Revolution and Counter-revolution in Iran
The fall of any tyrant raises hope for oppressed people the world over. So it was when the Shah of Iran fled into exile in January 1979, propelled by a…[...]
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Lenin for Today (John Molyneux, 2019)
A hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Lenin remains a world historical figure of immense stature - but also a highly contested one. In Lenin for Today, John Molyneux rejects…[...]
10 Reasons Why Student Loans are a Scam!
The Government’s answer to escalating tuition fees in tertiary education institutions is its proposal for student loans. This pamphlet shows that this is a scam that will still remove tertiary…[...]
Peter Dwyer and Leo Zeilig, African Struggles Today: Social Movements since Independence (Haymarket, 2012)
– electronic and paper copies are available from Iva Valley Books African Struggles Today seeks to explain the key role that mass social movements have played in the history of…[...]
African Civilisations – Graham Connah, 2016
We need to understand the past if we are to try and change the future. Chapters 6 and 7 of this book provide a summary of the current knowledge of…[...]
The Blood Never Dried : A people’s history of the British empire By John Newsinger
The Blood Never Dried : A people's history of the British empire By John Newsinger The Queen represented all the worst aspects of British imperialism and the terror of its…[...]
Analysing Imperialism- Chris Harman – (2003)
Analysing Imperialism- Chris Harman - (2003) Introduction(Drew Povey,2022) Imperialism is the system of competition between states and companies that are based in these countries. As such it is key to…[...]
The Political Orientation Speech
[pl_row] [pl_col col=12] [pl_text] Thomas Sankara, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2 October 1983. This is the basic policy speech of the Sankara revolution in 1983 in Burkina Faso. It is called…[...]
Collective Struggles and Labour-Led Development
A review of The Struggle for Development by Benjamin Selwyn2017 Polity Press, by Drew Povey This is an important book that provides an alternative view to what the author calls…[...]
Book Review: Who Was Karl Marx?
Brian Parkin finds a new introduction to Marx and Marxism combines theory with a vision of a world free of exploitation and oppression. Marx, Engels and Marx’s daughters Jenny (1844–1883),…[...]