Books published by Pluto Press

A study of popular politics in Belfast from 1905-23.

Karl Kautsky integrates questions of political strategy, ecology, sexuality and the family.

Thirteen distinguised authors explore key questions on Third World democratisation.

A comprehensive look at energy and environmental problems, and their possible solutions and costs.

Differentiating between true democratic socialism and pseudo-socialism.

From Rio to reality in the developing world

The ethics of animal genetic engineering, and the wider controversies surrounding animal experimentation and welfare, are the focus of much public debate.

A critical analysis of the theoretical and programmatic problems and contradictions of the socialist ideal.

Is sexuality innate or socially determined? How has the history of sexuality been constructed? The author's survey introduces the literature and perspectives of writers from Freud to Scruton and provides a critical commentary along with explanations of the issues involved.

A fresh perspective on the postwar cultural history of the United States.

A pioneering account demystifying Marxist dialectics and critiquing key materialist thinkers.

Karl Kautsky integrates questions of political strategy, ecology, sexuality and the family.

Leon Trotsky and Victor Serge represent the great and tragic oppositional figures to Stalin's dictatorial grip on the Soviet Union in the late 1920s and 1930s. Written during this period, the letters exchanged between these two friends, published here in translation for the first time together with other material from both the Trotsky Archive at Harvard and the Serge Archive in Mexico, present a unique first-hand account of the alternatives and arguments of the Trotskyist opposition in exile. The correspondence chronicles Trotsky's attempts to found a new Fourth International and casts new light on the trajectory of the Russian revolution from Lenin to Stalin and the long term effects of Stalinism for the revolutionary movements in the West. A remarkable insight into the lives of two prominent thinkers of the twentieth century, these letters also help us to understand an important relationship during a critical period in European politics. Each section is prefaced by a clear introduction that contextualises and clarifyies the documents.

Tarbuck guides the reader through Nikolai Bukharin's key contributions to historical materialism.

An anthropological study of the privatisation and political economy of modern fishing

A classic of Russian avant-garde writing, focusing on the Productivist art movement of the 1920s

An auto-ethnography of cross-dressing, framed by Marxism and psychoanalytic theory

A radical geography of the representation of impoverished communities in Britain

A history of Italian workerist theory, taking in Antonio Negri, Mario Tronti and Sergio Bologna

A history of global protests and social movements from the perspective of radical geography

"e;All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned ... Working men of all countries, Unite!"e;This book truly changed the world, inspiring millions to revolution.Over 150 years after its publication, Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto continues to inspire and provoke students, activists and citizens. The principles embodied within in it lie at the heart of thousands of academic and literary works. It is the starting point for people who refuse to accept that capitalism represents the final and optimum stage of human development. After reading this book, it is impossible to remain convinced that there is no alternative to unrestrained neoliberalism.In an introductory call to arms, renowned social theorist David Harvey asks us to look upon the Manifesto not as a historical document, but an invaluable tool for change.

The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action and destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers.*BR**BR*Faulkner rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators, 'democratic-centralists' or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship; though short-lived, the Revolution of October 1917 was an explosion of democracy and creativity. Crushed by bloody counter-revolution, its socialist vision was ultimately displaced by a monstrous form of bureaucratic state-capitalism.*BR**BR*Laced with first-hand testimony, this history rescues the democratic essence of the revolution from its detractors and deniers, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader.*BR**BR*Published in partnership with the Left Book Club.

The economics profession has a lot to answer for. After the late 1970s, the ideas of influential economists have justified policies that have made the world more prone to economic crisis, remarkably less equal, more polluted and less secure than it might be. How could ideas and policies that proved to be such an abject failure come to dominate the economic landscape?*BR* *BR*By critically examining the work of the most famous economists of the neoliberal period including Alan Greenspan, Milton Friedman, and Robert Lucas, the authors Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson demonstrate that many of those who rose to prominence did so primarily because of their defence of, and contribution to, rising corporate profits and not their ability to predict or explain economic events.*BR**BR*An important and controversial book, The Profit Doctrine exposes the uses and abuses of mainstream economic canons, identify those responsible and reaffirm the primacy of political economy.

A history of the global nature of the radical union, The Industrial Workers of the World

An introduction to the groundbreaking ideas of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economics

A groundbreaking history of Communist organisations and struggle in the Caribbean, focusing on women, peasants of colour and black workers.

A journey through five London boroughs, revealing the lives of asylum seekers today

A critical introduction to Max Weber's sociology that offers analysis in the context of his political beliefs