The allies of the US, like our own country, end up dominated and cowed, concludes ALEX HALL

Given the epidemic of corruption in post colonial states, ALEX HALL is disappointed by a failure to analyse the economic architecture that makes it so lucrative

ALEX HALL appreciates the history of a famous shoot-out that is sourced from diaries, letters, and newspapers of the time

By telling the story of a lawless frontier town from the point of view of the Lakota, Chinese labourers, prostitutes and displaced prospectors, makes for a potted history of capital, suggests ALEX HALL

Looking for moral co-ordinates after a tough year for rational political thinking and shared human morality

ALEX HALL asks whether intelligence, and stupidity, are the outcomes of poverty and wealth, and cultural norms

ALEX HALL recommends a considered and clear approach to dismantling apartheid and occupation, were Israel to come to its senses

ALEX HALL is disappointed by a superficial investigation of how consumer choice can be influenced, that ignores the fact that most never have such a choice

ALEX HALL interviews PAUL HOLDEN, whose bombshell book uses leaked documents to expose how the Starmer faction used systematic dishonesty to seize power and reopen the door to the corrupting ecosystem of corporate lobbying and sleaze

ALEX HALL is frustrated by a book that ducks a clear definition of terrorism and fails to perceive the role of the state in sponsoring it

ALEX HALL follows the battered fortunes of Syria, a multi-ethnic country caught in the crossfire of competing imperialist interests

ALEX HALL welcomes a book about Gaza that recognises how imperial capitalism defines groups of people by their non-existence