reviews

Review: Great John Maclean Has Come Home to the Clyde

by Iain Gault

A new biography of John Maclean brings fascinating new information to light, writes Iain Gault.

Review: Great John Maclean Has Come Home to the Clyde

Review: An October in Catalonia

by Sean Bell

Nearly seven years on from Catalonia's so-called illegal referendum, Sean Bell reviews a new Marxist analysis of events which garnered much attention and sympathy in Scotland.

Review: An October in Catalonia

Review: For the Earth to Live: The Case for Ecosocialism

by Duncan Chapel

Duncan Chapel reviews a new book making the case for ecosocialism.

Review: For the Earth to Live: The Case for Ecosocialism

Review: Disposable – America’s Contempt for the Underclass

by Sean Bell

Sean Bell revisits the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland and the USA as he reviews "one of the most compelling and powerful socialist polemics to emerge from the United States in a generation".

Review: Disposable – America’s Contempt for the Underclass

James Connolly, lost and found

by Sean Bell

Sean Bell offers personal reflections on a new collection of James Connolly's lost and early writings.

James Connolly, lost and found

Review: The tragedy of Megalopolis

by Sean Bell

Sean Bell delivers his verdict on Francis Ford Coppola's $120 million magnum opus, Megalopolis.

Review: The tragedy of Megalopolis

Review: A History of Irish Republicanism in Dundee

by Sean Bell

A new history of Irish republicanism in Dundee makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Irish diaspora and solidarity politics in Scotland, writes Sean Bell.

Review: A History of Irish Republicanism in Dundee

Review: Greater than the Sum of our Parts

by Mary McGregor

Mary McGregor reviews Nada Elia's Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine.

Review: Greater than the Sum of our Parts

Declarations of Love — revolutionary poetry at its best

by Mary McGregor

Mary McGregor reviews Declarations of Love, a new collection of poems by Jim Aitken with drawings by Martin Gollan.

Declarations of Love — revolutionary poetry at its best