Social movements will not develop if they refuse to name and define alternative possibilities. - David McNally

At its heart, this book is about where this new left has come from, and where it might be going.

In many respects, the Second World War was a continuation of the First, a conflict triggered by the mismatch between industrial power and imperial reach.

Contrary to liberal myth, Smith was not an apologist for capitalists. He argued in fact, that capitalists always seek "to deceive and oppress the public" by conspiring to inflate their prices and profits.