May Day Books Blog

“Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire,” by Deepa Kumar, 2012 Kumar is an associate professor at Rutgers , who writes from a mostly...

“Boarded Windows,” by Dylan Hicks, 2012 I don’t usually review non-political books.  They are most of the time self-indulgent or inw...

“The Democrats – A Critical History," by Lance Selfa, updated fall 2011   There is really only one major political question in the...

Reflections on the Olympics 2012 What’s interesting about the Olympics isn’t the commercialization or the nationalism.  These have ruined ...

“No Local – Why Small Scale Alternatives Won’t Change the World,” by Greg Sharzer, 2012 As our seasons of faux-politics troop by year a...

“The Dream of the Celt,” by Mario Vargas Llosa, 2010  Critics are always yapping about Gabriel Marquez and his ‘magical realism.’  Reali...

“33 Revolutions per Minute – the History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day,” by Dorian Lynskey, 2011  How fast does ...

“Occupy the Economy – Challenging Capitalism, in conversation with Richard Barsamian” by Richard Wolff, 2012 The dirty secret of America...