SUE TURNER is fascinated to read of another miners’ strike of the 1980s, told through the voices of women

A book whose positive message and clear-eyed sense of purpose make it an inspirational read is recommended by SUE TURNER

SUE TURNER recommends the first ever English edition of a memoir of Abraham Sutzkever, a poet turned resistance activist in the Vilna Ghetto in Lithuania

‘The most powerful form of resistance lies in maintaining one’s humanity in the face of tyranny,’ is an all-poignant moral definition of Palestinian struggle, writes SUE TURNER

SUE TURNER recommends a memoir which paints a vivid image of the life, struggle and political activism of the Jewish community in Glasgow in early 20th century

The profit motive drives the unbridled monoculture of the most widely used vegetable product on earth and a new book eloquently demonstrates why that is such a threat, says SUE TURNER

Gripping account of sporting resistance during the long night of fascism in Argentina

Damning indictment of ruthless treatment of vulnerable labourers

SUE TURNER recommends an outstanding book of short stories set in the Palestinian city

Engrossing juxtaposition of perfume and politics in France and Russia

SUE TURNER recommends a book promoting a powerful political programme for a unified democracy in the country, along with a strategy to achieve such change

Revelatory account of Caribbean immigration to Britain in the centuries before the Windrush generation’s arrival

Moving and profound response to Holocaust in writer's account of his family's WWII experiences

Engrossing memoir from radical writer and feminist

Excellent tribute to Fire Brigades Union in its centenary year

A timely antidote to the myths of the founding fathers as the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing in America approaches