Books
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HOUSMAN’S THE RADICAL BOOKSELLERS NEWSLETTER FOR JANUARY 2009
Housman’s Radical Books, London, diary of events for January, 2009 Continue reading
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Housman’s Radical Booksellers Newsletter for December 2008
We wish you all a peaceful time over the festive season and hope you have a great 2009! Thanks for all your continued support this year… In order to make your gift-buying that little bit easier, we will be keeping the shop open on Sundays in December until Christmas, between 3pm and 7pm at a… Continue reading
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Encyclopaedia of Race and Racism under Zionist Attack
The Encyclopaedia is the first such work examining the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modern era. Continue reading
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Khalil Nakhleh – Review of Hatim Kanaaneh’s “A Doctor in Galilee: the life and struggle of a Palestinian in Israel”
This is a rich ethnographic and experiential narrative of local village culture, Hatim’s own village, culture and society. It is documented with immense passion, sensitivity, worry and a high level of personal doubt and torment. Continue reading
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Studs Terkel: The Passing of An Icon
Studs Terkel was for the little guy. Our voice of America. Against war and “in-bed-with” journalists. To reign in the kind of abuses now rampant. Hold the powerful accountable. Support the public interest. Continue reading
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Housman’s (London) Events Newsletter for November 2008
CONTENTS: (book launch) Elizabeth Carola – ‘Hot’ – stories from Hackney (book event/talk) John Sinclair – ‘Rock and Revolution with the MC5 and the White Panther Party’ (music) ‘Singing the Struggle: Voices, Women, Peace’ with Frankie Armstrong (book event/talk) ‘Digital Film Making’ with Mike Figgis (book event/music) ‘Forward Groove: the radical history of jazz’ with… Continue reading
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Gerald Horne: "Solidarity Forever?"
This is a remarkable and often insightful collection of essays and reflections, many of which have been penned by those who played leading roles in the dramatic story of how a conservative hegemon — the United States — was compelled to retreat somewhat in its support for colonialism and apartheid during the second half of… Continue reading
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Public Reading Rooms: THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS
Dear All, SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER Public Reading Rooms THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS housmans.com for directions Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, “ The London Nobody Knows” exposes the real London of the swinging sixties. Turning its back on familiar sights, the film explores the hidden details of a crumbling metropolis. With James Mason as our guide,… Continue reading
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FRIENDS OF NO. 8 and POET IN THE CITY present: AN ARTHUR RIMBAUD DRIFT
Niall McDevitt leads a poetic walk tracing the steps of the legendary Frenchman and his fellow communard/poet/homosexual/alcoholic Paul Verlaine. Sunday 19 Oct meeting at the Eleanor Cross in the forecourt of Charing Cross station. 1pm. £5/3 (unwaged). Info: 07722163823 (Please note: this walk is lengthy and will take about four hours in its course to… Continue reading
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Housman’s Books Events for October
October 2008 Diary of Events at Housmans, London: (Book event/talk) ‘Understanding Stalin’s Soviet Union 1929-1941’ with Paul Flewers (Book event/talk) ‘Radical Barcelona’with Michael Eaude (Book event/talk) ‘Dark Streets and Shady Places: writers and the East End’ with Ken Worpole (Book event/talk) ‘The Truth About Work and the Myth of ‘Work-Life Balance’’ with Sheila Cohe (Book… Continue reading
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When slaves defeated an empire ‘The Black Jacobins’ By Brian Kwoba
A Trinidad-born writer and socialist, C.L.R. James became a leading intellectual and theoretician within the Pan-African milieu. His book on the Haitian revolution is a Marxist classic. With sweeping literary drama, biting sarcasm and passionate political conviction, The Black Jacobins tells the story of a tremendous historical epoch in brilliant colors. Continue reading
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Palestinian Walks: Notes on a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh
“The book describes over two decades of turmoil and change in the Middle East, steered via the history-soaked landscape of Palestine. A lawyer and human rights activist of independent temper, Raja has always found much-needed peace by taking walks in the Palestinian hills – a landscape which, owing to occupation, Jewish settlements and disastrous environmental… Continue reading
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Book Review: Democracy versus the people By Slavoj Zizek
Peter Hallward writes in Damming the Flood, a detailed account of the “democratic containment” of Haiti’s radical politics in the past two decades, “never have the well-worn tactics of ‘democracy promotion’ been applied with more devastating effect than in Haiti between 2000 and 2004”. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 