Tony Cliff's chauffeur 16 November 2011 The Socialist Workers' Party has published a biography of its founder Tony Cliff.
Glasgow history: red or wretched? 2 November 2011 Reviews of When the Clyde Ran Red by Maggie Craig and The Tears That Made the Clyde by Carol Craig.
Permanent revolution needs workers' organisation 12 October 2011 A review of Michael Löwy, The Politics of Combined and Uneven Development: The Theory of Permanent Revolution (Haymarket 2010)
A widdershins writer 28 September 2011 Mike Carey’s Felix Castor series mixes detective work with a science-fiction twist.
The life and fate of October 1917 14 September 2011 Radio Four is to dramatise Vasily's Grossman's classic World War Two novel, "Life and Fate".
Rosa Luxemburg: fiery, sharp, funny, sometimes sad 14 September 2011 A review of The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg, published in March 2011 by Verso Books.
Birchall's Cliff: "If you seek his memorial, look around you". 7 September 2011 A review of Tony Cliff: A Marxist for His Time by Ian Birchall (2011)
The myth of an "objective media" 25 August 2011 A genuine plurality of ideas is not in the economic interests of the mass media.
A sophisticated apology for Castro 25 August 2011 A review of Workers in Cuba: Unions and labour relations by the Institute of Employment Rights.
Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln 4 August 2011 A review of An Unfinished Revolution: Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln by Robin Blackburn
When Murdoch smashed the unions 20 July 2011 A review of "Bad News: The Wapping Dispute", by John Lang and Graham Dodkins.
The revolutionary socialist as democratic philosopher. (Review of "The Gramscian Moment"). 15 June 2011 Review of "The Gramscian Moment" by Peter Thomas.