and beautifully presented photobook, Ariella Azoulay offers a new perspective on four crucial years in the history of Palestine/Israel.The book reconstructs the processes by which the Palestinian majority in Mandatory Palestine became a minority in Israel, while the Jewish... More Info
$33.95
Border Watch
Pluto Press |
July 15, 2012 |
224 pages
Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or "illegal" immigrants? In this bold and original intervention, Alexandra Hall shows that immigration detention centers offer a window... More Info
$34.95
The will of the many
Pluto Pr |
October 1, 2009 |
284 pages
Never before has the idea of democracy enjoyed the global dominance it holds today, but neoliberalism has left the practice of democracy finds itself in deep crisis. Marianne Maeckelbergh argues that the most promising model for global democracy is not coming from traditional political parties or... More Info
The Fall of the US Empire
Pluto Press |
June 15, 2012 |
176 pages
Whither the US empire? Despite Washington's military supremacy, its economic foundations have been weakening since the Vietnam war - accelerated by the great recession and credit-rating downgrade - and its global authority dented by the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this accessible, punchy... More Info
$34.95
Empire in denial
Pluto Press |
May 25, 2013 |
221 pages
Ideal for students of international affairs, this book takes a critical look at state building.
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Life Without Money
Pluto Press (UK) |
November 15, 2011 |
256 pages
The money-based global economy is failing. The credit crunch undermined capitalism's ability to ensure rising incomes and prosperity while market-led attempts to combat climate change are fought tooth and nail by business as environmental crises continue. We urgently need to combat those who say... More Info
$26.95
Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
Pluto Press (UK) |
May 15, 2011 |
272 pages
Examines the new generation of Al-Qaeda leaders, explains the wider aims of both organizations, and provides an analysis of major terrorist incidents.
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Unfree in Palestine
Pluto Press |
December 11, 2012 |
216 pages
Based on first-hand accounts and extensive fieldwork, Unfree in Palestine reveals the role played by identity documents in Israel's apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, from the red passes of the 1950s to the orange, green and blue passes of today.The authors chronicle how millions of... More Info
Crisis in Korea
Pluto Pr |
September 15, 2011 |
288 pages
The South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk in mysterious circumstances on March 26, 2010. The remarkable events that followed are analyzed by Tim Beal and woven into a larger study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea and US concern about the rise of China. South... More Info
$29.95
Blood and religion
Pluto Pr |
May 25, 2013 |
222 pages
"Timely and important . . . by far the most penetrarting and comprehensive [book] on the subject to date. . . . This work should be required reading." --Nur Masalha, Director of Holy Land Studies, St. Mary's College, University of Surrey, and author of The Politics of Denial "An original and... More Info
$34.95
Who rules the waves?
Pluto Pr |
May 15, 2010 |
216 pages
With piracy raging in the Indian Ocean, international disputes over undersea oil and gas, and chronic overfishing, the oceans have rarely been subject to such varied and environmentally damaging conflict outside a world war. In Who Rules the Waves? Denise Russell gives us a rare insight into these... More Info
$30.95
Migration
Pluto Pr |
November 22, 2011 |
416 pages
Constant migration is a worldwide phenomenon that creates sharp divisions between those who accept the need for migrants and welcome the contributions they make and those who oppose them on xenophobic grounds. Guy Arnold provides a comprehensive survey of the consequences of migration. Arnold... More Info
The Politics of Postcolonialism
Pluto Pr |
May 15, 2011 |
216 pages
"Returning to the origins of the discipline, Rumina Sethi identifies postcolonial studies as a tool for political protest and activism among people of the third world. Using a sophisticated mix of spatial theory and local politics, she examines the uneven terrain of contemporary anti-capitalism and... More Info
$25.95
Hope Amidst Despair
Pluto Pr |
October 15, 2011 |
200 pages
Of the16 million children to have been orphaned by AIDS worldwide, almost 15 million live in sub-Saharan Africa. Hope Amidst Despair focuses on these children and those who are made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. Of the millions affected, many live in deep poverty, experience little schooling, have unmet... More Info
$24.95
Marx and the Alternative to Capitalism
Pluto Pr |
June 15, 2011 |
224 pages
If we are serious about finding a different way to run the post-credit crunch society, we must start by introducing alternatives to undergraduates. Kieran Allen begins the task with an accessible and comprehensive look at the ideas of Karl Marx. Dispensing with the dryness of traditional... More Info
$16.95
Israeli apartheid
Pluto Pr |
August 4, 2009 |
172 pages
Indispensable for the Palestinian solidarity movement, Israeli Apartheid distills the work of academics and experts into a highly readable introduction. This is the book to read if you want to understand the root of the conflict and how apartheid applies to the situation in Palestine. Ben White... More Info
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