Politics/Current Affairs

We are not entering a new era of fake news - we are finally facing up to the world we live in.

An extraordinary, evocative investigation into the legacy of the controversial one-child policy across all of Chinese society

Has political correctness gone too far?

How I became an abolitionist: a memoir of Black Lives Matter

An unforgettable portrait of the tectonic shifts happening in rural China-told through the microcosm of one small town

New updated edition includes the impact of COVID on Britain's 14 million disabled people

Essential reading for students of African-American history

Elizabeth Martinez's unique Chicana voice arises from over thirty years of experience in the movements for civil rights, women's liberation, and Latina/o empowerment.

An investigation into what makes the consistency of political groupings

A powerful challenge to the way we understand the politics of race and the history of anti-racist struggle
Whether class or race is the more important factor in modern politics is a question right at the heart of recent history's most contentious debates. Among groups who should readily find common ground, ...

The environment is collapsing at a rapid rate, and in increasingly unpredictable ways. How should the left respond? Building on the debates surrounding the Green New Deal, Lawrence and Laybourn-Langton argue that it is not enough merely to spend our way out of the crisis. Instead we need to rapidly change ...

Lenin's originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated with the seizure of power in 1917. But, Zizek argues in his new study and collection of original texts, Lenin's true greatness can be better grasped in the very last couple of years of his political life. Russia had ...

When capitalism doesn't fight climate change but rather tries to make a buck out of it

Why the wind, and energy it produces, should not be private property

An impassioned exploration of the ways in which social media has manipulated us all

Is worldwide famine just around the corner? And do I really have to go vegan?

The first book from a former intelligence community insider

Leadership of the United Kingdom is being debated as never before. This book is a clear-sighted and insightful contribution to that debate.

Provocative exploration of Pope Benedict XVI's stance on homosexuality

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. “A powerful read that fills one with, dare I say . . . hope?”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ...