Books published by Pluto Press

Based on over ten years experience working in the industry, this is an expose of the gambling business.

Mira Hamermesh is an award-winning film maker, painter and writer. This moving memoir gives a vivid account of her remarkable life.*BR**BR*As a young Jewish teenager Hamermesh escaped the horrors of German-occupied Poland and was spared the experience of the ghetto and the concentration camp that claimed most of her family. Mira shows how her status as a refugee has continued to influence her throughout her life. The journey led her across Europe and eventually to Palestine in 1941; her account of that region, before the establishment of Israel, provides a fascinating insight into the historical setting for today's conflict.*BR**BR*Having settled in London where she studied art and married, she eventually won a place at the celebrated Polish Film School in Lodz. At the height of the Cold War Mira Hamermesh commuted across the Iron Curtain - her experience of a divided Europe offers many insights into the political factors that affected people's everyday lives. Mira's theme of political conflict, so often explored in her films, is brought to life here in an intimate account that will live long in the memory.

A contemporary history of political violence and grassroots struggles in Syria since 2011

An explosive account of a secret group of mercenaries based on newly declassified documents.

An anthropological perspective on the devastating environmental consequences of global capital's growth imperative.

What happened to the dream of Indian Democracy?

An international collection of essays revealing the racism inherent in the War on Drugs.

Examines the historic links between the civil rights movements in Northern Ireland and the US.

An analysis of UK state collusion with loyalist paramilitaries as an aspect of British military counterinsurgency during the Troubles.

A vivid collection of texts from the movements and uprisings of the 'long 1968'.

Analysis of the surveillance state from the perspective of those who have been subjected to its repression.

The first comprehensive history of US-Latin American solidarity from the Haitian Revolution to the present day.

A compelling and accessible textbook, by one of the world's pre-eminent literary critics

What has been the impact of visual media on the Syrian conflict?

A toolkit for realising a more sustainable and co-operative urban future.

A global anthropology of technology and politics, from WikiLeaks to Podemos.

We imagine that art and money are old enemies, but this myth actually reproduces a violent system of global capitalism and prevents us from imagining and building alternatives.*BR**BR*From the chaos unleashed by the 'imaginary' money in financial markets to the new forms of exploitation enabled by the 'creative economy' to the way art has become the plaything of the world's plutocrats, our era of financialization demands we question our romantic assumptions about art and money. By exploring the way contemporary artists engage with cash, debt and credit, Haiven identifies and assesses a range of creative strategies for mocking, sabotaging, exiting, decrypting and hacking capitalism today.*BR**BR*Written for artists, activists and scholars, this book makes an urgent call to unleash the power of the radical imagination by any media necessary.

A revolutionary collection of black radical thought from a historic event in 1968.

An exploration of radical political theatre in Britain from 1968 to present day.

Understanding and transforming the universities' colonial foundations.

Christianity's multifaceted role in English political discourse.

A history of the excesses of capitalism's rampant fossil fuel consumption since 1950.

How Latino communities are transforming the politics of race, migration and labour in the US.

Urban marginalisation, police violence and institutional discrimination in modern France

A radical history of Turkey, from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day, rejecting traditional narratives of a 'clash of civilisations'

A myth-busting popular history of the German Revolution focusing on the roles of women, workers and ordinary people

A powerful and hilarious collection of women's songs from the last five centuries, supplemented with sheet music.

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

An examination of the enduring legacy of Rosa Luxemburg and her importance for activists and intellectuals alike.

These are the stories of the workers who undermine capitalism at its weakest point.