Pluto Press imprint: 440 books

Cyber-Proletariat

Global Labour in the Digital Vortex

by Nick Dyer-Witheford
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015

Coltan mines in the Congo; electronics factories in China; devastated neighbourhoods in Detroit. Cyber-Proletariat shows us the dark-side of the information revolution; an unsparing analysis of class power and computerisation. Nick Dyer-Witheford reveals how technology facilitates growing...
by Ernest Mandel
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1992

This is a second, enlarged and corrected edition of this extremely popular introduction by Ernest Mandel whose prolific writings range from the heights of economic theory to polemical works or studies of concrete politicaland economic situations. His best known work popularizing Marxism prior to this book was An Introduction to Marxist Economic Thought.

Reconstructing Karl Polanyi

Excavation and Critique

by Gareth Dale
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016

*Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2017* *BR**BR*Karl Polanyi's contribution to political economy and social science is immeasurable. In Reconstructing Karl Polanyi, Gareth Dale, foremost scholar and biographer of Polanyi, provides a sweeping survey of his contributions to the social sciences....
by Kieran Allen
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011

If we are serious about finding a different way to run the post-recession society, we must start by introducing alternatives to undergraduates. Kieran Allen begins the task with an accessible and comprehensive look at the ideas of Karl Marx. Dispensing with the dryness of traditional explanations...

Plane Truth

Aviations Real Impact on People and the Environment

by Rose Bridger
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013

As aviation is celebrated as one of the world's fastest growing industries, with passenger numbers and cargo volumes projected to double in the next 20 years, Plane Truth sounds a note of caution.*BR**BR*In addition to the environmental impact of airport expansion, devouring farmland and wildlife...

Paul Robeson

The Artist as Revolutionary

by Gerald Horne
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016

A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages. These could be the crowning achievements of a life well-lived, yet for Paul Robeson the higher calling of social justice led him to abandon both the NFL...

The Second World War

A Marxist History

by Chris Bambery
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014

The Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeated fascism. During recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, US presidents and British prime ministers have tried to claim they were following in the footsteps of Winston Churchill by standing...

A 'Toxic Genre'

The Iraq War Films

by Martin Barker
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011

Over the last five years, a cycle of films has emerged addressing the ongoing Iraq conflict. Some became well-known and one of them, The Hurt Locker, won a string of Oscars. But many others disappeared into obscurity. What is it about these films that led Variety to dub them a 'toxic genre'?*BR**BR*Martin...

The Islamophobia Industry

How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims

by Nathan Lean
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012

This book uncovers those who deal in the spread of the hatred of Muslims. From Donald Trump and his allies Steve Bannon and Newt Gingrich, to the rise of the Front National in France, websites like Breitbart and ‘liberal’ anti-Muslim campaigners such as Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins. Revealing...
by David Randall
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015

'Entertaining, amusing, even inspirational. Above all, what every good reporter aims to deliver, a great read.' Peter Cole, Professor of Journalism at the University of Sheffield 'American newsrooms need to buy this inspiring book by the carton. David Randall's gripping collection of profiles...
by Ed White
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012

Roland Barthes is one of the most influential cultural theorists of the postwar period and Image-Music-Text collects his most influential essays. Ed White provides students with a clear guide to this essential but difficult text.*BR**BR*As students are increasingly expected to write across a range...
by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Finn Sivert Nielsen
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013

This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide summaries of 'Enlightenment', 'Romantic' and 'Victorian' anthropology, from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected contributions of German scholars. The ambiguous...

Walter Benjamin

Overpowering Conformism

by Esther Leslie
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2000

Esther Leslie’s path-breaking study of Walter Benjamin is unlike any other book presently available in English on Benjamin, in seeking to make a case for a more politicised reading of Benjamin’s oeuvre. In looking at the entirety of Benjamin’s work - rather than the four or five essays available...

The Islamophobia Industry - Second Edition

How the Right Manufactures Hatred of Muslims

by Nathan Lean
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017

This is a disturbing account of the campaign to promote fear and hatred of Muslims in the United States and Europe, from the 'War on Terror' to Trump's travel ban.*BR**BR*Nathan Lean takes us through a world of conservative bloggers, right-wing talk show hosts, evangelical religious leaders and politicians,...
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