Book Review
‘From the Plough to the Stars: Working People’s Prose from Contemporary Ireland’
March 9, 2021The collection reads almost like a tour guide, as the writers lead us through old working-class districts of Dublin and some of the new estates established to rid the cities of their slums.
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‘Faith in the Masses’: Communist Party history gives something to believe in
February 17, 2021This book of essays celebrating the CPUSA's 100 years is heartfelt, reverent at times, hyper-romantic at others, and decidedly not uncritical.
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‘Agent Sonya,’ a biography of intrepid antifa spy Ursula Kuczynski
February 16, 2021For a couple of decades in the 1930s and 1940s, she was among the USSR’s most important windows to the outside world.
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REVIEW: ‘Ballad of an American’—Civil rights giant Paul Robeson’s illustrated bio
December 4, 2020Actor, athlete, singer, anti-fascist fighter, and defender of democracy—Paul Robeson did it all.
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New book explores and praises Cuban health care for the people
September 14, 2020Don Fitz’s book brings together information on Cuba’s Revolution and Cuba’s brand of health care; it communicates a vision of progressive social change. Clearly written and easily read, it deserves a wide audience.
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