May Day Books Blog

"Go Set a Watchman,” by Harper Lee, 2015 This book has been a huge seller and oddly enough, has contributed to a revision of one...

"Pride,” directed by Mathew Warchus This is a one-of-a-kind upbeat film about a group of gays and lesbians from London supporting ...

"Kill the Messenger,” directed by Michael Cuesta , 2014 .  Webb played by Jeremy Renner.   “Kill the Messenger” is a docu-drama ...

"Raising Hell,” by Norman Spinrad, 2014 This is an uproarious take on a group of U.S. labor leaders sentenced to Hell by the CEO...

SHORT TAKES ON THE WEEK THAT WAS Baltimore – The biggest impact the rebellion against police murder in Baltimore is having is more th...

"Flash Boys – A Wall Street Revolt” by Michael Lewis, 2014 Lewis is a former 1980s Salomon Brothers fixed income trader who went r...

"Sycamore Row,” by John Grisham, 2013 A white man is found hanging from a sycamore tree on his 160 acres near Clanton, Mississip...

"The Dark Heart of Italy,” by Tobias Jones, 2007 to 2013 Behind the food, the views, the clothes and ‘ la dolce vita ’ of the Itali...

Super-Size Wages!  $15 an Hour Campaign Targets McDonalds As part of a nation-wide protest in the U.S. on April 15, a large and boist...

"The Collapse of Western Civilization – A View From the Future,” by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, 2015. Another cheery take on cl...

"Is the East Still Red? – Socialism and the Market in China,” by Gary Blank, 2015 The most complex issue in Marxism today is the c...