JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis by George Monbiot (Verso, £14.99)
George Monbiot, vociferous and articulate about the dangers confronting our planet, needs no introduction to many on the left and this book is an attempt to take his previous How Did We Get into This Mess? a stage further.
In it he constructs a densely packed portfolio of ideas for solving the issues facing us.
SUE TURNER recommends a rich and varied selection of the letters, diaries and memoirs of British volunteers
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
HENRY BELL follows the lineage of revolutions, from the English to the Chinese, and asks where revolutionary politics exists today



