Reviewed by David Kerr We hear a lot of talk about the French Revolution of 1789 and the American Revolution and war of independence. Nearer to home, our Irish neighbours celebrated the centenary of the Easter Rising in 2016 and look back at a long history of unsuccessful and often bloody rebellions against the Crown. … Continue reading
Review: Black Nemesis: A Critical Life of Thomas Sankara Troy Southgate. Black Front Press 2020. Available from blackfrontpress@yahoo.co.uk In August 1983, a revolutionary insurrection-cum-military coup brought Thomas Sankara into power in the former French West African colony of Upper Volta. In this short, well-researched book, Troy Southgate shines a light on how this charismatic Black … Continue reading
Workers is the bi-monthly journal of the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) or CPBML. Don’t let that put you off though! Workers is a well researched and well written 24 page magazine crammed with interesting ideas. This issue has a strong focus on Brexit (the CPBML are pro-Leave) but there are also articles on union … Continue reading
For most British readers Colonel Nasser will be forever associated with the “Suez Crisis” of 1956. This biography of the Egyptian nationalist leader by Troy Southgate seeks to give a fuller picture of a man who led Egypt from 1956 until his untimely death in 1970. Helpfully, the early part of the book gives a … Continue reading
Reviewed by Joe Ward The author, Alexander Dugin, is a prominent figure in the “Eurasian” movement in the Russian Federation. His fundamental belief is that the interests of Russian foreign policy lie in building a power-base in Asia, utilising the vast resources of Russian lands east of the Urals. His world view is that Russia … Continue reading
God and the Gay Christian: the Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships. Matthew Vines, Convergent Books 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1601425164 £15.11 CHRISTIANS who discover themselves to be gay face a dilemma. Do they be true to themselves and risk being outcast and lonely or continue to live as if they can ignore this fact about … Continue reading