Pluto Press: 574 books
by Israel Shahak
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2004
'Illuminative, insightful and accessible, this is an important book that deserves as wide a readership as possible.' Ethnic Conflict Research Digest
'A first-class overview of the different fundamentalist movements … A fascinating and thought-provoking book.' Neue Zurcher Zeitung (Switzerland)
'Shahak...
Turkey Reframed
Constituting Neoliberal Hegemony
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Turkey Reframed documents the first decade of the 2000s, a period of radical change in Turkish society and politics, which has been marked by the major economic crisis of 2001 and the coming to power of ex-Islamist cadres organised under the Justice and Development Party (AKP).The contributors analyse...
History of Democracy
A Marxist Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
The concept of democracy has become tarnished in recent years, as governments become disconnected from voters and pursue unpopular policies. And yet the ideal of democracy continues to inspire movements around the world, such as the Arab Spring.
Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy...
Arms and the People
Popular Movements and the Military from the Paris Commune to the Arab Spring
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Looking at a range of global historical experiences, Arms and the People examines the relationship between mass movements and military institutions. Some argue that it is impossible to achieve and protect a revolution without the support of the army, but how can the support of the army be won?
Arms...
Deception in High Places
A History of Bribery in Britain's Arms Trade
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Deception in High Places reveals the corruption endemic in Britain’s biggest arms deals over the last fifty years.Based on painstaking research in government archives, collections of private and court papers and documents won by the author in a landmark Freedom of Information Tribunal against the Foreign...
Unmanned
Drone Warfare and Global Security
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Drones have become the controversial new weapon of choice for the US military abroad. Unmanned details the causes and deadly consequences of this terrifying new development in warfare, and explores the implications for international law and global peace.
Ann Rogers and John Hill argue that...
Guardians of Power
The Myth of the Liberal Media
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2005
"Guardians of Power ought to be required reading in every media college. It is the most important book about journalism I can remember." John Pilger
"Regular critical analysis of the media, filling crucial gaps and correcting the distortions of ideological prisms, has never been more important....
The Economics of Killing
How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Globalisation has created an interconnected world, but has not diminished violence, militarism and inequality. The Economics of Killing describes how the power of global elites, entrenched under globalisation, has created a deadly cycle of violence.In this groundbreaking work, Vijay Mehta shows how attempts...
The Aid Effect
Giving and Governing in International Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Today international development policy is converging around ideas of neoliberal reform, democratisation and poverty reduction. What does this mean for the local and international dimensions of aid relationships?
The Aid Effect demonstrates the fruitfulness of an ethnographic approach to aid,...
State Crime
Governments, Violence and Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2004
What is state crime? This book sets out the parameters of state crime and highlights the complex issues involved. The authors provide a clear chapter-by -chapter assessment of state violence, corruption, state involvement in organised and corporate crime, avoidable ‘natural’ disasters, torture,...
Unfree in Palestine
Registration, Documentation and Movement Restriction
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Based on first-hand accounts and extensive fieldwork, Unfree in Palestine reveals the role played by identity documents in Israels apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, from the red passes of the 1950s to the orange, green and blue passes of today.The authors chronicle how millions of Palestinians...
A Suitable Enemy
Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Liz Fekete is a leading authority on issues of racism, Islamophobia and national security legislation. A Suitable Enemy draws on sixteen years of research to present a comprehensive overview of EU immigration, asylum, race and security policies.
Fekete argues that at the same time as the EU...
State Crime on the Margins of Empire
Rio Tinto, the War on Bougainville and Resistance to Mining
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
This book offers a pioneering window into the elusive workings of state-corporate crime within the mining industry. It follows a campaign of resistance organised by indigenous activists on the island of Bougainville, who struggled to close a Rio Tinto owned copper mine, and investigates the subsequent...
Change the World Without Taking Power
The Meaning of Revolution Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2010
This new edition of John Holloway's contemporary classic, *Change the World Without Taking Power, includes an extensive new preface by the author.
The wave of political demonstrations since the Battle of Seattle in 2001 have crystallised a new trend in left-wing politics. Modern protest movements...