Book Review
New book surveys life of Seán O’Casey, great Irish playwright and lifelong communist
October 27, 2023While the study is an important one for O’Casey scholars to be aware of, it is refreshingly equally directed at readers beyond academia.
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The Jewish Labor Bund, a history in comic book form
October 17, 2023The Bund is no great mystery to serious students of modern Jewish history, though a full understanding of its achievements may still be limited to those who can read Yiddish.
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‘I Was a Red Priest’: Christianity on socialism’s side during the Cold War
October 2, 2023I Was a Red Priest: Memories and Testimonials offers through its protagonist a Christian social analysis that is now minimized but was widely held in the post-World War II era.
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Chile’s ‘1000 Days of Revolution’: A Marxist analysis of the Allende years
September 8, 2023A new book features assessments made by Chilean Communists of the Allende years and the CIA-backed coup of Sept. 11, 1973.
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Novel ‘Strumpet City’ depicts 1913 Dublin lockout, Irish proletariat’s first great class struggle
August 25, 2023Though it is plagued by major gaps when it comes to portraying the struggle for national liberation going on at the same time, James Plunkett’s book is still a major read.
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