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An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non­‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the UK, but our focus remains making timely interventions in contemporary struggles.
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VIDEO: Human Trafficking and Anti-Migrant Policies

Emily Kenway, author of The Truth About Modern Slavery, explains how narratives of ‘human trafficking’ are used as a smokescreen for harmful anti-migrant immigration policies.

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Sister Survivor:
For Audre Lorde

The Black experience of cancer is rarely discussed. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Black History Month (UK), we extract this touching essay by Andaiye remembering her ‘sister survivor’.

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The welfare state is unfit for purpose – how can we transform it into a force for equality and social justice?
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Keenie Meenie – Britain’s Private Army
A new documentary

This new documentary by Phil Miller reveals the shadowy mercenary group Keenie Meenie Services (KMS), which secretly helped Sri Lanka’s military to suppress the Tamil independence struggle during the 1980s.

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New Books
'Amazon Capitalism' grows ever stronger. This book provides the answers on how to fight the company's terrifying omnipotence.
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PODCAST: ‘Radicals in Conversation’
Workers Resisting Amazon

Amazon’s famous ‘free shipping’ comes with a heavy price – one borne by its workers and their communities. This month’s panelists are contributors to the new book The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy.

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Amazon Capitalism:
How Covid-19 and racism made the world’s most powerful corporation

Amazon is now the world’s most powerful corporation. But what is the cost of its free shipping?

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Josh Rivers, from the 'Busy Being Black' podcast, has curated a page of his Pluto highlights. Click here to browse the selection.
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The classic text on the history and theory of fascism, revised for the twentieth anniversary of its first publication.
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The Anti-Fascist Wager

The right in the US today are obsessed with the so-called antifa conspiracy. If we are to defeat them, we must understand how the movement began.

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