Pluto Press: 574 books
Law and Marxism
A General Theory
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
This is a classic Marxist study first published in 1924 - one of the principal Soviet contributions to jurisprudence theory. It is an authoritative non-revisionist text offering both a commentary and a critique of prevailing Marxist and non-Marxist legal theory. Pashukanis states that juridical and...
by Rudolf Rocker
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 1998
Rudolf Rocker’s classic survey of anarcho-syndicalism was written during the Spanish Civil War to explain to the wider reading public the ideology which inspired the social revolution in Spain. It remains unsurpassed as a general introduction to anarchist thought and an authoritative account of...
For Humanism
Explorations in Theory and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Today, anti-humanism is a dominant, even definitive, feature of contemporary theory. This book sets out to challenge this by establishing the historical context that resulted in humanism’s eclipse, critiquing anti-humanism, and exploring alternative, neglected traditions and possible new directions....
Revolution in Rojava
Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
A new kind of society is being built in Syria, but it's not one you would expect. Surrounded by deadly bands of ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people living in Syria's Rojava cantons are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet today. Western visitors have been...
Reading 'Capital' Today
Marx after 150 Years
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Recent years have seen a surge of interest in Marxian political economy and especially Marx's great work Capital. 150 years after the book's original publication, are there readings of Capital that can help us find new pathways to progressive or revolutionary change?*BR**BR*In this wide-ranging new...
Pierre Bourdieu
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2000
'This beautifully written and lucidly argued study is the most persuasive account of Bourdieu's work yet to be published. Lane illuminates much that can puzzle a foreign readership by expertly situating Bourdieu within a French context. At the same time he points to those aspects of Bourdieu's writing...
Cut Out
Living Without Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Britain's welfare state, one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction, was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society. Today, that cornerstone is wilfully being dismantled by a succession of governments, with horrifying consequences. The establishment paints pictures of so-called...
Burning Country
Syrians in Revolution and War
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
*Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2017**BR**BR*In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to report on life in this devastated...
Rebel Footprints
A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, David Rosenberg tells the story of protest and struggle in...
Fredric Jameson
The Project of Dialectical Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Fredric Jameson is the most important Marxist critic in the world today. While consistently operating at the cutting edge of literary and cultural studies, Jameson has remained committed to seemingly old-fashioned philosophical discourses, most notably dialectical criticism and utopian thought. *BR**BR*In...
by John Holloway
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2010
How can we rebel against the capitalist system? John Holloway argues that by creating, cracks, fractures and fissures that forge spaces of rebellion and disrupt the current economic order. *BR**BR*John Holloway, author of the groundbreaking Change the World Without Taking Power, sparked a world-wide...
Naija Marxisms
Revolutionary Thought in Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Since the 1940s, Marxist thought has blossomed in Nigeria. The history of 'Naija Marxism' is also that of the country's labour movement, its feminist movement, its social thought and political economy. It has been the mainstay of party politics in the case of illegal Marxist party formations and legal...
Zionism and its Discontents
A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Mainstream nationalist narratives and political movements have dominated the Israeli-Palestinian situation for too long. In this much-needed book, Ran Greenstein challenges this hegemony by focusing on four different, but at the same time connected, attempts which stood up to Zionist dominance and...
Travesty
The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the Corruption of International Justice
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2006
Slobodan Milosevic died in prison in 2006 during a four-year marathon trial at The Hague for war crimes. John Laughland was one of the last Western journalists to meet him. He followed the trial from the beginning and wrote extensively on it, challenging the legitimacy of the Yugoslav Tribunal and...