RON JACOBS is enthralled by Roberto Saviano’s portrait of heroes and deplorables, that calls for people to stand up for themselves and the things they believe in

RON JACOBS enjoys a great tale, told by a US communist, of the lives of working-class New Yorkers

RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself

RON JACOBS is persuaded by the parallel drawn between Charles Manson and Donald Trump

RON JACOBS welcomes a sharp, intelligent and witty exposé of the corruption and right-wing politics that have taken over international professional football

RON JACOBS welcomes a beginner’s manual in how to remove bigotry from our individual selves and society at large

RON JACOBS recommends a book that charts the disparate circumstances that defined the lives of two prominent black Afro-Americans — one a communist, the other an anti-communist

RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger

RON JACOBS recommends an outstanding family memoir of life in Gaza

RON JACOBS sees similarities between the personality of the the Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco, and Donald Trump

RON JACOBS welcomes a timely biography of a contemporary of Marx and Engels who advocated revolutionary socialism

RON JACOBS welcomes a timely history of the Anti Imperialist league of America, and the role that culture played in their politics